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Tulsa

AAC · 2-0 · power +4.8 · #124
Our side · spreadSHSU +13.5 logged our number at the pick TLSA -7.0 · now TLSA -8.2 · 3.3 pts from the market now

Sam Houston

CUSA · 0-2 · power -5.4 · #248
Final TLSA 23 · SHSU 17 ML W Spread W Total L our logged sides, graded on the record
Our side
SpreadSHSU +13.5 logged live now: SHSU +11.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours TLSA -8.2

The line has not moved a point since it opened (SHSU +14 → +13.5), so our number decides: TLSA by 7.0 against SHSU +13.5 means SHSU covers.

TotalOver 51.5 logged live now: Under 51.5 — the pick stands, the number moved · ours 51.0

The total has not moved a point since it opened (51.5 → 51.5); ours 52.0 against 51.5 says over.

MoneylineTLSA to win logged ours 32% · book 20%

Our number: TLSA by 7.0 — TLSA to win.

Distance from the market 3.3 pts / -0.5 total a caution, not a signal
Projected score 30–21 TLSA – SHSU
2026-09-12 · 7:00 PM Elliott T. Bowers Stadium · Huntsville, TX Early season

The books 5 account books · tap any price — the ticket builds at that book

Book TLSA spreadSHSU spread OverUnder TLSA winSHSU win TLSA TT overTLSA TT under SHSU TT overSHSU TT under
DraftKings
FanDuel
BetMGM
ESPN Bet
Caesars

The gold price is the best available on that side; a gold marks the side our number implies — a read, not a pick. TT is a team total — that team’s own points, not the game’s; columns are empty where no book hangs one. Send to book opens whichever book you tapped, not the one we would have picked. Prices are the books’ own.

Ours vs the market

SpreadTulsa -8.2
the marketSam Houston +11.5
Total51.0
the market51.5
Sam Houston win32% vs 20%

Both percentages are Sam Houston’s chance to win — ours, then the book’s with the vig removed, medianed across the books we track.

What the gap has been worth 10,740 games · 2016–2025

0–3 pts52.0%
3–750.2%
7–1449.3%
14+46.8%

How often the side we favoured covered, by how far our number sat from the market’s. Break-even at −110 is 52.4% — no bucket reaches it, and the rate falls as we disagree more. The further we sit from the market, the worse we have done.

Public vs booksbets vs money · Action Network captured in-game spread TLSA 68% bets · 66% money total Under 91% bets · 89% money ML TLSA 98% bets · 80% money
Series Tulsa lead 1–0 · 1 meeting since 2009
2025 unit ranks — last completed season, from games actually played
Run game edge Tulsa Golden Hurricane 50 ranks
Tulsa Golden Hurricane #157 rush offense Sam Houston Bearkats #207 run defense
Pass game edge Tulsa Golden Hurricane 48 ranks
Tulsa Golden Hurricane #192 pass offense Sam Houston Bearkats #240 pass defense
Run game edge Tulsa Golden Hurricane 104 ranks
Sam Houston Bearkats #152 rush offense Tulsa Golden Hurricane #48 run defense
Pass game edge Tulsa Golden Hurricane 128 ranks
Sam Houston Bearkats #259 pass offense Tulsa Golden Hurricane #131 pass defense
Tulsa Golden Hurricane Balanced · 55% run Up-tempo Sam Houston Bearkats Balanced · 50% run Ball-control Dual-threat QB · 39 rush ypg
Tre Lamb · 4-8 Phil Longo · 2-10

Ranked by team-unit strength (rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265 D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the 2025 season.

The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above

Who carried each team in 2025
Tulsa Golden Hurricane
DL Thomas Davis 7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL #9 DL
DL Kyran Duhon 9 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #95 DL
LB Dax Collins 19 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL #63 LB
LB Chris Thompson Jr. 18 tkl #106 LB
Sam Houston Bearkats
DL Brody Henderson 11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL #94 DL
WR Chris Reed 7 rec · 145 yds · 2 TD #94 WR
WR Grady O'Neill 12 rec · 148 yds · 1 TD #103 WR
DB Ishmel Atkins 7 tkl · 4 PD #254 DB

Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no 2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.

Power breakdown
TeamPowerOffDefRank
Tulsa Golden HurricaneAAC +4.8 -0.9 +5.8 #124
Sam Houston BearkatsCUSA -5.4 -4.3 -1.1 #248

Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).

Where the number comes from
Tulsa offense vs Sam Houston defense+0.2 pts
Sam Houston offense vs Tulsa defense-10.0 pts

An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.