Tulsa v. Tulane Betting Odds

Will Tulsa attract gambler’s attention? Head Coach Todd Graham has the Golden Hurricane endeavoring for large dreams even with running up a 21-7 record the past 2 years. Tulsa has played in the Conference USA title contest the past 2 seasons and came up short on both occasions. He wants the program to turn back to 2005, when Tulsa captured the inaugural C-USA championship. That goal begins tonight when the team visits the Green Wave as 13.5-point chalk. At last check, about 85% of bets at Sportsbook.com were going with Tulsa.

It will not be an easy task, since Graham needs to supplant a quarterback and 5 more starters on offense. Junior Jacob Bower has earned the inside track as the field general, after sitting on the sidelines last season. The front five has to be rebuilt in order for Bower to succeed. If these factors come together quickly, Tulsa can build on its 8-3 ATS September record. Defensively, eight players are back, nonetheless, according to the coach they are required to play with a stronger belief in the system, after yielding 30+ points six times last year. “Defensively, we have to return to doing what we’ve done in the past of being successful, and that’s a unforgiving attitude to play to the ball and get back to a hard edge mentality defensively,” Graham said. “What we have to improve on defense is not giving away the big play.” Sportsbook.com has Tulsa as 13.5-point road chalk with total of 64 and they are just 4-7 at the pay window in that situation under Graham.

Tulane has won six games in two years under coach Bob Toledo and everyone affiliated with the program understands this has to be the season to get displaying positive signs. “We know we’ve really got to right the ship,” receiver Jeremy Williams told the Times-Picayune. “We’re not worried about the future. We’ve got to do it now.”The Green Wave welcome back seven starters on offense and redshirt sophomore Joe Kemp who won the quarterback derby. Tulane will be assisted by the return of RB Andre Anderson, who was fourth in the nation in rushing and all-purpose yards when he went down to injury in the seventh game of the year. They will need to score points to hang with Tulsa, even so, they are just 4-10-1 against the spread when getting points at their own stadium. Tulane enters this year with misinforming defensive statistics. The Green Wave was 14th in the country in pass defense, allowing 173 yards per game. That was at any rate in part to ceding 218 (5.7 yards per carry) yards per game on the ground. Senior DE Logan Kelley backbones a very knowledgeable front four that must raise its game in 2009. Tulane is 7-23-1 against the spread in its last 31 conference games.

Tulsa takes on four of their first five games as a visitor, including the first three. It should be noted that they lost ATS in their last four times as a visitor. The Green Wave is 0-4 SU and ATS versus Tulsa in C-USA action, losing by 33 points per game. This conference battle goes at 8 ESTon ESPN, with Tulsa 7-2-1 OVER as visiting favorite. Get your wager in at Sportsbook.com and take advantage of Reduced Juice Fridays (-105).

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