Rice at Texas

This could be a bad spot for Rice. They are catching Texas off a bye last week created by hurricane Ike. That means there well prepared, well rested, and probably will be seeing a lot of the starters even if the game gets out of hand because they need a live game to work from. Rice took on three Big-12 teams last year and gave up an average of 53 per game with 58 of them going to Texas. Texas has scored over 50 vs. Rice the last three years. Rice is a good offensive team, and they will get some points in this one, as they managed almost 20 per game vs the Big-12 teams last year. Dating back to last season, this team has gone 13-1 OVER while Texas is a perfect 8-0 OVER in their last eight games with a total of 63 or more points. I like this one to sail OVER the total.