{"id":29980,"date":"2013-09-06T15:17:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T20:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=29980"},"modified":"2013-09-06T15:18:45","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T20:18:45","slug":"week-two-college-football-showdown-houston-cougars-vs-temple-owls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/week-two-college-football-showdown-houston-cougars-vs-temple-owls-29980\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Two College Football Showdown: Houston Cougars vs. Temple Owls"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Big<\/a><\/p>\n

Houston-Temple
\nSept 7, 2013 at Noon EST
\nLine: HOU -3
\nO\/U: 67<\/strong><\/p>\n

Odds courtesy of 5dimes<\/p>\n

Last week in Week one, the Houston Cougars handily disposed of Southern 62-13, and the offense looked well oiled and efficient. The team will receive a much tougher task this week against a major conference school in Temple, but David Pilland was very efficient throwing the ball and his backup John O’Korn looked good too. The Cougars had 627 yards of total offense.<\/p>\n

The Cougars will have no trouble scoring points this year, but they are hoping Dave Gibbs can save the defense. Gibbs is switching the defense to a 3-4 scheme and has only four returning starters. It’s going to be difficult to make a complete overhaul, and that should give Temple a chance at this game, as college football oddsmakers set the line very close, favoring the Cougars by just a field goal.<\/p>\n

Temple faced an insurmountable task last week in taking on No. 14 overall Notre Dame. The Owls lost the game 28-6. Despite the bad loss, some positives could be withdrawn for the Owls: they had 25 first downs and 362 total yards. The issue was that the team gave up 543 yards, including 188 on the ground.<\/p>\n

Connor Reilly is now a junior and needs to make big strides for this Owls team to be competitive. He had just a 91.6 QB rating in week one, but he did avoid interceptions and was sacked just once. Reilly threw 23-of-46 (50 percent). Reilly was a walk-on in baseball and gave up baseball to takeover the quarterback duties at Temple. He’s a naturally gifted athlete, and to immediately step in and hold his ground against Notre Dame is impressive.<\/p>\n

Expect a close contest between two teams very evenly matched; both are gifted offensively and lacking defensively. The 67 point total is a good indictor of how college football oddsmakers feel about the scoring prowess of these squads, as both are capable of amassing a lot of yardage.<\/p>\n

HOU Betting Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n

6-0 ATS in last 6 after accumulating 200+ yards rushing, 5-1 ATS in last 6 on road vs teams with losing home records, 9-2 ATS in last 11 following SU win of 20+<\/p>\n

TEM Betting Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n

0-5 ATS vs teams with winning home records, OVER 6-1-1 in last 8 home games, OVER 6-1 in last 7 after scoring less than 20 previous game<\/p>\n

Check out Maddux’s paid pick plans<\/a> for the 2013 College football season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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