Betting news, trends, odds and predictions from various handicappers and websites.
Thursday’s games
Rice @ Tulsa
Rice (3-3)
— Rice lost its two road games, 37-10 at Texas, 42-29 at USF.
— Owls allowed 37+ points in four of five I-A games.
— under Bloomgren, Rice is 14-11 ATS as a road underdog (1-0 TY).
— 8 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 94 starts back on offensive line.
— senior QB has completed 63.6% of his passes, thrown 15 TD’s, 5 INT’s.
— under Bloomgren, Rice is 19-20 ATS in conference games.
— Rice is minus-5 in turnovers this year (minus-13 last year)
— Over is 3-1 in last four Rice games.
— Rice got to a bowl LY, its first bowl since 2014.
Tulsa (3-3)
— Tulsa scored 10-17-17 in its I-A losses, 22-48 in its wins.
— Tulsa is 5-9 ATS in last 14 games as a home favorite.
— 4 starters back on offense, 5 on defense
— 41 starts back on offensive line- two starters bolted to Auburn.
— frosh QB has completed 60.8% of his passes, thrown 8 TD’s, 7 INT’s.
— Tulsa is 4-7-1 ATS in last dozen conference games.
— Golden Hurricane is 2-7 ATS in last nine games coming off a loss.
— In his career, Wilson is 11-12 ATS as a home favorite.
— Tulsa made bowls two of last three years (1-1).
— These teams haven’t met since 2013.
— Tulsa won nine of last 11 series games.
— Over is 7-3 in last ten meetings.
— AAC home favorites are 4-7 ATS
James Madison @ Marshall
James Madison (6-0)
— JMU is 3-0 on road, winning by 1-2-7 points.
— Dukes are 3-2 ATS as road favorites since jumping to I-A.
— 6 starters back on offense, 7 on defense
— 120 starts back on offensive line- lot of experience.
— junior QB has completed 64.5% of his passes, thrown 14 TD’s, 3 INT’s.
— JMU scored 31+ points in five of its six games.
— Dukes allowed 299+ passing yards in all five I-A games.
— JMU is 8-3 ATS in conference games since joining Sun Belt.
— James Madison is one of 11 unbeaten teams in country.
Marshall (4-2)
— Marshall lost its last two games, giving up 48-41 points.
— Thundering Herd is scoring 32.2 ppg vs I-A opponents.
— 7 starters back on offense, 4 on defense
— 55 starts back on offensive line.
— soph QB started seven games last year.
— Marshall is 2-0 at home vs I-A teams, winning 24-17/41-35
— Last three weeks, Marshall allowed 436.3 yards/game.
— Thundering Herd is 17-23 ATS in last 40 conference games.
— Tulsa is minus-4 in turnovers last year (minus-15 previous five years)
— Last five years, Marshall went 2-3 in bowl games.
— Marshall (+12) upset James Madison 26-12 LY.
— Herd outgained JMU 326-247, was +2 in turnovers.
— Sun Belt home underdogs are 2-3 ATS this year.