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Here we go!  It's rivalry week.  The game is sold out.  It will be a great fall day in a great rivalry, a day to be savored and enjoyed.

It wouldn't be any fun being a BG fan if we didn't have UT to hate.

OK, the numbers are below.  A few points.

On first glance, they are lopsided.  UT is a 10.5-point favorite. The stats are a little misleading...according to the ESPN Football Power Index, UT has played the #122 ranked schedule (out of 137), and BG has played the #56 schedule.  Certainly playing a schedule like UT has will help you inflate your numbers.

Having said that, UT is a very strong MAC team with only one apparent weakness.  They have a strong offense and play really good defense.  They have solid special teams.  You get the idea.

Their apparent weakness is that they don't always show up to play in games they are favored to win.  In the last three years, they have lost 8 games they were favored to win....lost outright.  They were a double digit favorite over BG last year, also, in 2022, and a 25.5 point favorite and lost all three times. 

So, it's a rivalry game.  Throw out the book.  The last four games have been won by the road team in this series, which has finally become competitive after almost a decade of laughers favoring the Rockets.