Western Kentucky vs. UTSA College Football Pick Prediction 12/3/2021 by Tony T.
Western Kentucky vs. UTSA—This Conference USA title game is played on UTSA's home field in the Alamodome in San Antonio. Roadrunners perfect season came to an end as they fell to 11-1 with the 45-23 road defeat at North Texas. They were crushed on the ground for 340 rushing yards by the Mean Green for over six yards per carry. Roadrunners defense past three games are surrendering 373 yards per game with 9.2 yards per pass attempt. Western Kentucky a strong passing team. Quarterback Bailey Zappe completed 68.8% of his throws against the Conference for 8.2 yards per pass attempt. Zappe trending strongly past three games by averaging 443 yards passing, 69.4% completion rate and 9.1 yards per pass attempt. Defensively in that period the Hilltoppers surrendering 376 yards, 2.7 yards per rush and 6.5 yards per pass attempt. Western Kentucky has won seven straight. They have held those past seven opponents to 21 or fewer points. Teams met on October 9th at UTSA with the Roadrunners winning 52-46. But Hilltoppers improved their defensive play following that loss. They held Marshall last week to 21 points and 325 yards with a strong second half in victory. Play Western Kentucky in this rematch at -1.