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Jayhawks vs. Kansas St Wildcats
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The Kansas Jayhawks and Kansas State Wildcats
are two college football programs on the rise.
And one of them will take an important step toward
what could be an important bowl spot when the
two meet at noon (ET) Saturday on KSU Stadium's
FieldTurf surface in Manhattan, Kansas. The NCAA
football betting odds at BetUS have Kansas State
at -3.
Kansas is on a nice run, winning seven of its
last eight games SU (straight-up) dating back
to last season. The Jayhawks have had an extra
week to prepare, having beaten Florida International
55-3 as a 35-point favorite two weekends ago.
In that game, KU had its biggest offensive output
for the young season, gaining 615 yards of total
offense. When taking a cursory glance at the
numbers, Kansas looks like a juggernaut, outscoring
its opponents this season by an average of almost
48 points a game. Of course, the opposition has
not been strong - aside from FIU, one of the
least proficient Division I teams, KU has faced
MAC entries Central Michigan and Toledo, who
are much weaker than last year, and an FCS team
in Southeastern Louisiana.
Kansas State's situation has been a little different.
The 'Cats are averaging 37.3 points a game, but
along the way they've played Auburn, who was
nationally-ranked at the time, and previously
unbeaten Texas. In fact, it was last weekend's
41-21 win over the Longhorns, accomplished as
a visitor and 14.5-point underdog, which propelled
them into a #24 ranking in the latest Associated
Press poll.
In the HEAD-TO-HEAD trends
* Kansas State has won and covered 10 of the
last 12 meetings
* Kansas State has covered the last five at home
in the series
* Only twice in the last ten meetings has Kansas
scored more than 16 points
Last year Kansas, as a 3.5-point favorite, won
by the score of 39-20, in a game marred by 10
turnovers - six of them committed by Kansas State.
Yet it was the Wildcats who eventually went to
the post-season, losing to Rutgers in the Texas
Bowl, while Kansas sat home with its 6-6 record.
Despite Kansas'
7-1 SU record in the last eight overall, the
Jayhawks have won only one of their last nine
games on the road. Also, it should be noted
that six of Kansas' last seven road games have
gone over the posted total. In the first four
wins - all at home - QB Todd Reesing has had
a chance to build some impressive statistics.
He had 347 yards in the win over Florida International
and ranks 10th in the nation in passing efficiency,
with 10 TD's and just one interception. Kansas
is rated first in Division I football in kickoff
returns as well. In the statistical measurement
of "yards per point" allowed Kansas
stands at 38 ypp, which is phenomenal.
Kansas State's Josh Freeman (3 TD's, 4 INT's)
isn't nearly as slick a passer as Reesing. But
KSU has some special team pluses of its own,
not the least of which is punter Tim Reyer, who
averages 45 yards a kick. As a home favorite,
coach Ron Prince's KSU team has been on a 6-0-1
ATS (against the spread) run. Kansas State is
also a sizzling 8-1-1 ATS in situations where
they are playing the first of back-to-back home
games.
Kansas State, the three-point favorite in the
betting odds at BetUS, would appear to have the
technical edge in this Big XII matchup.
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Posted on 10/4/2007 2:42:55 PM
College Football Betting - Kansas Jayhawks vs. Kansas State Wildcats
By Charles Jay
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