The line dropping from 4.5 to 3 makes me nervous. The stats favor us though.
The stats favor us even more considering how much better we have been with Tannehill.
tu only looked good in 2 games this year: ou, and @ nebraska. tu had a full off week to prepare for nebraska, nebraska played a thursday night game the week before.
The motivation angle is interesting, but our team looked good in consecutive games against ou, @ baylor, and nebraska. Most of the players didnt got offered by tu, and this is a respect game for them too.
And the strength of the tu offense is running, which matches up with the strength of the Wc.
Our pass D over the middle has been questionable, but tu's passing game hasnt looked good.
I think we get their best shot coming out of the tunnel. The difference is if tehy get down 2 scores, they will quit. Our team wont.
Now as far as why tu could win, they rush the passer well. The strenghts of their D are the Ends. Our tackles are talented but inexperienced and might need to double, especially the older Acho. They might be able to stop the run in base and play cover 2 or blitz a lot.