TCU @ TEXAS
TEXAS +7 -115 over TCU

BEST LINE: Bet365 +7 -115

Posted at 10:50 AM EST.

7:30 PM EST. Thanksgiving Day and football go hand in hand. This is even more so the case in the state of Texas. Texas rejoices in Thanksgiving, as a day their beloved Cowboys and Longhorns play in their annual Thanksgiving showdown. It used to be the Lone Star Showdown when former Big 12, now SEC team, Texas A&M would square off with their most bitter rival historically, Texas. Now the Longhorns have established a new tradition with newcomer TCU, in a Big-12 rivalry series for state bragging rights. Regardless of both historical and current records, the Horns are always tough on Thanksgiving and they have the luxury of hosting a TCU team that comes in on a rather tumultuous note. TCU was simply napping in their last game against a pitiful Kansas Jayhawks team. The Horned Frogs were lucky to get out of Lawrence with a win, trailing the Jayhawks by 10 points late in to the third quarter. TCU would win the game (34-30), but Kansas would hang around until the end. While the upset bid was sullied by TCU, they are facing an entirely different animal in a Texas team looking for a signature victory this year.

The Longhorns are 6-5. This game will serve as their finale to their regular season before they move on to what will likely be a low-tier bowl game. For all intents and purposes, this is the game that the Longhorns have been waiting for all year. Texas is riding a three-game winning streak and they have smashed competition the en route to this game. The victims consist of Texas Tech, West Virginia and Oklahoma State. Most notably, all three of these teams at one point this year received some sort of media attention, exclaimed to potentially be a Big 12 dark horse that will steal the conference from the anticipated contenders of Baylor and Oklahoma. The Horns have put those theories to rest, decimating all three opponents by an average margin of 19.6 points per game. TCU is the fifth-ranked team in the country. On the year against top-fifteen ranked opponents, such as Oklahoma and UCLA, the Longhorns lost both games by a combined 8 points and thus markets their ability to be competitive in spotlight match-ups against elite opposition. With the TCU "Superfrogs" showing that they are anything but invincible and a Texas Longhorns team searching for a benchmark win at home, it is hard not to roll with the points in this Thanksgiving showdown.

 



Our Pick

TEXAS +7 -115 (Risking 2.2 units - To Win: 2.00)