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Instant analysis: Washington selects two in 7th round

Washington adds a versatile offensive lineman and a cornerback with its final two selections.

The Washington Commanders closed out their 2022 NFL Draft by making two selections in the 7th (final) round.

At No. 230 the Commanders selected Tulsa Guard 6-foot-4 323 pound Chris Paul.

Paul has experience playing both guard and tackle. One can easily imagine hearing Ron Rivera’s voice in the draft room, “Paul has position flex.” Here is Paul at 323 running the 40 at the Combine.

At No. 240, Washington selected Oklahoma State CB Christian Holmes (6-1, 205).

Holmes is physical, coming up with force when sitting in his zone. However, his man coverage is why he lasted until the 240th selection. Holmes a 5th-year senior, started all 13 games for the Cowboys (Big 12 Conference).

However, Holmes tested to be a good athlete, accumulating a 9.1 on the Relative Athletic Score.

Consequently, might Washington perhaps attempt to convert him to Free Safety and see if he can develop in that role?

2022 NFL draft: Tyler Smith scouting report

Everything NFL draft fans need to know about Tulsa offensive lineman Tyler Smith

A mauler with prototypical size, Tulsa’s Tyler Smith will need to button up his skill set in hopes of becoming a blindside protector at the next level as he enters the 2022 NFL draft:

Here is everything you need to know about this versatile blocker from the Golden Hurricane:

Tulsa vs Old Dominion: Bowl Prediction, Game Preview

Tulsa vs Old Dominion: Myrtle Beach Bowl prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might or might not win.

Tulsa vs Old Dominion: Myrtle Beach Bowl prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines: Monday, December 20

Tulsa vs Old Dominion: Myrtle Beach Bowl How To Watch

Date: Monday, December 20
Game Time: 2:30 pm ET
Venue: Brooks Stadium, Conway, SC
How To Watch: ESPN
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Records: Old Dominion (6-6), Tulsa (6-6)

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Tulsa vs Old Dominion Myrtle Beach Bowl Preview

– 6-6 teams that had to win out to get to a bowl game tend to try harder.

There’s no lack of fight in a Tulsa squad that came this close to knocking Cincinnati out of the College Football Playoff picture, and then won its last three games to get here.

– There’s nothing fancy about what the Golden Hurricane like to do. They want to run if possible, hit a few deep shots down the field to take a few chances, and then hope for the defense to take the ball away to make up for all the turnovers.

– Tulsa has enough offensive firepower and balance to keep up any pace, but the attack was among the worst in the nation at turning the ball over. However, Old Dominion made almost as many mistakes.

– This is a fun Monarch team that roared through the second half of the season with five straight wins after a 1-6 start to make this a wonderful first run – after not being able to play in 2020 – under head coach Ricky Rahne.

– Turnovers are a big, big problem for Old Dominion – more on that later – but the downfield passing game is great, the special teams came up with a whole lot of big plays, and now the team is playing with house money.

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SMU vs. Tulsa Prediction, Game Preview

SMU vs Tulsa prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

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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Temple vs Tulsa Prediction, Game Preview

Temple vs Tulsa prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

Temple vs Tulsa prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 20

Temple vs Tulsa How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 20
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Temple (3-7), Tulsa (4-6)
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Why Temple Will Win

The Owls haven’t had a whole lot go their way since the win over Memphis five games ago, but it gets a Tulsa team that manages to play up or down to the competition.

The Golden Hurricane pushed Cincinnati to the brink, and then struggled with Tulane. It beat Memphis, and slipped past USF. All four wins were by a touchdown or less, and five of the losses were by eight points or fewer.

Temple has a decent enough pass defense to be a bother, and it’s able to get into the backfield from time to time, but the real key will be takeaways. Tulsa has a huge turnover problem, but …

– College Football Expert Picks, CFN Week 12

Why Tulsa Will Win

Temple doesn’t score.

The offense has come to a dead stop – it can’t keep things moving.

It’s awful on the ground, there aren’t enough easy third down chances, and it’s not putting points on the board when it does get its shot. It hasn’t scored more than a touchdown in four of the last five games and hasn’t scored more than 14 points in seven of the ten.

Tulsa might have a slew of issues, but it’s got enough of an offense to put this away fast with a few good scoring drives.

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What’s Going To Happen

The Golden Hurricane are not only playing on Senior Day – the last home game of the year – but they’re still alive for a bowl game. Win this, stun SMU next week, and they’re in.

They’ll take care of Part One without much of a problem – after the first half. Tulsa will go Tulsa and make this difficult on itself with two turnovers, but it’ll pull away late.

