Ole Miss vs Texas Prediction & Picks: College Football Week 8

Colby Dant went against the room on Ole Miss vs Texas, taking Texas -3.5 while Ryan Kramer and Sean Green both played Ole Miss +3.5. Texas hosts in Austin, TX on Saturday, October 24 at 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET, and was a 3.5-point favorite with a total of 53.5 when the guys taped on October 20. The whole argument is on the College Football Picks Week 8 episode.

Ole Miss vs Texas Odds

Texas was a 3.5-point favorite over Ole Miss with a total of 53.5 when the guys taped on October 20. The money line read on air was Texas -156 and Ole Miss +130.

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Ryan Kramer (@KramerCentric): Ole Miss +3.5
Sean Green (@SeanTGreen): Ole Miss +3.5
Colby Dant (@thecolbyd): Texas -3.5

Colby laid out the backstory first. By his telling, the Texas head coach called out Ole Miss in the offseason more or less at random, and that gives Ole Miss a real shot at getting him fired if they walk into Austin and dominate the way they have in certain games. He called it a true foxhole spot for Texas and said it plainly: they have to get up for this one, and if they don’t, the coach is gone. He also owned up to being completely wrong about the Ole Miss vs Missouri spot the week before.

Ryan and Sean weren’t moved. Neither would lay points with Arch Manning, who they don’t think is playing like a good quarterback right now, least of all against a decent opponent. The rest of the Ole Miss case came from the show’s note that Ole Miss has scored on every red zone trip, plus the argument that a good Texas defense can keep it close early but cracks once its own offense stops answering.

The guys also said Texas will be without its leading pass rusher, a player they credited with 10 and a half sacks. And they knew where the crowd was: one of the guys pointed out the public is on Ole Miss, which puts two of the three hosts on the popular side against Colby.

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