BREAKING DOWN TULSA @ HOUSTON
By mark rogers
November 14, 2008
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The above is a link to Case Keenum's stats. He's third in the nation in passing yards trailing only Sam Bradford and Graham Harrell...pretty good company. His competition this week, Tulsa's David Johnson, is third in the nation in TD passes...trailing the same two guys.
Everybody's got Tulsa in this game and everybody's got a pretty good case.
Tulsa has lost one game all year. It was their most recent game, at Arkansas. The Razorbacks have lost six games but they've lost to Alabama, Texas, Florida, Kentucky (by one), Ole Miss and South Caroina. That's a tough schedule.
Other than that, Tulsa's closest win was a six-point game against SMU.
Throw that and the Arkansas game out and the Golden Hurrican have scored at least 45 points in every game they've played.
Their QB is the nation's leader in passer rating at nearly 200 points.
But Houston has won four of five and are 4-1 in conference play. They lost three straight early in the year, but those games were against Oklahoma State, Air Force (lost by three) and Colorado State.
Since then, U of H is on a roll, and I would not be surprised if they upset Tulsa.
I wouldn't be surprised for three reasons.
- 1. It's in Houston. Home field plays a big role in college football games.
- 2. Houston's played its best football the last four weeks of the season. They're peaking at the right time.
- 3. Tulsa is coming off a loss and a bye week on top of that. That fact could work for or against the Cougars.
I'm calling the upset in this one. I say Case throws for 400 and 4 TDs in what is sure to be a wild west shootout.
Houston 52 - Tulsa 49
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