Temple snapped a four-game losing streak, but it was against South Florida, which is 1-8 this season and the Owls have a much tougher task this week against Houston. Temple was averaging only 13.4 points against FCS opponents this season before its offensive explosion against the Bulls, but even if they come near that again it won't be enough to offset the Cougars' offensive prowess as they are averaging 36.8 points and 451.2 yards of offense. Houston somehow scored 63 points and still lost at SMU with Clayton Tune throwing for 527 yards and seven TDs plus rushing for 111 yards. The Cougars totaled 710 total offense yards, but yielded 642. Temple doesn't have the kind of offense that can come close to outscoring the Cougars, who won last year's meeting 37-8. The Owls are 1-7 ATS their past eight road games and 3-9 ATS their past 12 conference games. The Cougars are 19-9 ATS after an ATS loss. Lay the points with Houston - Max Play.
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Who was the public on? 66% of the public bets were on Houston Cougars on the -20 ATS. And, 63% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Houston would win by a score of 38.5 to 17.9 with Houston winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Temple at Houston
3:00 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 65% of the public bets were on Houston Cougars on the -25.5 ATS. And, 59% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Houston would win by a score of 39.2 to 16.2 with Houston winning on the moneyline, Temple winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 72% of the public bets were on Houston Cougars on the -3.5 ATS. 56% of the public money was on Houston Cougars to win on the moneyline. And, 72% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Houston would win by a score of 33.4 to 30.1 with Houston winning on the moneyline, Temple winning on the spread and the game going UNDER the total.
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Temple at Houston
7:00 PM Eastern
Temple opened the season against Villanova at home and suffered a 19-17 loss as a better than two TD favorite. They then played even worse in Week 2 at home in a 36-29 loss to Buffalo. They have since gone 5-2 losing to unbeaten Central Florida and the ACC's Boston College. They now travel to take on 7-2 Houston, who is horrible defensively and has allowed 117 points in its last three games, the last a loss to SMU 45-31. Temple out-played Central Florida last week piling up 670 total yards and have a defense that can get the necessary stops here to win a high-scoring game. Temple averaging 35 points per game over its last seven while holding five of these opponents to 17 or fewer. The Owls can score and get stops, and Houston can just score. Play Temple on the moneyline.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 72% of the public bets were on Houston Cougars on the -10.5 ATS. 54% of the public money was on Temple Owls to win on the moneyline. And, 54% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Houston would win by a score of 26.4 to 19.9 with Houston winning on the moneyline, Temple winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 58% of the public bets were on Houston Cougars on the -5.5 ATS. 57% of the public money was on Temple Owls to win on the moneyline. And, 59% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Houston would win by a score of 29.1 to 24.0 with Houston winning on the moneyline, Temple winning on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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