Tulane Green Wave
Tulane’s offense is guided by QB Michael Pratt, who is 164/247 with a 66.4% pass completion rate for 2,168 passing yards, 21 TDs and 4 INTs. To help him in the aerial game, the team has WR Lawrence Keys III, who has 599 yards and 7 TDs, as well as Chris Brazzell II with 670 yards and 5 TDs and Jha’Quan Jackson with 421 yards and 4 TDs. In the ground game, the team has RB Makhi Hughes with 1,246 ground yards and 7 TDs.
Tulane’s defense is a unit that does well against the run, averaging 85.8 yards per game against the run game, in addition to 2.95 yards per carry and 10 TDs. In the passing game, there are 242.2 yards given up per game, in addition to 15 TDs and 15 INTs.
SMU Mustangs
SMU’s offense has QB Preston Stone who is 206/344 with 59.1% pass completion for 3,197 yards, 28 TDs and 6 INTs. To help him on offense, the team has WRs Jake Bailey, who has 450 receiving yards, in addition to Jordan Hudson with 403 receiving yards and 7 TDs and TE RJ Maryland, with 462 yards and 7 TDs. In the ground game, RB Jaylan Knighton has been widely used and has already collected 645 ground yards and 6 TDs.
The defense has great numbers so far this season. They give up an average of 117.8 rushing yards per game, in addition to an average of 3.27 yards per carry and 10 TDs in this regard. In the aerial game, there is an average of 184.3 yards given up per game, in addition to 16 TDs and 10 INTs.
Conclusion
I really like this Tulane attack and I believe the team has good offensive conditions to play a great game. My issue is the matchup between their defense and SMU’s offense, which is also very good. Still, I believe they will be able to have the most possession and also the greatest possibility of successful third downs without their game becoming one-dimensional.
I really like Tulane in this game and I’ll go here with the Green Wave’s handicap as the best bet in the match as they also have the advantage of playing at home.