LSU vs. Texas A&M point spread: Picking Tigers vs. Aggies

LSU is an 11.5-point betting favorite against Texas A&M at home, accoridng to FanDuel Sportsbook. Andy Staples wasted no time in picking the Tigers to cover — but will his guest agree?

To aid him in making his weekly picks, Jake Crain joined On3’s Andy Staples to discuss why earning this win — and covering the spread — is so important for the Tigers this weekend.

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“LSU has to win if Jayden Daniels wants to win the Heisman,” Crain told Staples. “Even though, as an LSU fan, it had got to make you sick to your stomach that you have the deadliest offense in college football, but you’re not going to get a chance to win it because your defense is so bad. Does winning the Heisman maybe take a little shine to you a little bit, maybe make it feel a little bit better? I guess, maybe.

“But I think Jayden Daniels stays in. LSU obviously at home, big game for them — it’s his last game there. I think LSU covers this, but I love the over. I need to see the LSU total team points, too.”

On the season, Daniels has accumulated 4,591 total yards of offense and has accounted for 46 touchdowns. He’s a 1,000-yard rusher after last week’s performace against Georgia State and is third in the country in passing yards with 3,577 on a 72.6% completion percentage.

For Texas A&M, their immediate focus shouldn’t even be on this game against LSU. They might just have to take their whooping to round out Daniels’ Heisman resume and hope for a better future heading into the bowl and and into the offseason. Still, Staples isn’t worried about what the Aggies are capable of with more important matters on the horizon.

“I’m way more interested in their coaching search than I am in this game,” Staples said. His No. 1 replacement for Jimbo Fisher would be Kansas‘ Lance Leipold, but also said that he believes that someone like Urban Meyer wouldn’t answer the phone if Texas A&M called — he’d have called them first.

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For now, Elijah Johnson is serving as the Aggies’ interim head coach as Texas A&M begins its search. Whether they’ll be a footnote in Daniels’ Heisman History remains to be seen, but the ailing Aggies will be looking to ruin the Tigers’ party this weekend in Death Valley. Opening kickoff is scheduled for Noon ET live on ESPN.