The Houston rush defense was ranked 3rd in the Nation. Their offense was pretty solid for most of the season too, led by a really good college QB in Greg Ward, Jr. With 3328 yards passing, Ward threw 22 touchdowns, also leading he team in rushing with 9 TD runs to boot. The extra time off and practices should also help the smaller Ward, Jr., who was banged up at times this year. Houston averaged 38 points a game this season as well on offense.



Houston is as tough as they come with their pass coverage - and their less than 56% completion rate they allow. Houston's secondary has been surprisingly better than expected, with their pass defense - which is going to cause some problems for the less than stellar passing game of San Diego State. Houston comes in off a surprising loss where they gave up 555 yards on defense.






San Diego State doesn't move the ball very well, in the air - and they have had their problems with a lack of pull blocking on their offensive side of the ball. The DLine of Houston will be able to snuff out the majority of what the Aztecs start behind the line - who can start off too slow at times.
Aztecs are 2-9-1 ATS in their last 12 non-conference games

I think they are the more dominant team and while the season didn't live up to expectations they lost their 5th game so it wasn't like they were undefeated headed into their final game. Now their Defensive coordinator Todd Orlando takes over for this game as their HC Tom Herman took the Texas HC position. There are 16 seniors on the game and Houston will send them off a winner.