OPT: Utep at Tulane

[Realm]

With Utep at 2 -3 and Tulane at 2-4... my first thought was this game is going to be a pillowfight...




But as I look at Tulane more closely... I think they are more solid than first appearances would show.

Tulane narrowly lost to Syracuse last week 37-34 and have a decisive AWAY win over UAB 49-10. That speaks volumes in my book.

Bob Toledo coaches Tulane... the same Bob Toledo who applied for the Miner coaching job that eventually went to Mike Price. Steve Stanard is the NEW defensive coordinator for Tulane and he previously coached at New Mexico St.

Hmmmm.... Some interesting aspects to this game...

Last year at the Sun Bowl, Tulane beat Utep 34-24. The year before that, I watched Tulane beat Utep at the Superdome 45-38... These 2 games reinforced my belief that Utep plays at the level of their competition.


In summary, this game is going to be better than a pillowfight... and I predict it will go down to the team that wants it more.


So if Realm was putting his money on this game... I would pick Tulane to win 45-28.

[MinerMan2010]

I think Tulane will win as well. UTEP should win by 30, but it wont happen. The Superdome will be an empty, sad place, just like it was 2 years ago. All the UTEP posters that complain about our attendance have obviously never seen Tulanes.

[mistabinks]

UTEP high 30's, maybe low 40's

Tulane low 30's.

[MinerMan2010]

If this UTEP team is any good, they should have the game decided in the early 3rd quarter.

[mistabinks]

Miners win.

[MinerMan2010]

Miners might not be as bad as some think. Guess we'll see with 2 big home games coming up.

[BleedingOrange]

Wow... didn't see that coming. Great game (from what I heard... couldn't find it on TV). We need to keep playing like that for a long stretch and avoid the patented Miner meltdown to end the year.