2010 Houston Football Predictions
After starting the 2009 season with eight wins in their first nine outings, including wins over Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and Mississippi State. The Cougars dropped three of their final five including a 38-32 loss to East Carolina in the conference title game, followed by 47-20 beating at the hands of Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl. A game that saw the final collapse of the Houston defense as well as super star quarterback Case Keenum who throw six picks, a huge let down after tossing just nine INT's the entire season.
With nine returning starters, Houston will look to improve on their 6-2 conference record by posting its second straight 10-win season and earning another chance at the Conference USA title and a bowl game bid. It will all start with a revamping of last year's dreadful defense by new defensive coordinator Brian Stewart.
Here's a closer look at the 2010 Houston Cougars to help make your College Football wagers winners.
Offense:
The Cougars offense put up mammoth numbers and along with returning starting quarterback Case Keenum's landmark season, finished ranked No.1 both in conference and nationally in overall yards per game (563) as well as No 1 in conference and No. 4 overall in points per game (42).
One key component in all of that offense was Keenum. The junior threw for 5,671 yards and 44 touchdowns, while completing 73 percent of 700 passing attempts.
He should be able to reach those numbers again behind a big offensive line that should give him plenty of time to survey the field. Center Jordan Shoemaker (6-3, 270) is the smallest on a line that weighs in with an average of 300 pounds, with the likes of Ty Cloud, Jarve Dean, Roy Watts and Matt Hart.
]]>That size and power will also carve out an abundance of openings for the running game, allowing running backs Charles Sims and Bryce Beall, who combined for 16 TD's and over 1,300 yards, to mete out their skills on the ground.
The Cougars climbed to No. 1 overall in passing offense (433 ypg.) while becoming just the fourth team in NCAA history to have three receivers with over 1,000 yards in the same year.
At the nucleus of that trilogy is junior wide receiver James Cleveland, who led the Cougars in receiving with 104 catches for 1,214 yards and 14 TDs, despite playing injured for much of the season. Tyron Carrier and Patrick Edwards, round out the group
Defense:
Head coach Kevin Sumlin has put a lot of faith in Stewarts ability to turn around a defense that gave up an average of 35 or more points and 451 yards per game, ranking 11th in the conference and 115th overall.
It's hard to visualize, that with such a porous defense, that the Cougars could finish atop their division. But it's a possibility. The big question now is how?
First will be to transform the current defensive scheme to a 3-4 formation, moving the attack to the second row allowing the front three to tie up the opposition's offensive line giving way to a more aggressive attack from the linebackers against the run, while allowing them the option to cover against the short pass-- an area that troubled the Cougars in 2009.
The line of scrimmage will be bookended by with defensive ends David Hunter and junior college transfer, senior Matang Tonga. Both who earned praise from the coaching staff during spring practice.
They will be backed by linebackers Jeffery Lewis, Kelvin King along with junior Marcus McGraw, who has started 27 straight games and has made 259 total tackles since becoming a starter in his freshman year.
FS Jacky Candy and CB Jamal Robinson, who led the team with five interceptions in 2009, will hold down the secondary.
2010 Prediction: First in the CSUA West: The Cougars offense should be even better in 2010 with the experience they gained last season, and with the return of Keenum, who will no doubt have another unbelievable season, the only unknown is whether or not the added experience and additional speed from this year's defense can carry Houston to another shot at a Conference crown. Even if he defense improves by half, this high-octane offense has more than enough velocity to carry the team to a CUSA West title in 2010.
For a detailed look at the 2010 Conference USA Football Predictions check this out.
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