One of my favorite things about college football as the season goes on is that we get it on multiple days.
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However, as the season gets further into it, we see games on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and the NFL fills in the rest.
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I’m excited to see what happens tonight, as there is a Friday game between two top teams as Houston takes on Texas Tech.
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Houston → ’m → Tech
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The Houston Cougars come into tonight’s contest with a 2-0 record and a ranking of 22nd in the nation.
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They are one of those teams that are good, but probably not quite good enough to make the college football playoffs.
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My guess is that they end up with some sort of solid Bowl Game.
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Before they get there, they have a long way to go.
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The team has had two games so far, with the first against Oregon State, which is a decent but not great team.
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Their quarterback, Conner Weigman, has looked great in his first couple of games, throwing for 425 yards and four touchdowns.
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He does have one interception.
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They also have gotten quite a bit of production from their two primary running backs, Makhi Hughes and Reshaun Sanford.
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They have combined for 242 yards and four touchdowns over 40 rushing attempts.
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They will need some big wins in order to get into the race officially.
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As of right now, the team is 2-0 and currently ranked 13th in the nation.
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They faced Abilene Christian in their first game of the season and won 33-10.
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In the next game, they took down Oregon State.
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That was a closer game, but still a comfortable win for the Red Raiders, winning 35-24.
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It isn’t often that you get to see two teams with a common opponent this early in the season.
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It does give us a little bit of insight to review, but not a ton.
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In Texas Tech’s two games, they’ve been able to attack both via the air and on the ground, but their offense has been a bit more balanced than their opponent.
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Texas Tech has 62 passing attempts vs. 86 rushing attempts.
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They have racked up 495 passing yards compared to 328 rushing yards.
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In the Oregon State games, Houston scored 33 and allowed 20.
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Texas Tech scored 35 and allowed 24 points.
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This puts both of those totals at 53 and 59.
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I am looking at the games and how they’ve been played and think the offenses are a bit ahead of the defenses for both squads.
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I like both quarterbacks in this game.
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I also think the running games should find their way to make an impact.
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