Haven't seen UCF play much at all, aside from a few minutes of their opening night loss to FIU. Temple D-Line was disrupting Tulane all day long last week. I do not know how Tulane's O-Line matches up vs. UCF though. That result for UCF vs. Tulane is eye opening though, especially after seeing how mediocre Tulane is. They were down 28 twice, and scored two late TD's to make the score look a little closer. It was a blowout all the way. Tulane was also 4 for 14 on 3rd downs. UCF could only muster -35 rushing yards...lol. That's negative 1.6 per carry! I know sacks off of that though, in college, right? Then they follow that pathetic game up with another stinker at home vs. UCONN. They did manage to get 60 rushing yards. Hard to believe they actually led South Carolina in the 2H!! Although, that might be just as telling as to how poor South Carolina is this season.
Seems like a lot of points, but it's only 5.5 more than Temple gave Tulane last week. UCF might have a better QB, but he's a freshman and apparently is not very mobile, nor does he have the help around him (yet?) in order to succeed. He's going to have to have a really solid day for them to keep up with Temple. Another issue is the UCF is 121st in 3rd down conversions this year (26 for 84), and I'm sure with their lack of running game, that's partly due to having some longer 3rd down yardage to get. So probably see our fair share of short drives, meaning their D is going to be on the field more, so even if their D is a solid unit, they are likely going to get worn down. And sure enough UCF is ranked 111th (that is out of 127) in TOP, and Temple is ranked 5th, so that should tell you something there too.
That's a lot of points though, obviously. I was against Temple last week, stupidly. I hate just jumping on a team a week after I was beat by them, as sometimes I think I am putting too much stock in one game. This one is on my radar though.
