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Published Oct 24, 2024
Keys to Victory: Tulsa
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Brandon Holland  •  BirdsUp
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ITS HOW YOU START

UTSA will need to put together a strong opening script against Tulsa who has been prone to giving up points at home and early. The Golden Hurricanes give up twenty-one points per game average at home in the first half alone. While UTSA has not been Road running the score board up with only eight points per game average in the first half on the road. Tulsa gives up forty-four points a game at home. Something must give, and I think it will be the Tulsa defense.


GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

The Roadrunners are facing an opponent who gives up more yards passing (272 yards) than UTSA averages (235 yards). Tulsa has given up 255 yards or more in the air in 4/7 games this year with two performances over 430 yards. This is a prime matchup to attack a team’s weakness with Owen McCown coming off 340 yards passing effort.


NO DEFENSE

Any improvement on defense on a road game is a key. UTSA is giving up forty-one points per game on the road. Before the season began it has been twenty-four points per game the previous 3 years. This game can be a shootout, but for UTSA you would like to see key stops to Tulsa drives.