Courtesy of OddsShark.com: The Rice Owls and the Texas El Paso Miners will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Sun Bowl. Oddsmakers currently have the Miners listed as 9-point favorites versus the Owls, while the game's total is sitting at 58. Rice was a 42-31 loser in their most recent outing at home against Southern Methodist. They covered the 11.5?point spread as underdogs, while the total score (73) made winners of OVER bettors. Texas El Paso was a 38-20 winner in their most recent outing on the road against Current streak: Rice has lost 3 straight games. Texas El Paso has won 3 straight games. Team records: Rice: 1-4 SU, 3-2 ATS Texas El Paso: 4-1 SU, 2-2 ATS Rice most recently: When playing in October are 2-8 When playing on turf are 3-7 After being outgained are 3-7 When playing within the conference are 3-7 Texas El Paso most recently: When playing in October are 5-5 When playing on turf are 5-5 After outgaining opponent are 2-8 When playing within the conference are 4-6 A few trends to consider: The total has gone OVER in 7 of Rice's last 8 games on the road The total has gone OVER in 5 of Rice's last 6 games when playing Texas El Paso Rice is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Texas El Paso Rice is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games Texas El Paso is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home Texas El Paso is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games The total has gone OVER in 5 of Texas El Paso's last 6 games when playing Rice Texas El Paso is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Rice Next up: Rice home to Grandmaster sports handicapper Joe Duffy former General Manager of the Freescoreboard scorephone network and CEO of OffshoreInsiders.com the premier hub of world-class handicappers. |