Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Although the Car Care Bowl is technically a neutral field affair, you can bet that the Texas A&M Aggies (6-6) will feel more at home than the Northwestern Wildcats (6-6).
The Car Care Bowl is played in Houston, Texas, making the Aggies the team that is much closer to home.
That being said, Northwestern’s 3-3 record on the road eclipses Texas A&M’s 2-3 mark this season.
The Aggies are 10-point favorites for the Car Care Bowl but have been bet down from the opener of -11.
The total has shifted quite a bit as well and currently sits at either 65.5 or 66 after starting out at just 61 earlier in the week.
The Car Care Bowl will be the first of 5 games played on December 31st, and the start time on ESPN is set for 12:00 PM ET.
Texas A&M has lost outright in 4 of their last 5 games and has covered the point spread just twice over their last 10 games this season.
The Aggies have been favored by 5 or more points in 3 of their last 4 losses and have been let down by a defense that doesn’t always show up to play.
The over has been a winner in 3 of the last 5 games for Texas A&M this season.
Northwestern has been the opposite lately and have won 4 of their last 5 games after dropping 5 in a row earlier in the season.
The Wildcats are no stranger to big upsets and bested Nebraska 28-25 earlier in the season as 17.5-point underdogs.
The Wildcats haven’t covered the point spread in either of their last 2 games but did so in the 3 prior matchups.
The under has been a winner in 4 straight games for the Wildcats after 5 consecutive games went over the number before the recent streak of low-scoring contests.
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