June Jones is working the same passing attack at SMU as he did at Hawaii. The problem is that it hasn't translated to games played against better out-of-conference competition. This is Jones' third year at SMU, and in year one they scored 7 against this Texas Tech team, 7 against TCU and just 7 vs. Navy. Last year he scored 14 vs. TCU. Texas Tech has Tommy Tuberville in his first year, so don't expect the same passing game that they have had in the past. While offensive reputations proceed these teams into this game, the circumstances here dictate otherwise. SMU has gone UNDER in 30 of their last 46 games as an underdog including 17-5 UNDER in the range of +10 to +21. I like the UNDER here.
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Who was the public on? 52% of the public bets were on Texas Tech Red Raiders on the -4 ATS. 59% of the public money was on SMU Mustangs to win on the moneyline. And, 90% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Texas Tech would win by a score of 33.4 to 28.7 with Texas Tech winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 69% of the public bets were on Texas Tech Red Raiders on the -12.5 ATS. 77% of the public money was on Texas Tech Red Raiders to win on the moneyline. 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 Texas Tech would win by a score of 41.2 to 21.8 with Texas Tech winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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SMU at Texas Tech
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My computer prediction for this game was that Texas Tech would win by a score of 54.1 to 16.1 with Texas Tech winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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SMU at Texas Tech
It's been over 70 years since Texas Tech has started back-to-back seasons at 3-0, and they will undoubtedly do it here. This is Mike Leach's best team ever, thanks to a defense that last year began to gel as a unit. Believe it or not, high scoring Texas Tech led the Big-12 in defense over the last eight games of last year. Leach got back eight defensive starters from that team. Along with that defense returns 10 offensive starters from a team that beat SMU on the road last year by 40. The only time in the last five years Tech had to lay a 30+ on someone they won by 53. SMU only returns 13 starters from a bad team that got demolished last year and ended the season with a 1-11 record. These teams have met at Texas Tech twice in the last five years to a total score of Tech 95 SMU 13. That's an averge margine of victory of 41 points. This has another 40+ pounding written all over it, and I'll lay the wood on Tech here.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Texas Tech would win by a score of 37.5 to 24.0 with Texas Tech winning on the moneyline and on the spread and the game going OVER the total.
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