Memphis Tigers (3-2) vs. Tulsa Golden Hurricane (1-4)
October 9, 2021 9:00 pm EDT
The Line: Tulsa Golden Hurricane -208 / Memphis Tigers +170; Over/Under: -63.5
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The Tulsa Golden Hurricane and Memphis Tigers meet in a week 6 American Athletic Conference college football contest from Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday.
The Memphis Tigers will have to rebound from back-to-back losses after a 34-31 loss to Temple last time out. Seth Henigan has thrown for 1,475 yards, 10 touchdowns and a pick on 60.8% passing while Brandon Thomas leads the Tigers with 509 rushing yards and 4 rushing touchdowns. Rodrigues Clark has 265 rushing yards while Calvin Austin III has 637 receiving yards on a team-high 35 receptions and 7 touchdowns. Sean Dykes has 391 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, JJ Russell leads the Memphis defense with 61 total tackles this season.
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane will look to bounce back from a 1-4 start to the year after a 45-10 loss to Houston last time out. Davis Brin has thrown for 1,467 yards, 6 touchdowns and 8 interceptions while Shamari Brooke, Deneric Prince and Anthony Watkins each have 200+ rushing yards this season. Josh Johnson and Sam Crawford Jr. each have 300+ receiving yards while JuanCarlos Santana has 271 receiving yards for the Golden Hurricane this season. On defense, Kendarin Ray leads the way with 32 total tackles while Cullen Wick has a team-high 3 sacks.
Memphis is 1-11 ATS in their last 12 games as a road underdog and 6-13 ATS in their last 19 games overall while the under is 7-2 in their last 9 games overall Tulsa is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 conference games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 home games while the over is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games overall.
I get the fact that Memphis dropped a pair of games they maybe shouldn’t have, but I’m not sure why the Golden Hurricane’s favored here. Just because they’re at home? I’m not buying it. Sure, Tulsa’s played the tougher schedule, but Memphis is a good team and can hang points on the board which hasn’t been easy for the Golden Hurricane to keep up with. Give me Memphis and the points ina game the Tigers could win outright.
