Both teams have solid run offenses, game should come down to who runs the ball better.
Tulsa has the better running attack, they average 5 yards per carry, and I am not convinced BYU can get enough stops on defense.
I'm not buying into the BYU end of the season hype either.
Oh sure, they won their last three 42-7, 42-7, 41-20, against who? The three crappiest teams in the WAC, Idaho, New Mexico State, and Hawaii.
Add up the win totals of those three teams (12) and you still don't equal LSU.
Plus, I'm reading where Tulsa will be doing things on defense this game, which tells me Tulsa isn't mailing this game in, they are prepping hard.
Tulsa is going to be stunting, and bringing the house on BYU QB Riley Nelson.
Nelson's tough, he's coming off bruised lungs and broken ribs, and Tulsa will be pressuring Nelson all afternoon.
Just one big hit is all it's going to take to get inside the kids head, you see, first big hit, Nelson will be off his game.
Now here's the important part, and I'm not rooting for anybody to get knocked out of any game with lung or rib injuries, but the QB who filled in for Nelson the games he missed due to ribs (Heaps) is out, gone, he transferred, he's not on the team anymore, the backup QB for this game for BYU is a nobody, with 10 pass attempts his whole career.
Now, if Tulsa is successful in getting into Nelson's face, and forces BYU to run, they are going to be running into a vastly underrated, strong run defense of Tulsa.
Tulsa's run defense is ranked 37th in the nation, they only allow slightly 3 yards per rush.
I'm expecting BYU to be all sorts of out of synch all game.
Tulsa has those two backs that can rip off yards too, Douglas and Watts.
Both ran for over 800 yards, I particularly like Douglas and his 8 yards per run.
Now BYU does have a good run defense the two of them are not going to go off for 100 and change each, but they should move the ball.
Keeping it real here, Tulsa QB GJ Kinne is not my favorite passing QB, but if Tulsa gets the ground game going, and they should, Kinne shouldn't have to go up top.
This game isn't the pick'em game Las Vegas makes it out to be.
Tulsa is going to be prepped, especially on defense, and if Kinne doesn't get picked, I wouldn't be surprised if Tulsa wins by 14
Tulsa has the better running attack, they average 5 yards per carry, and I am not convinced BYU can get enough stops on defense.
I'm not buying into the BYU end of the season hype either.
Oh sure, they won their last three 42-7, 42-7, 41-20, against who? The three crappiest teams in the WAC, Idaho, New Mexico State, and Hawaii.
Add up the win totals of those three teams (12) and you still don't equal LSU.
Plus, I'm reading where Tulsa will be doing things on defense this game, which tells me Tulsa isn't mailing this game in, they are prepping hard.
Tulsa is going to be stunting, and bringing the house on BYU QB Riley Nelson.
Nelson's tough, he's coming off bruised lungs and broken ribs, and Tulsa will be pressuring Nelson all afternoon.
Just one big hit is all it's going to take to get inside the kids head, you see, first big hit, Nelson will be off his game.
Now here's the important part, and I'm not rooting for anybody to get knocked out of any game with lung or rib injuries, but the QB who filled in for Nelson the games he missed due to ribs (Heaps) is out, gone, he transferred, he's not on the team anymore, the backup QB for this game for BYU is a nobody, with 10 pass attempts his whole career.
Now, if Tulsa is successful in getting into Nelson's face, and forces BYU to run, they are going to be running into a vastly underrated, strong run defense of Tulsa.
Tulsa's run defense is ranked 37th in the nation, they only allow slightly 3 yards per rush.
I'm expecting BYU to be all sorts of out of synch all game.
Tulsa has those two backs that can rip off yards too, Douglas and Watts.
Both ran for over 800 yards, I particularly like Douglas and his 8 yards per run.
Now BYU does have a good run defense the two of them are not going to go off for 100 and change each, but they should move the ball.
Keeping it real here, Tulsa QB GJ Kinne is not my favorite passing QB, but if Tulsa gets the ground game going, and they should, Kinne shouldn't have to go up top.
This game isn't the pick'em game Las Vegas makes it out to be.
Tulsa is going to be prepped, especially on defense, and if Kinne doesn't get picked, I wouldn't be surprised if Tulsa wins by 14