{"id":15398,"date":"2009-11-07T09:53:26","date_gmt":"2009-11-07T14:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=15398"},"modified":"2009-11-07T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2009-11-07T15:52:39","slug":"wk10-houston-tulsa-pick-71109","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/wk10-houston-tulsa-pick-71109\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 10: Cougars vs. Golden Hurricane Preview\/Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCAA Football Week 10 – Houston Cougars at Tulsa Golden Hurricane<\/h2>\n

Houston Cougars at Tulsa Golden Hurricane
\nSaturday, November 7th \u2013 Chapman Stadium \u2013 7:30 PM ET
\nCollege Football Spread: Tulsa -1.5, O\/U: 67.5<\/p>\n

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Houston: The Week That Was <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Houston Cougars surrendered 43 points to Southern Miss. \"\"<\/a>Coach Kevin Sumlin\u2019s declawed defense \u2013 which allowed 58 points to UTEP in Houston\u2019s only loss of the season \u2013 gave up 608 yards to the visiting Golden Eagles this past Saturday. UH blew an 18-point lead by conceding 21 fourth-quarter points to its Conference USA rival.<\/p>\n

None of those shortcomings ultimately mattered, though, because Houston\u2019s offense excelled. Cougar quarterback and Heisman Trophy contender Case Keenum went 44-of-54 for 559 yards, five touchdowns, and one interception. The Cougs rolled up 750 yards and answered the bell whenever Southern Miss rallied.<\/p>\n

After USM tied the score at 43-all on a touchdown with 57 seconds left in regulation, Keenum led a scoring drive of his own that culminated just 36 seconds later, on a 28-yard strike to Patrick Edwards. Houston 50, Southern Miss 43 with 1,358 yards of total offense. Welcome to Conference USA.<\/p>\n

Tulsa: The Week That Was <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Golden Hurricane have been blown off course in their last two games. Viewed as the foremost challenger to Houston in the preseason, Todd Graham\u2019s group has fallen from grace in losses at UTEP and, this past weekend, to Southern Methodist on home turf.<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s true that SMU is a much-improved team under June Jones, it\u2019s hard to understand how Tulsa could go down so meekly, in a 27-13 game that was appreciably decisive. The Golden Hurricane watched their offense implode, as quarterback G.J. Kinne was benched after a miserable day at the office. Kinne went 2-of-10 for only 10 yards, with two interceptions, before being pulled in favor of backup Jacob Bower. The loss at UTEP (on Oct. 21) could have been viewed as an isolated stumble, but a two-game conference losing streak suggests that more stormy times lie ahead for the Golden Hurricane.<\/p>\n

The Week That Is: <\/strong><\/p>\n

This game is certainly dangerous for Houston; the Cougars are on the road, and their defense has buckled in the face of potent offenses. If UTEP \u2013 a 3-5 club \u2013 could ring up 58 points against them, the Cougars can\u2019t take any opposing offense for granted. The fact that this game represents Tulsa\u2019s season, and offers the Golden Hurricane their last chance to stay in the Conference USA West Division race, will only make the home team more inspired to knock off Kevin Sumlin\u2019s crew from Southeastern Texas.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the defining aspect of this game is that Tulsa\u2019s offense, which will need to keep pace with Case Keenum and Co., enters this showdown in a state of considerable (if not complete) disarray. Kinne has been making shaky decisions at quarterback this season, and has not learned to throw balls away when plays break down. Tulsa will throw the kitchen sink at Houston, and make the Cougars sweat; but because the Golden Hurricane lack an accurate thrower, the kitchen sink won\u2019t directly hit Houston. The visitors might get wounded, but they\u2019ll survive their trip to the state of Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Football Betting Pick: Houston +1.5<\/strong>
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Oddsmakers currently have the Cougars listed as 1\u00bd-point favorites versus the Golden Hurricane, while the game’s total is sitting at 69\u00bd, here is a preview for the Houston Cougars vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane plus a pick and lines betting angle…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[41,164,287,19690,2358,470,548,17181,19692,19691,19693,763,17005,17002,1039,1168,1260,2895,1294,1775,4002,4255],"class_list":["post-15398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-41","tag-betting-lines","tag-cfb-picks","tag-cougars-vs-golden-hurricane","tag-football-odds","tag-free-pick","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-houston-cougars","tag-houston-cougars-vs-tulsa-golden-hurricane","tag-houston-tulsa-spread","tag-houston-vs-tulsa","tag-ncaa-football-betting","tag-ncaa-football-spreads","tag-ncaaf-bet","tag-previews","tag-sportsbook","tag-trends","tag-tulsa-golden-hurricane","tag-vegas-picks","tag-wagering-ncaaf-odds","tag-week-10","tag-week-10-free-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15398"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15418,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15398\/revisions\/15418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}