Tee, when you get a minute can you elaborate on this game a little more? Thanks bro and GL!
Wise-
this stretch to end the year by Tulsa is a good place to start:
<TABLE class="tablehead teamTop colOne" cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR class=oddrow><TD>11/01</TD><TD align=left>@
Arkansas</TD><TD align=middle>8-1 (5-0)</TD><TD align=right>
L 30-23</TD><TR class=evenrow><TD>11/15</TD><TD align=left>@
Houston</TD><TD align=middle>8-2 (5-1)</TD><TD align=right>
L 70-30</TD><TR class=oddrow><TD>11/22</TD><TD align=left>
Tulane</TD><TD align=middle>9-2 (6-1)</TD><TD align=right>
W 56-7</TD><TR class=evenrow><TD>11/29</TD><TD align=left>@
Marshall</TD><TD align=middle>10-2 (7-1)</TD><TD align=right>
W 38-35</TD><TR class=oddrow><TD>12/06</TD><TD align=left>
East Carolina</TD><TD align=middle>10-3 (7-1)</TD><TD align=right>
L 27-24</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
And I watched this game in which Houston hung 70 on this defense:
<TABLE class=tablehead cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3><TBODY><TR class=gamehead><TD colSpan=3>Team Stat Comparison</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=middle><TD align=left></TD><TD>
</TD><TD>
</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=middle><TD class=bi align=left>1st Downs</TD><TD>27</TD><TD>32</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow align=middle><TD class=bi align=left>Total Yards</TD><TD>501</TD><TD>641</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=middle><TD class=bi align=left>Passing</TD><TD>309</TD><TD>461</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow align=middle><TD class=bi align=left>Rushing</TD><TD>192</TD><TD>180</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=middle><TD class=bi align=left>Penalties</TD><TD>7-56</TD><TD>7-90</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow align=middle><TD class=bi align=left>3rd Down Conversions</TD><TD>7-13</TD><TD>5-10</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=middle><TD class=bi align=left>4th Down Conversions</TD><TD>0-2</TD><TD>2-2</TD></TR><TR class=evenrow align=middle><TD class=bi align=left>Turnovers</TD><TD>5</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR class=oddrow align=middle><TD class=bi align=left>Possession</TD><TD>29:45</TD><TD>30:15</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Everyone is beating down the MAC in Bowl games just like everyone is hating on the Big Ten.. Don't buy the conference comparison bullshit except to draw some general comparisons.. As cappers, to think this is as easy as finding an inferior conference and fading them just on that fact is insane IMO... Getting kind of sick about reading about it to be honest.. (Big Ten sucks against the SEC?--no, shitty teams from the Big Ten conference suck against superior teams from the SEC) Iowa dominated SCary.. It was easy to spot except if persuaded by the SEC/Big Ten hyperbole myth.. Same thing here.. and I have to tell you the Conference USA and MAC are both bullshit conferences with gimmicky teams so lets just focus on the teams not the conferences.
With Ball St you get a legitimate team not some freakshow that runs a bullshit offense without any regards to the other aspects of the game.. Like Defense, ball control, field position--little things like that..
I also rate Davis higher because he is like the team-- much more stable than Tulsa..
Ball St. will run the ball at will and is also capable of throwing the ball at will. Tulsa has a much higher beta on offense as we have seen with Johnson's high interceptions rate.. Will Tulsa's Marion play and if so will he be anywhere near full speed?
And regardless of what anyone thinks, I can say with certainty, Ball states defense has a shot to slow Tulsa down, that and ball control offense.. Tulsa can do neither IMO.
Tulsa may go off and control the game throughout but I don't see it at all.. I'd be on this side everytime and I don't even want the points.. Ball St should be favored by 3-4 points IMO which is where it started.. 1st line is always the best line..
Many more notes but running short on time.. Holler, if I missed something..