Temple 12.5 SMU (54.5)
Megalocks line 14
Sagarin 20
This is the classic game we want no part of - Temple off the big ND game AND they have a 2 game lead in their division with Houston Navy and Memphis all on the other side.....They figure to be home and cooled out no sure what the apathy/letdown scale is on this one but it is high.....Also keep this in mind - they put up 458Y against Umass - their next higher Y total was 361 vs UCF....SMU has a nice QB and when we contacted our AAC INSIDERS who are really INSIDE....they noted that the Y differentials in SMU games have been pretty good lately.....Last 3 games - were outgained 457-399 at Houston not bad at all - next week they OUTGAINED a nice USF team but somehow lost 38-14 - last wk they were only outgained 419-406 by Tulsa....Now all of this means a hill of beans probably BUT - we REALLY like SMU for next yr and it may not show up this yr - but we already see some strides and like what HC Morris is doing here already even with so little talent on D......This is not a "fade" of Temple per say - but the guys are human and this just might be a little more of a battle than you expect especially early.
Summary - will not make final card but do lean SMU at 13+ if it gets there maybe even 14 ?
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