The banged-up Houston Cougars have a losing record and no defense, off a 34-31 loss at home to SMU allowing 182 yards rushing. Defensive tackle Blake Young will miss the rest of the season with a blood clot and right guard Dennis Bardwell is out (left shoulder). Houston's defense is struggling, giving up 31.1 points and 459.6 yards per game, while the offense has turned to inexperienced sophomore QB Clayton Tune (five TDs, four INTs). Houston has failed to cover six of eight against winning teams and faces a Central Florida squad that is unbeaten at home, winning 62-0, 45-27 over Stanford, 56-21 over UConn and 41-28 over East Carolina. They are beating opponents by a 51-19 average at home. Central Florida is on a 15-6 spread run on natural grass and 41-19 ATS after allowing fewer than 100 yards rushing in their previous game. Play Central Florida.
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Who was the public on? 53% of the public bets were on Houston Cougars on the -10.5 ATS. 96% of the public money was on Houston Cougars to win on the moneyline. And, 57% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Houston would win by a score of 28.5 to 21.1 with Houston winning on the moneyline, Central Florida winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 63% of the public bets were on Houston Cougars on the 0 ATS. And, 64% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Central Florida would win by a score of 24.0 to 23.5, Central Florida winning on the spread.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 51% of the public bets were on Houston Cougars on the +16 ATS. And, 66% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Central Florida would win by a score of 37.2 to 26.0 with Central Florida winning on the moneyline, Houston winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Who was the public on? 56% of the public bets were on Central Florida Knights on the -3 ATS. And, 54% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Central Florida would win by a score of 40.3 to 38.5 with Central Florida winning on the moneyline, Houston winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 54% of the public bets were on Houston Cougars on the +21.5 ATS. And, 58% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Central Florida would win by a score of 47.7 to 24.3 with Central Florida winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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