Sam Houston Bearkats vs. New Mexico State Aggies Odds, Betting Lines, Expert picks, Game Projections, DFS Projections and Player Prop Projections - Thursday 10/02 9:00 PM ET - SportsLine.com
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MONEYLINE
SAMST @ NMEXST
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OVER / UNDER
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34%
PUBLIC
66%
MONEY
74%
PUBLIC
26%
MONEY
Over48%
PUBLIC
Under52%
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Understanding Public and Money
Think of 'Public' as the percentage of people betting on each side and 'Money' as how much money is being bet. When there's a big difference between the 'Public' and 'Money' data, it usually means that the more serious bettors (referred to as 'Sharp Money') are favoring a particular side.
Team Injuries
Sam Houston Bearkats
TE
Matt Smith
Leg
New Mexico State Aggies
WR
AJ Williams III
Undisclosed
RB
Roscoe Burton
Undisclosed
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A lot of models say the wrong team is favored here, and I'm wondering that myself with Sam Houston at 0-4 and NMSU at 2-2 -- ours has the Aggies winning by two. It doesn't appear they are missing anyone of note. Sam Houston is converting 13.7% on 3rd down so far, lowest through four games by any FBS team dating to 2015. Sam Houston has both the lowest scoring offense (16.3 ppg) and highest scoring defense in CUSA (42.8 PPG).
It is 0-3 away and being outscored by an average of about 30 points. Explain to me like I'm 5 why the Bearkats are favored. New Mexico State can match its win total from 2024 with a victory.