Tulsa comes in off the highly emotional 28-27 win at Notre Dame, one QB G. J. Kinne said of "I've never been a part of anything like that. It was an awesome feeling."
Meanwhile lowly Rice has had two weeks to prepare and actually has its own QB Nick Fanuzzi playing well with 7 TDs and 0 picks the last three weeks. He will face a pass defense surrendering 330 yards per contest.
Rice's inabilty to stop the run is a big worry but Tulsa has a showdown at Houston next week for a likely share of the Conference USA West top spot.
Tulsa was a 17 point favorite at Rice last year and the game landed on the number, 27-10. At home the Golden Hurricane are virtually the same number again, so that reflects some improvement in the Owls.
The biggest factor seems you're not likely to see the best effort from Tulsa and if nothing else against that pourous secondary the back door is wide open for the cover.
Meanwhile lowly Rice has had two weeks to prepare and actually has its own QB Nick Fanuzzi playing well with 7 TDs and 0 picks the last three weeks. He will face a pass defense surrendering 330 yards per contest.
Rice's inabilty to stop the run is a big worry but Tulsa has a showdown at Houston next week for a likely share of the Conference USA West top spot.
Tulsa was a 17 point favorite at Rice last year and the game landed on the number, 27-10. At home the Golden Hurricane are virtually the same number again, so that reflects some improvement in the Owls.
The biggest factor seems you're not likely to see the best effort from Tulsa and if nothing else against that pourous secondary the back door is wide open for the cover.
