North Texas at Texas Tech Pick and Prediction For 9/14/2024

The North Texas Mean Green will take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders on September 14, 2024, with the Mean Green being 9.5 point underdogs according to DraftKings Sportsbook. Currently, 79% of spread bets are on North Texas, while 21% are on Texas Tech. The total of 69.5 has seen 58% of bets placed on the under and 42% on the over. This matchup promises to be an exciting one, with the betting action already heating up. Here, you can get our best bet for this North Texas vs Texas Tech showdown from Lubbock.

North Texas Looks For Texas Sized Upset

The North Texas Mean Green not only have one of the best nicknames in college football, but they are off to one of the best starts in college football as well. They are 2-0 with wins over South Alabama and FCS Stephen F. Austin, with both of those wins coming by double-digits. This week, North Texas faces a much tougher opponent in Texas Tech out of the Big 12, but they will feel confident that they can get a win over a power conference opponent based on the way they have played early on.

Going into this North Texas vs Texas Tech matchup, the Mean Green have averaged 43.5 points per game, including a 52-point performance against South Alabama of the Sun Belt. A big reason for that offensive success has been Damon Ward Jr., who has 246 receiving yards in the first two weeks of the season. If he can find a way to continue to cause havoc for opposing secondaries in this game, the Mean Green could move to 3-0 and win outright as an underdog.

Texas Tech Off to Uninspiring Start

The Texas Tech Red Raiders are 1-1 this season, but things may not even be as mediocre as that record sounds. The Red Raiders barely escaped an overtime game with FCS Abilene Christian in Week 1 before getting blown out by Washington State in Pullman last week. Here, Texas Tech needs to put together a performance that shows they are capable of playing better football than they have over the first two weeks of this season.

The defense of Texas Tech has been nightmarish through the first two weeks of their season and not for opposing offenses. The Red Raiders have allowed 44 points per game through their first two games, which certainly should not happen when you are a Big 12 team that has a game against an FCS school under your belt already. If the Red Raiders can't turn things around on that side of the ball, they could lose this North Texas vs Texas Tech matchup outright at home.

North Texas vs Texas Tech Best Bet

North Texas has an uphill climb ahead of it if it wants to beat the Texas Tech Red Raiders. But the Mean Green are more than capable of covering the spread in this contest even if they do not win this game, given how badly the defense of Texas Tech has played so far this year. We will take the Mean Green to cover the number on the road against a team we don't have much faith in at all.

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