Lenny Del Genio's 25* Conference USA Game of the Year is on Tulsa -16.5 hosting Memphis at 3:30 EST... This is a Triple-Rated Play!
Reason for play: We're calling for a real laydown effort from Memphis here in what will be HC Tommy West's swan song on the Tigers sideline. West already knows he won't be back next year (fired) and if his team was going to show any pride for their 86'd head coach, they probably would have shown something in the previous two games. However, they were blown out by both UAB and Houston, getting outscored 86-35 and the scoreboards could have been much uglier as they trailed UAB 31-7 after three quarters at home (scored two garbage time TD's) and last week Houston did not even attempt to score in the fourth quarter (led 55-14). Tulsa has covered five of the last six meetings in this series and despite having no shot at bowl eligibility (snapping streak of four straight bowl appearances), we see a team that posted BB double-digit win seasons playing with plenty of pride for HC Todd Graham. Memphis has just been atrocious against the pointspread this year, covering just one game and they have been taking points in all but one contest. Over the last two seasons, they are 0-7 ATS after allowing 6.25+ yards per play in their previous game. Tulsa is our 25* Conference USA Game of the Year.