T.M. Selection: North Texas/Rice OVER.

I am on the over in the North Texas vs Rice game on Saturday. North Texas had a terrible start to their year but they have improving as the season goes on and are playing much better as of late. They have put up 20+ points in their last 3 games in a row and they even kept themselves in those games losing 2 of them by less than 10 points. Their defense has been bad all year though and it still is bad giving up 30+ points in every game this year except for 1. Rice just got a huge win over UAB last week and they responded well in that game putting up 30 points against a good UAB team just a week after getting shut out by UTSA. Their defense has been holding up well in their games lately but they have been destroyed in a few games this year and are not the greatest. I think these teams are pretty evenly matched here and will both will be able to gain yardage and put points on the board. Both teams need a lot of work on defense as well so it would not surprise me if this game turned into a shootout right out of the gate. I expect it to end up that way at some point with both teams putting up a lot of points here. I like this game to go over.

T.M. Prediction: 42-38 Rice.