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Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. Texas Longhorns
Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium/Jamail Field has a Week 1 contest on tap for Saturday as the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns and the Texas Longhorns play their season openers.
Oddsmakers opened the Longhorns as -14.5-point favorites versus the Ragin' Cajuns, while the game's total opened at 60.5.
Texas was a 55-23 winner in its last match on the road against Buffaloes. They covered the -8-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 78 sent OVER bettors to the payout window.
Louisiana-Lafayette won its last outing, a 31-24 result against Roadrunners on December 26. Louisiana-Lafayette failed to cover in that game as a -13.5-point favorite, while the 55 combined points took the game PUSH the total.
Louisiana-Lafayette:
Team record: 10-1 SU,5-6 ATS
Current Streak: won 7 straight games.
Louisiana-Lafayette is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Louisiana-Lafayette's last 20 games
Louisiana-Lafayette is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Texas:
Team record: 7-3 SU,4-5-1 ATS
Texas is 3-5-1 ATS in its last 9 games
Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Texas's last 10 games
Next up:
Louisiana-Lafayette home to Nicholls State Saturday, September 11
Texas at Arkansas Saturday, September 11