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Temple vs Tulsa Prediction, Lines

Tulsa 38, Temple 13
Line: Tulsa -22, o/u: 51
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5

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Tulsa vs Tulane Prediction, Game Preview

Tulsa vs Tulane prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

Tulsa vs Tulane prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 13

Tulsa vs Tulane How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 13
Game Time: 4:00 ET
Venue: Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, LA
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: Tulsa (3-6), Tulane (1-8)
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Why Tulsa Will Win

The Golden Hurricane showed against Cincinnati just how good they really are.

They might be in the midst of a losing season, but they’ve been able to battle hard in way too many close games. Yeah, winning the tight ones is part of the deal, but four of the six losses were by a touchdown or less.

Cincinnati is supposedly a College Football Playoff-level team, and the Tulsa running game ripped through it for close to 300 yards.

The combination of Shamari Brooks and Anthony Watkins was fantastic against the Bearcats, QB Davis Brin got the team into a position to potentially pull off the shocker, and the O is there to bother a leaky Tulane defense that …

– College Football Expert Picks, CFN Week 11

Why Tulane Will Win

The D stepped it up over the last few weeks.

A major problem over the first half of the season – Ole Miss, East Carolina, and SMU combined for close to 2,000 yards of offense – the Green Wave D was solid against the run against Cincinnati and UCF, keeping both games close. UC pulled away late, but that was a fight in a 31-12 loss.

The offense might be struggling, but that’s partly because QB Michael Pratt has been hurting – he missed the Cincinnati game and was just okay against UCF. As long as the offense can be just a wee bit balanced, and if it can avoid giving the ball away …

– NFL Expert Picks: CFN Week 10

What’s Going To Happen

Turnovers are a major problem for both teams.

Tulane has turned it over ten times in the last five games and Tulane killed itself with four giveaways against Cincinnati. They’ll both make mistakes, they’re both having a rough time getting their respective seasons going, and …

Tulsa, for all of its problems, will pull this off, beat Temple next week, and at the very least will go into the SMU game with a shot at getting bowl eligible. The running game will take over against the Golden Hurricane.

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Tulsa vs Tulane Prediction, Lines

Tulsa 28, Tulane 20
Line: Tulsa -3, o/u: 55.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

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Cincinnati vs Tulsa Prediction, Game Preview

Cincinnati vs Tulsa prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win this Saturday.

Cincinnati vs Tulsa prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, November 6

Cincinnati vs Tulsa How To Watch

Date: Saturday, November 6
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Nippert Stadium, Cincinnati, OH
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Cincinnati (8-0), Tulsa (3-5)
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Why Tulsa Will Win

Does Tulsa have the formula to pull this off?

Cincinnati has been more than fine – the sign of a good team is being able to win games when you don’t have the top-shelf effort and performance – but something isn’t going quite right if you’re struggling to get by Navy and Tulane.

Tulsa has hardly been perfect, and this isn’t nearly the same type of team as the 2020 version that pushed the Bearcats so hard in the AAC Championship, but the ground game has been good at times over the last month, the downfield passing game is dangerous, and there’s no pressure.

The heat is all on the other side. Cincinnati can’t just win this game, it has to annihilate the Golden Hurricane to get more respect in the College Football Playoff world. The team is going to press.

– College Football Expert Picks, CFN Week 10

Why Cincinnati Will Win

No, we’re not supposed to do Aaron Rodgers bits right now, but …

R-E-L-A-X.

No, Cincinnati wasn’t good enough against Tulsa, and it sure as shoot should’ve been better against Navy, but everything is more than fine.

The running game needs to get nasty again after two weeks off, but Tulsa is decent against the run – it’s okay. The methodical Bearcat passing attack can balance things out.

The Bearcat secondary has been a rock all year – only Indiana and Notre Dame have been able to hit 200 yards – and Tulsa passing game isn’t consistent enough and it’s not efficient.

There will be takeaways to be had.

– NFL Expert Picks, CFN Week 9

What’s Going To Happen

It seems like there are two ways this could go.

Either Cincinnati is starting to play with the weight of the College Football Playoff world on its shoulders, and it’s not doing what it’s supposed to, or it’s about to come out and put up one of its better performances of the season.

Tulsa isn’t bad enough to let this get out of control, but it will make just enough mistakes to let the Bearcats take over.

It’ll be another one of those games.

The final score will be fine, and there won’t be any real danger at home, but it won’t be quite as pretty as it might need to be. Give a decent Tulsa team a little credit for that.

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Cincinnati vs Tulsa Prediction, Lines

Cincinnati 41, Tulsa 20
Line: Cincinnati -22.5, o/u: 55
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

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Navy vs Tulsa Prediction, Game Preview

Navy vs Tulsa prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might – or might not – win Friday night.

