Week 2 of the 2012 College Football season continues on Saturday and we will see the Texas Tech Red Raiders travel to take on the Texas State Bobcats. The game is scheduled for a 7:00 PM (Eastern) start time and it will be televised live on ESPN3. Currently the odds for the game have Texas Tech favored by 18.5 points for the game, while the total sits at 60.5. Currently 80% of the Public is on Texas Tech, while 75% is on the Over. Find out what side the Public is taking on all the games by clicking HERE.
Free Analysis: Texas Tech's season got off to a roaring start, having its way with Northwestern State en route to an easy 44-6 victory. It was the Red Raiders' first win since Oct. 22 of last year. They had lost their last five games of the 2011 season. The Texas Tech defense, one of the country’s worst a year ago, had something to prove in last week’s season-opener. The Red Raiders want to show that dominating performance wasn’t a fluke as they travel to Texas State on Saturday night. Tech’s defense was ineffective at the end of last season, giving up 256 points during a five-game losing streak. The Red Raiders turned it around with a dominating performance last week when they held Northwestern State to 13 rushing yards, 84 total yards and 3-of-14 on third-down attempts. It was the fewest points allowed by Texas Tech since 2006 and the first time it held an opponent to less than 125 since a 2007 victory against Northwestern State. The offense was balanced with 33 passing attempts and 46 runs – the most by Tech since 2010. Doege completed 23 of 34 passes to 10 receivers for 199 yards and a touchdown in three quarters. Eric Stephens played well in his first game back since suffering a season- ending knee injury last year, carrying the ball 16 times for 58 yards and two touchdowns, while ten different Red Raiders caught a pass, paced by Bradley Marquez with seven receptions and 92 yards and Marcus Kennard, who caught two touchdown passes.
As great as Texas Tech's start to the season was, few season openers were more impressive than Texas State's. In their first game as an official member of the FBS, the Bobcats went on the road and defeated Houston, 30-13. Houston had just one loss last season en route to the Conference USA title, while Texas State was mediocre (6-6) in 2011, playing mostly an FCS schedule. Texas State did not appear to be overwhelmed in the least when it took the field for its first game as a member of the FBS, gaining 444 yards of total offense at Houston. Quarterback Shawn Rutherford got sacked four times, but otherwise he kept his mistakes to a minimum. He threw for 196 yards on 19-of-25 passing and connected on a 21-yard touchdown strike in the first quarter to get the Bobcats out to an early lead. Marcus Curry spearheaded a potent Texas State rushing attack with a career- high 131 yards on the ground. He also tallied all three of his team's touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving). Texas State's defensive performance in the opener was incredible. The unit limited one of 2011's most explosive offenses (50.8 ppg) to just 326 yards and 13 points. The Bobcats forced the Cougars into two turnovers -- a fumble recovery by Brian Lilly and an interception by Craig Mager.
Texas Tech won the only previous meeting between these two teams, 50-10, in the season opener last year.
Free Pick: Im gonna look to the Under in this one. The Red Raiders played a hell of a defensive game last week and while that was vs an FCS opponent, let's remember that the Bobcats were at FCS status last year. The Red raiders have made big improvements on the defensive side of the ball and they should be able to hold down this Bobcat offense that just may be a bit flat after last week's huge upset. The Bobcat defense last week proved to be very good with 9 starters back and I expect them to have another good showing here and they will have to if they harbor any chances of pulling a second major upset in a row. Both of these team have 9 starters back on defense and a combined 48 lettermen on that side of the and that should be enough to keep these offenses from going buck wild. I look for a game in the low 50's here at most.
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