Date: January 7, 2011
Venue: Cowboys Stadium, Dallas Texas
Time: 7:00 PM ET
Coverage: ESPN
Teams: LSU (10-2, 6-2 SEC) vs Texas A&M (9-3, 6-2 Big 12)

2011 will held the 75th anniversary of the AT&T Cotton Bowl. As usual, Dallas Texas will hold the game at the Cowboys Stadium. The Cotton Bowl Athletic Association (CBAA) is a nonprofit organization incorporated under the laws of the state of Texas to promote, sponsor and stage an annual postseason intercollegiate football game in Arlington.

As a little bit of history we can say that the first Classic was conceived by the late J. Curtis Sanford, a Dallas oilman and business executive. Sanford’s first game promotion, a private enterprise guaranteeing each institution $10,000, matched TCU and Marquette on January 1, 1937, at Fair Park’s Cotton Bowl Stadium before 17,000 fans. In 1941, the affiliation with the Southwest Conference began, with the SWC voting to send its champion annually to the Classic as the host institution. A partnership was formed in 1998 to create one of the top collegiate matchups in postseason play. Each year the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic will serve as the New Year’s Day home for the Big 12 Conference and Southeastern Conference.

Texas A&M flirted with the SEC over the summer, but the Aggies will get a chance to beat an SEC team for the first time since 1995 when they face LSU. Texas A&M is 0-3 in the past two seasons against the conference, but the Tigers’ defense will make life hard on the Aggies’ offense. There’s a silver lining for Texas A&M, though. Les Miles will be without his mojo: this game is on artificial turf.

Here we can indlude some statistics of both teams. Is important to check this stats because despite a team have good numbers it does not mean that another team from another division (with less efficient numbers) could not win against the “good team”. Here are the stats for both of the teams in order to analyze them.

LSU
Win-Lose: 10-2
Average Points: 28.8
Average Points Allowed: 17.8
Home Record: 7-0
Road Record: 3-2
Division Record: 3-2
Conference Record: 6-2

Texas A&M
Win-Lose: 9-3
Average Points: 31.8
Average Points Allowed: 20.3
Home Record: 6-2
Road Record: 3-1
Division Record: 4-1
Conference Record: 6-2

Is also important to have a good idea of the performance of the key players of each team. Bellow there is a complete report of such performance which is useful to decide what team is in a better position to win the game.

LSU Leaders
Passing: Jefferson – 108-190, 1253 yds, 4 tds
Rushing: Ridley – 225 car, 1042 yds, 14 tds
Receiving: Randle – 31 rec, 525 yds, 3 tds

Texas A&M Leaders
Passing: Johnson – 158-279, 1947 yds, 14 tds
Rushing: Gray – 180 car, 1033 yds, 12 tds
Receiving: Fuller – 65 rec, 983 yds, 12 tds

Take the time to check at the LIVE LINES. They show important information about who the fans think that is going to be the winner of the game and that is the first clue that has to be taken on count in order to lay some action on the game. Take the chance to look at the odds and lay some action now. More line information here.

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