Curtis Johnson did a magnificent job with Tulane last year. He greatly improved the Green Wave defense to the point where Tulane forced 35 turnovers.


Tulsa, by contrast, had a terrible season last year going 3-9. I'm not convinced the Golden Hurricane have turned things around. I'm not a fan of Tulsa QB Dane Evans, who is turnover prone. Tulane forces turnovers and has a very good secondary.


The Green Wave are very dangerous as 'dogs under Johnson. They went 7-2 ATS in that role last season and enter this matchup with a great deal of confidence. Now that the line has reached 7, I'm going to back them.