Navy vs Tulsa prediction, game preview, how to watch: Friday, October 29

Navy vs Tulsa How To Watch

Date: Friday, October 29
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Chapman Stadium, Tulsa, OK
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Navy (1-6), Tulsa (3-4)
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Why Navy Will Win

The running game is just okay …

There’s partially a rip, but really it’s a bit of a plus considering it was held in check by Cincinnati and yet it was still close late thanks to the team’s best passing game of the season.

It was only 116 yards, but it was enough to help move the O a wee bit in the 27-20 loss. Tulsa has been okay against the run, but that’s more of a stat thing – everyone is busy throwing on the leaky secondary. The Midshipmen just need to control the clock and stay alive – Tulsa will screw it up from there.

With too many penalties and three turnovers in two of the last three games, Tulsa hasn’t been tight enough. Now it goes against a team that doesn’t get flagged and doesn’t turn the ball over.

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Why Tulsa Will Win

Navy is 1-6 for a reason. Actually, a few reasons.

The defense doesn’t do anything to get into the backfield, which is part of the reason the secondary has such a hard time coming up with stops. The offense might control the clock, but it just doesn’t have enough from its running game to make up for the issues everywhere else.

The third down conversions aren’t there, and the O doesn’t get bailed out by a punting game that doesn’t blast away.

Tulsa’s running game has kicked it in. The Navy run D doesn’t give up a ton of yards, but Tulsa has hit the 235-yard mark in three of the last four games – all wins and should lead the game in rushing.

RB Shamari Brooks – who missed last season hurt – is on a tear, he’s taking the pressure off a passing game that doesn’t have to force anything, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

It’s this simple – Navy doesn’t run well enough, and it doesn’t have anything else to fall back on.

It’s able to keep games close despite being outmatched, but there’s a hard ceiling on just how much the team can do when it’s not getting to 200 yards.

Expect this to be close late with Navy making a late push, but Tulsa will hold on with a long drive of its own.

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Navy vs Tulsa Prediction, Lines

Tulsa 30, Navy 24
Line: Tulsa -11, o/u: 47
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

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Tulsa vs USF Prediction, Game Preview

Tulsa vs USF prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16

Tulsa vs USF prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16

Tulsa vs USF How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 16
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
How To Watch: ESPNU
Record: Tulsa (2-4), USF (1-4)
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Why Tulsa Will Win

The USF defense isn’t getting it done.

The offense isn’t anything fantastic, but the real problems are on the other side with a D that’s the third-worst in college football – allowing close to 500 yards per game – with no pass rush and big problems against the run.

In this, it’s about whether or not the Tulsa passing game can get going.

Davis Brin has had his moments.

He hasn’t been all that accurate, but when he gets time to work and he’s in a groove, the Golden Hurricane offense can hit the big plays down the field. With eight touchdown passes in the last four games, he’s been fine for an offense that’s averaging 444 yards per game.

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Why USF Will Win

South Florida, it’s time to turn the machine on.

The Tulsa defense isn’t totally abysmal, but it’ll give up plenty of yards through the air and has a massive issue on third downs.

The USF O has potential. The coaches are solid, the running game hasn’t been that bad, and the passing attack came up with a season-high 223 yards two weeks ago against SMU. It was a 41-17 loss, but once again, the offensive line wasn’t miserable and there was some fight to get back in the game in the third quarter.

The Bulls didn’t control the clock – they’re usually on the right side of the time of possession battle. They will be this week.

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What’s Going To Happen

Expect a fun shootout that you’ll have to turn over to watch for a bit in the early slate of games.

Both teams will go back-and-forth. USF is rested after two weeks off, and it’s finally playing someone its own size after losing to NC State, Florida, BYU, and SMU – all ranked in the top 25.

Tulsa will bomb away on the road, but the turnovers that weren’t there in the win over Memphis – it was +3 in turnover margin – will pop up in Tampa.

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Tulsa vs USF Prediction, Line

USF 34, Tulsa 31
Line: Tulsa -8.5, o/u: 55.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1

Must See Rating: 2.5

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Ohio State football snap counts, handing out grades for win over Tulsa

We hand out grades and show you the snap counts from the win over Tulsa.

The Ohio State football team got back in the win column on Saturday, one week removed from experiencing its first-ever regular-season loss under Ryan Day vs. the Oregon Ducks. But it was far from a masterpiece, as OSU found itself in a Donnybrook all the way into the fourth quarter before pulling away from Tulsa with a couple of late touchdowns.

As we do every week, we reflect back one more time on what we saw from the last game and provide the snap counts and hand out grades for each unit.

The defense is still a work in progress, quarterback play — though solid for the most part — is still inconsistent, and there’s just a bunch of things for this team to still address if it wants to be championship caliber.

But enough about all of that. Here’s where things stand with grades and snap counts for Ohio State’s closer-than-anyone-thought-it would-be win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

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