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AAA's 10* OPENING NIGHT EARLY AAC LINE-MOVER SPECIAL!
(NCAAF) Tulane vs. Tulsa,
08/28/2014 4:00 PM, Score: 31 - 38
Point Spread: 5.00 | -105.00 Tulane (Away)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: 5.00 | -105.00 Tulane (Away)
Result: Loss
This is a 10* EARLY AAC LINE-MOVER SPECIAL on Tulane.
I am a situational handicapper at heart. When it comes to ATS sports and O/U's, I mainly look at past statistics and numbers to base my selections, rarley do individual player match-ups play a role in my process (unless of course it involves a star player like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady etc). Tulsa has not gotten much better over the offseason, while Tulane comes into the 2014/15 campaign filled with confidence after its best effort in the last decade. The Green Wave had lost eight straight to the Golden Hurricane, both SU and ATS until they finally came out on top with the 14-7 victory as 3-point underdogs last year. It's been a long hard road for Tulane, from 2003 to 2012 it won just a total of 33 games, an average of justt 3.3 wins per season during the 10-year span. Things changed when Curtis Johnson took over head coaching duties. Johnson had been the New Orleans Saints WR coach for six years before taking over in 2012. The Green Wave won just two games that season before Johnson would then lead them to a Bowl game for the first time in a decade last year. It's true that Tulane clinched a bowl bid early and went just 1-4 down the stretch, but note that three of those came by a total of just 10 points. But with winning comes confidence, and also money; the Green Wave have an entirely new stadium ready to go this year. It will be a difficult switch from the Conference USA to the American Athletic Conference, but Tulane catches a break in facing a familiar face in Tulsa. The Golden Hurricane also come over from Conference USA. Tulsa dominated the conference for the better part of a decade before finally coming back down to Earth in 2013/14, finishing just 3-9. The biggest difference was clearly on offense, finishing No. 102 in the nation with just 21.1 points per game, six of its nine losses by 17 or more points. Tulsa is now in full rebuilding mode, it has a ton of new faces on both sides of the ball, several freshmen and sophomores will be playing a lot of minutes. Tulane is focused and has an identity, it played tough defense last year and while it will surely have its hands full in moving to the new conference, this first game sets up beautifully for it. While the outright win isn't out of the question, I will in the end recommend grabbing as many points as you can.
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I am a situational handicapper at heart. When it comes to ATS sports and O/U's, I mainly look at past statistics and numbers to base my selections, rarley do individual player match-ups play a role in my process (unless of course it involves a star player like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady etc). Tulsa has not gotten much better over the offseason, while Tulane comes into the 2014/15 campaign filled with confidence after its best effort in the last decade. The Green Wave had lost eight straight to the Golden Hurricane, both SU and ATS until they finally came out on top with the 14-7 victory as 3-point underdogs last year. It's been a long hard road for Tulane, from 2003 to 2012 it won just a total of 33 games, an average of justt 3.3 wins per season during the 10-year span. Things changed when Curtis Johnson took over head coaching duties. Johnson had been the New Orleans Saints WR coach for six years before taking over in 2012. The Green Wave won just two games that season before Johnson would then lead them to a Bowl game for the first time in a decade last year. It's true that Tulane clinched a bowl bid early and went just 1-4 down the stretch, but note that three of those came by a total of just 10 points. But with winning comes confidence, and also money; the Green Wave have an entirely new stadium ready to go this year. It will be a difficult switch from the Conference USA to the American Athletic Conference, but Tulane catches a break in facing a familiar face in Tulsa. The Golden Hurricane also come over from Conference USA. Tulsa dominated the conference for the better part of a decade before finally coming back down to Earth in 2013/14, finishing just 3-9. The biggest difference was clearly on offense, finishing No. 102 in the nation with just 21.1 points per game, six of its nine losses by 17 or more points. Tulsa is now in full rebuilding mode, it has a ton of new faces on both sides of the ball, several freshmen and sophomores will be playing a lot of minutes. Tulane is focused and has an identity, it played tough defense last year and while it will surely have its hands full in moving to the new conference, this first game sets up beautifully for it. While the outright win isn't out of the question, I will in the end recommend grabbing as many points as you can.
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