[JohnR34231]

[quote author=qwerty49 link=topic=17161.msg197234#msg197234 date=1502822867]
Spread is down to 31 on Bovada.

An interesting betting proposition that boils down to how much will Rice score against our second string defense.  And how much our #2 offense scores against Rice.  We know Shaw will stay very vanilla and if we get up by 3 scores it will be turtle time for a number of reasons.

It all comes down to how well Rice can stop/slow down our running game. If they can't do it very well, we can score lots of points without "opening up the playbook". It we are going to win by 30+, that is how we will do it. I am sure it is not Shaw's goal or intention to score as many points as possible. However, we could score a lot anyway if Rice can't stop the run.
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Not sure how big the traveling squad is going to be, but I have a hard time believing Rice is so bad they can't stop the run against the bottom of our depth chart, which is what they will see if the score threatens to get out of hand.

[JohnR34231]

[quote author=qwerty49 link=topic=17161.msg197234#msg197234 date=1502822867]
Spread is down to 31 on Bovada.

An interesting betting proposition that boils down to how much will Rice score against our second string defense.  And how much our #2 offense scores against Rice.  We know Shaw will stay very vanilla and if we get up by 3 scores it will be turtle time for a number of reasons.

It all comes down to how well Rice can stop/slow down our running game. If they can't do it very well, we can score lots of points without "opening up the playbook". It we are going to win by 30+, that is how we will do it. I am sure it is not Shaw's goal or intention to score as many points as possible. However, we could score a lot anyway if Rice can't stop the run.
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Not sure how big the traveling squad is going to be, but I have a hard time believing Rice is so bad they can't stop the run against the bottom of our depth chart, which is what they will see if the score threatens to get out of hand.