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Tulsa vs. Tulane

The Tulsa Golden Hurricane’s set a school record last season with 11 wins and they’ll try to get off to another strong start when they open the season against Conference USA rival Tulane inside the Superdome in New Orleans.
Tulsa went 11-3 SU (8-5 ATS) in 2008 but lost in the C-USA championship game to East Carolina 27-24, falling as a 12½-point favorite. Tulsa bounced back in the GMAC Bowl, ripping apart Ball State 45-13 and easily cashing as a 2½-point favorite. The Hurricane won their first eight games last season (6-1 ATS) before dropping a 30-23 decision at Arkansas as a seven-point chalk on Nov. 1.
On the other side, after opening the 2008 campaign a respectable 2-2 (3-1 ATS), the Tulane Green Wave dropped their final eight contests (2-6 ATS), including embarrassing season-ending losses at Tulsa (56-7 as a 28½-point ‘dog) and at Memphis (45-6 as a 14½-point pup).  Tulane lost its final six games by a combined 183 points (30.5 ppg).
Tulsa coach Todd Graham signed a new 10-year contract in the offseason, but he’s got his work cut out for him replacing QB David Johnson who threw for 47 TDs a season ago. Graham said he’s chosen a starter and he’s revealed it to his team, but wouldn’t announce it publicly. However, I strongly believe it will be Junior G.J. Kinne, a transfer from Texas, over returning junior Jacob Bower (138 yards passing in mop-up duty last season) and true freshman Shavodrick Beaver.  Obviously losing Johnson is hard, and Vegas has held that in account with this line being so low, but I really expect a huge year from Kinne.
It’s not like the Green Wave won’t have their own QB issues tonight as QB Joe Kemp is a redshirt sophomore who won the job in the offseason over returning starter Kevin Moore. Tulane has six starters back on a defense that was 14th in the country in pass defense.
The Golden Hurricane have won and covered each of the last four meetings with Tulane, all by 24 points or more, including a 49-25 blowout in Louisiana in 2007, cashing as a 6½-point road favorite. Tulsa is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 September contests and has won and covered its last three season-openers. Conversely, Tulane has failed to cover in any of its last four at home and is on further ATS slides of 7-23-1 in C-USA contests, 4-10-1 as a home pup and 0-5 on Friday.  I am going to lay the points with Tulsa here…