The SMU Mustangs aim to continue their breakout season when they visit the Houston Cougars on Thursday night. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. The Mustangs are 14-point favorites and the over-under for total points scored is 65.5. Before you make any SMU vs. Houston picks of your own, you need to see what football expert Emory Hunt has to say.

Hunt is the founder and CEO of Football Gameplan, which has been supplying analysis of all levels of football since 2007, and a former running back at Louisiana-Lafayette. He knows the game from a player's perspective.

This season Hunt is an incredible 62-32 on against the spread picks, returning a profit of nearly $2,800 to $100 bettors. What's more, he has had a strong feel for the tendencies of these two programs and has posted a record of 7-3 on against the spread picks involving the Mustangs or Cougars over the past two seasons! Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

We can tell you Hunt is leaning toward the Over, but his MUCH stronger play is on the spread. Hunt has found a critical x-factor that has him going BIG on one side of the spread! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in your own picks.

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