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The Conference USA weekly tour continues tonite; I really like the fact that a lot of the C-USA games are played during the week, because it allows (forces?) me to look at these teams a little more deeply than if all the games were on the weekend. What I really mean by that is that at first glance, all Conference USA teams look almost the same.
Last nite it was S Miss and Tulsa and tonite we have:
Central Florida @ Marshall - Looking at these 4 teams, Tulsa is clearly the best of the four. They won @ UCF in the C-USA Championship game LY and just beat S Miss last nite. If you've seen these 4 teams play, Tulsa clearly looks the most polished offensively. Not sure there is a ton of differnece btw the 4 defensively. S Miss went into UCF last week and somehow got the cover as RF's...UCF was definitely the right side in that game though, telling me those two teams are close...and I think Marshall is right there as well...making these 3 teams almost the same.
That being said...UCF ended their long losing streak LY vs Marshall and proceeded with a large fireworks celebration that kind of tweaked the Marshall players. For further motivation angles, please see CollegeKingRex's thread for details on Marshall QB Morris and his ties to Florida. Also, for even more analysis on the game...see the same thread as I agree with CKR's take that UCF is a little better team, esp now that they have a 2nd WR emerging opposite of Walker. Like I said...all these defenses seem close, so I got to go with what I think is a little more of a dynamic offense and the points in this matchup, despite the motiviational angles that might support the Herd. Unlike CKR though...I will make this play lighter than my full whack since I don't trust either of these teams on offense and their mistake prone QB's.
Play on: UCF +3' over Marshall (lighter than usual)
GL to everyone.
Last nite it was S Miss and Tulsa and tonite we have:
Central Florida @ Marshall - Looking at these 4 teams, Tulsa is clearly the best of the four. They won @ UCF in the C-USA Championship game LY and just beat S Miss last nite. If you've seen these 4 teams play, Tulsa clearly looks the most polished offensively. Not sure there is a ton of differnece btw the 4 defensively. S Miss went into UCF last week and somehow got the cover as RF's...UCF was definitely the right side in that game though, telling me those two teams are close...and I think Marshall is right there as well...making these 3 teams almost the same.
That being said...UCF ended their long losing streak LY vs Marshall and proceeded with a large fireworks celebration that kind of tweaked the Marshall players. For further motivation angles, please see CollegeKingRex's thread for details on Marshall QB Morris and his ties to Florida. Also, for even more analysis on the game...see the same thread as I agree with CKR's take that UCF is a little better team, esp now that they have a 2nd WR emerging opposite of Walker. Like I said...all these defenses seem close, so I got to go with what I think is a little more of a dynamic offense and the points in this matchup, despite the motiviational angles that might support the Herd. Unlike CKR though...I will make this play lighter than my full whack since I don't trust either of these teams on offense and their mistake prone QB's.
Play on: UCF +3' over Marshall (lighter than usual)
GL to everyone.
