We like the Connecticut Huskies to defeat the Rice Owls on Saturday at 3:30pm ET for a number of reasons. Here are some of the more important ones:

Rice held their own last week against Tulane for the most part. But, they still ended up losing by double digits after getting shutout 14-0 in the fourth.

UCONN has really reached another level after being one of the worst teams in the nation really from 2016 until this year (2022 was an outlier as they won six games and got into a bowl.) They are 4-3 this season and seek their eighth bowl game in team history.

The Huskies have a great rushing attack, which is one thing that the Owls don't do so well against.

Rice's pass defense is their strength, but UCONN will find other ways to gain yards and score points as they've done throughout the year.

The Huskies are 6-3 SU/ATS over their last nine games since last year. They also won and covered the spread in the only meeting between these teams last season.

UCONN averages more than 10 more points a game than Rice does.

We're backing the better offensive team, at home, to win big and expose this weak Rice team. It's our #1 CFB Game Of The Year on the UCONN Huskies.

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