asa
5 navy
4 tol
4 ark
3 syr
3 usc
3 hou
ASA 5* Navy -24 over Tulane, Saturday at 12:00 PM CT
First of all Tulane can’t score so laying a big number against them isn’t as risky as it would against some other teams. The Green Wave offense is bad as they average only 257 YPG ranking them 127th nationally out of 128. They have played 6 games this year and been held to 10 or fewer points in 4 of them. Defensively, if you take out their game vs Maine (FCS opponent) Tulane has allowed 37, 65, 31, 49, and 42 points. They can’t run the ball at all (98 YPG on 2.9 YPC) which means they better be able to throw it to score. After missing last week, starting QB Lee (concussion) will most likely return here, but it won’t matter, the Wave are in trouble. Last week they were trounced at home 42-7 by Houston while Navy took the week off. It’s a tough transition from preparing for Houston’s offense (shotgun – Ohio State offense) to Navy’s option in one short week. The Tulane defense did face a similar option offense once this year @ Georgia Tech. That didn’t go so well at Tech won that game 65-10 rolling up 440 yards rushing. Navy is third nationally in rushing at 335 YPG and they will do serious damage here just as Ga Tech did. Midshipmen QB Reynolds will start here after injuring his leg @ Notre Dame two weeks ago. The two weeks off really helped and Reynolds practiced full go this week. Navy has handled some solid teams here at home including beating a solid ECU team by 24 and a good Air Force team by 22 in a rivalry game. Tulane has played 2 road games this year (@ Georgia Tech & @ Temple) and lost those by a combined score of 114-20! Navy wears Tulane down and literally runs away with this one.