SMU vs Tulsa Prediction, Game Preview

SMU vs Tulsa game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 9 game on Saturday, October 29

SMU vs Tulsa prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 9, Saturday, October 29


SMU vs Tulsa How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 29
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: SMU (3-4), Tulsa (3-4)
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SMU vs Tulsa Game Preview

Why SMU Will Win

The passing offense continues to roll.

The team overall has a few issues and concerns, but the Mustangs are able to bomb away for well over 300 yards per game put the pressure on teams to try keeping up. Sometimes it works, and that’s when the mistakes come.

Tulsa hasn’t faced a whole slew of teams that can throw like SMU will, and it usually has big, big problems against the run. The Mustangs can run effectively when needed – they’re fine as long as they can crank up five yards per carry.

But they need to throw well to pull this off. They’ll get the yards, but …

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Why Tulsa Will Win

Is starting QB Tanner Mordecai okay? He’s questionable after getting knocked out of the 29-27 loss to Cincinnati last week. Preston Stone is promising, but he’s not close to being the proven passer the main man is.

Again, it’s not like Tulsa has faced a who’s who of passing teams, but the pass defense is technically the best in the AAC. And again, the stats skew one way because everyone runs on the Golden Hurricane D, but the secondary is able to keep teams from throwing when they want to.

Offenses are only hitting 53% of their passes against this bunch, and if it’s Stone under center the numbers might not be a whole lot better.

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What’s Going To Happen

Yeah, SMU is struggling at 2-5, but the losses came to Maryland and UCF on the road and at home against TCU and Cincinnati. None of those are egregious errors.

Tulsa has been way too inconsistent offensively, and the SMU defense has to take advantage of that by getting into the backfield against a struggling front line.

It’ll be a fight, but the Mustangs will sneak on by with the running game and pass rush working when it has to.

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SMU vs Tulsa Prediction, Line

SMU 30, Tulsa 27
Line: SMU -2.5, o/u: 64.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
SMU vs Tulsa Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5
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SMU vs Tulsa prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 27


SMU vs Tulsa How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 27
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Gerald J. Ford Stadium, Dallas, TX
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: SMU (8-3), Tulsa (5-6)
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Why Tulsa Will Win

Tulsa needs this to go bowling, while SMU is looking to move on.

The Mustangs had their shot at making something big happen last week against Cincinnati, and instead they got rocked 48-14 to lose their third game in four weeks.

Even so, head coach Sonny Dykes is reportedly going to become the new TCU head man.

SMU will go bowling, but will it have the intensity after the way the last few weeks went?

Tulsa has won its last two games, battled well against Cincinnati, and it’s got the right makeup to pull this off on the road. The defense hasn’t been a rock, but the running game has been great, there’s a good offensive balance, and for the most part, team has bene able to control games despite not owning the time of possession battle.

However …

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Why SMU Will Win

SMU will want to make amends for the Cincinnati disaster in a big hurry.

The passing game that was so great throughout the year was held to just 66 yards and the offense failed to get to 200.

Tulsa’s pass defense has been okay at best, the offense turns it over way too much, and as good as the team has been, it doesn’t have the firepower to keep up if SMU gets going.

The Mustangs have the No. 1 offense in the American Athletic Conference, but …

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What’s Going To Happen

Again, Tulsa needs this for the sixth win and bowl eligibility.

It might not be the type of team that makes its own breaks, but the running game is about to go off on the Mustang defensive front.

Cincinnati was the first team to run for 200 yards this season on the Mustangs, and Tulsa will be the second.

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SMU vs Tulsa Prediction, Lines

Tulsa 31, SMU 30
Line: SMU -6.5, o/u: 62.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

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Must See Rating: 3

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