Had you typed it in ALL CAPS like a real handicapper (BeanTownJim) would have, maybe I would buy into it.
:sadwave:
Memphis moneyline +210
Watson Brown, head coach of UAB, sounds a bit perplexed,
doesn't he?
"It's harder on us right now because they've changed their
defense," Brown said. "We got to see one tape and you can
kind of throw out the other tapes ... They played a ton of
players the other day. It was like they were trying them all at
different places."
This is a coach with a lifetime record vs. the spread of about
45% when favored, so being slightly in the dark is not a good
thing. Meanwhile, Memphis has a game under the belt in this
more standard alignment, and the newness of it is offset by
UAB's starting QB not being 100%. Sam Hunt may be out.
Memphis coach Tommy West fired his defensive coordinator
with the knowledge that the Tennessee game would be a
throwout. The blowout loss lowers the power rating but this
is the targeted affair, as they get back into Conference-USA
play. Getting better against the power run game has been the
goal, and UAB has made a shift to that emphasis this season
upon the graduation of their big-armed quarterback after last
year. But UAB is running it 38 times per game for only 2.9
yards per attempt, turning it over nearly 2 times per game on
offense. They are throwing only 21 times per game, compared
to last season's 35 times per game. In fact, this season, they
are throwing only as many passes as they COMPLETED last
season, and running at 36% less per attempt than last year.
This is something that Memphis can target and win with, with
a SIX-TIME revenge angle in their pocket, too. Big game for
coach West, to prove that the firing of Joe Lee Dunn was the
right thing to do.
:brows: