North Texas Mean Green vs Tulane Green Wave Prediction, Picks and Game Preview - 10/21/2023

Game Time: 3:30 pm ET, Saturday, October 21, 2023

Venue:  Yulman Stadium, New Orleans, LA

Where to Watch:  ESPN2

DraftKings:  Point Spread:  UNT +19.5, Tulane -19.5; Over/Under:  63 points

Bet365:  Point Spread:  UNT +20, Tulane -20; Over/Under:  62.5 points

BetMGM:  Point Spread:  UNT +20.5, Tulane -20.5; Over/Under:  62.5 points

North Texas Mean Green:  3-3 (1-1) (6th place, AAC)

Tulane Green Wave:  5-1 (2-0) (1st place, AAC)

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North Texas Mean Green:  won their last game at home against the Temple Owls 45-14.

Tulane Green Wave:  won their last game on the road against the Memphis Tigers 31-21.

North Texas is entering this game with a 3-3 record overall and they have a 1-1 record in their conference games too. They are 2-1 in their home games, 1-2 in their road games, and they are also 0-0 in their neutral site games this season, but they will be on the road for this game. They won their last game against Temple 45-14. Chandler Rogers was the starting QB and he completed 25/39 passes for 307 passing yards, 4 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions. Oscar Adaway III led the team in rushing yards with 94 and 1 TD. Jay Maclin led the receivers with 163 receiving yards on 6 receptions and 2 TDs. Jordan Brown led the defense in that game with 5 solo tackles and 5 assisted tackles while Chavez Brown led the defense in sacks with 1. Carson Kropp, Nick Nakwaasah, and Ridge Texada each came away with 1 interception for them in that game.

 

 

 

Tulane is entering this game with a 5-1 record overall and they have a 2-0 record in their conference games too. They are 3-1 in their home games, 2-0 in their road games, and they are also 0-0 in their neutral site games this season, but they will be at home for this game. They won their last game against Memphis 31-21. Michael Pratt was the starting QB and he completed 19/31 passes for 259 passing yards, 1 touchdown, and 0 interceptions. Makhi Hughes led the team in rushing yards with 130 and 1 TD. Chris Brazzell II led the receivers with 103 receiving yards on 3 receptions. DJ Douglas led the defense in that game with 5 solo tackles and 1 assisted tackle while Darius Hodges led the defense in sacks with 2. Kam Pedescleaux and Lance Robinson each came away with 1 interception for them in that game.

The current betting odds have Tulane listed as a 19.5 point favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. Tulane has been having a great year with their 5-1 record overall, their only loss coming against Ole Miss, and they are 2-0 in their conference games with a lot of momentum behind them now after beating Memphis on the road in their last game. North Texas has not been having as good a season though as they are 3-3 overall and only 1-1 in conference play. North Texas is also in the 1st year of a new head coach as they have been going through some growing pains and they may be coming off a huge win at home against Temple who had their backup QB in but Tulane is a much better team than Temple and is one of the best teams in this conference if not the best, especially in their home games. Tulane has the much better defense here that is going to shut down this North Texas offense and Tulane also has a good offense that has been consistently putting up points in their games. The best way to place a bet here is on Tulane to cover the spread in this game. 

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North Texas Mean Green: 18-37 ATS after allowing 14 points or less last game. 14-31 ATS after a game where they committed no turnovers. 26-11 UNDER off a win by 10 points or more over a conference rival. 22-13 UNDER after scoring 42 points or more last game.

Tulane Green Wave: 20-11 ATS in all games. 14-6 ATS as a favorite. 8-1 ATS off a win against a conference rival. 5-1 UNDER in all games. 8-3 UNDER when the total is between 56.5 and 63. 7-0 UNDER after allowing 100 or less rushing yards last game.

North Texas Mean Green:  I. Ragsdale (RB) out for season - Undisclosed.

Tulane Green Wave:  P. Pines (OL) Ques Sat - Elbow. A. Friloux (DL) Ques Sat - Undisclosed. C. Platt Jr. (LB) out for season - Achilles.

"Our kids will be naturally more motivated. They're a top-25 team for a reason. They've earned that right. Over the last two years, they've played phenomenal football. They've recruited well and are really sound on both sides. They're tough on both sides of the football. We know going into it, any time you play a good team we have to minimize our mistakes and tighten everything up and dot our I's and cross our T's and make sure we can match what they're doing out there." - Eric Morris on his team’s upcoming game against Tulane this week. 

"We don't believe we've played our best game yet. I don't know if we've been even close to playing our best game yet. We've played really well in spurts. We haven't put a complete game together yet, and we'd love to do that. Perfection is our goal. Excellence will be tolerated." - Willie Fritz after his team’s win against Memphis in their last game. 

WR Maclin, Ja'Mori 

WR Ward, Damon  

WR Burns, Roderic 

WR Sides, Landon  

TE Kautai, Xzavior  

QB Rogers, Chandler 

RB Adaway III, Oscar 

WR Keys III, Lawrence 

WR Brazzell II, Chris  

WR Jackson, Jha'Quan 

TE Bauman, Alex 

QB Pratt, Michael 

RB Clayton-Johnson, Shaadie

Passing: C. Rogers (1419)

Rushing: A. Adeyi (481)

Receiving: J. Maclin (587)

Touchdowns: J. Maclin (8)

Passing: M. Pratt (927)

Rushing: M. Hughes (498)

Receiving: L. Keys lll (416)

Touchdowns: L. Keys lll (5)

Coaches:

North Texas Mean Green: Eric Morris (1st season)

Tulane Green Wave: Willie Fritz (8th season)