Thursday.
Memphis +14 (unranked) over Tulane ranked #18. 10 units<<<
Memphis 1H +7.5 . 2 units.
Full game ML win here +460. 2 units
Division battle of two, 9-2 teams.
This is like a Bowl game.
Some capping factors I use.
They each played 6 common opponents.
Tulane overall season scoring record averages. 39-17.
Memphis overall season scoring record averages 35-22.
Common Opponents: (*)=home. @=away
Navy (7-3) a plus scoring of 32-23.. (Memhis@ lost-44-56) (Tulane* won 35-0.)
Rice. (3-8) A negative of 21-25. (Memphis* won (27-20) (Tulane* won 24-10.)
Charlotte.(4-7) a Negative (23-34) .(Memphis* won(35-28) Tulane won@ 34-3)
UAB.(3-8) Negative. (26-34). (Memphis* won. 53-18). Tulane won@ (71-20)
North Texas/(34-36.Negative team. (Memphis won *(52-44). Tulane won @(45-37)
South Florida (6-5) positive (31-28). Memphis won.@21-3. Tulane won *45-10.
Vs commomn opponents
Tulane is 6-0. Memphis is 5-1.
Tulane Scoring vs Common teams was 254 -80.
Memphis scoring vs Common teams was 233 -169.
In the 6 games. Mempis won they scored more than Tulane in a 4 of the 6 games. Memphis scored 188.
Tulane scored 219.
On defense, Memphis allowed 113.. Tulane only allowed 80. (0 vs Navy).
The one game that was what caused the main scoring difference - was NAVY.
Why did Tulane get ranked at #18) with the same 9-2 W-L record as unranked Memphis?
Because:
Tulane played Kan State (8-3) a positive scoring team, (30-21) and Tulane Lost * 27-34.
They played Oklahoma (6-5) a positive scoring team, (25-20). and lost@ 19-34.
U La-Lafayette (9-2) a postive scoring team(35-22) and WON @41-33 .
They played Temple, a Negative scoring team (19-36) and won 52-6.
The win over Navy- while Memphis lost to Navy. ( Thats why Ratings are misleading)
Tulane played one FCS 1-AA team Southeast La. which isnt competitive team.
WE remove one game for overall scoring accuracy. with Souteast La.
That makes the true scoring season numbers for Tulane 39-17. Not 41-17.
Memphis played one FCS team North Alabama.
Their numbers improved to 38.8 on offense but worsened to 24 on defense. From 35-22. (Remember the NAVY game).
Memphis played.
UTSA. - A Positive scoring team (33-31). and lost 36-44.
Middle Tenn State. A negative scoring tea, (17-34) and won 24-7.
Florida State. A negative scoring team, (15-27) and won 20--12.
Troy. A negative scoring team (23-29) and won 38-17.
Not only are the games listed with opponent game-scoring numbers, here are the actual W-L records of teams played.
Memphis played 10 games vs FBS 1-A teams.
They were 7-0 vs non-winning record teams and
1-2 vs winning record teams.
They played only 3 winners
Tulane played 10 games vs FBS 1-A teams
They were 5-0 vs non-winning record teams and
3-2 vs winning record teams.
They played 5 winners.
One main factor is the NAVY game.
When Memphis played Navy and lost 44-56, they played all the first string NAVY starters, including outstanding QB Blake Horvath, who was the entire offense in that game. He passed for 192 yds and ran for 211!
(^^Reason for my ML+460 Play on Memphis.)
When Tulane played Navy - Horvath played 6 snaps and was out. Injured.
Yet -Tulane only could put up only 35 points in that game and 14 were in the last 4th quarter!
(^^ Reason for my 1H play on Memphis +7.5 ).
Navy only had 8 first downs!
The backup QB Woodson, had 24 yds rushing and 13 yds passing!
(^^ Reason for my 1H play on Memphis +7.5 ).
Final NOTE!
Last year Memphis was a 39-29 scoring team with a 10-3-1 record!
Last year Tulane was a 26-21 scoring team within 11-3 record.
Tulane last year beat Memphis 31-21. This is a revenge game for Memphis.
Memphis returns 17 starters from last year with the starting QB.
Tulane returns 14 starters without their Staring QB from last year.
Tulane did get transfer QB Thompson from Oregon this year but he never played this year!
Instead, they got former Rutgers QB Evan Simon, who was NOT a starter at Rutgers?.
Happy Thanksgiving!