Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
The Kansas Jayhawks will be on the road to face archrival the Kansas St Wildcats in a Big 12 conference college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time at Kansas St is scheduled for 12:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by Versus. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Kansas Jayhawks opened as a 3-½ point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the home underdog Kansas St Wildcats, as the Kansas Jayhawks are currently a 2-½ point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 57 ½ for the bettors to play into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Kansas Jayhawks at –140 with the road underdog Kansas St Wildcats returning +120 to pull off the home upset win with no points on their side.
Kansas St is 5-4 on the season and just 1 win away from becoming bowl eligible. Kansas St is 3-2 and in first place in the Big 12 North. The team is coming off a 42-30 loss to Oklahoma last week. Kansas St made it a competitive game after Oklahoma stormed out 28-6 in the second quarter on the Wildcats but Kansas St got within 35-30 after a Brandon Banks kickoff return. Senior Kansas St quarterback Grant Gregory is hitting on 62% of his passes with only 3 touchdown passes and 2 interceptions. The team has gotten good production on the ground as Daniel Thomas has rushed 181 times for a 5.0 yards per carry average and Keithen Valentine has rushed 50 times for a 7.2 yards per carry average. Defensively the Wildcats allow just 23.9 yards per game and 342 yards ranking 5th in the Big 12 conference. Kansas sits at 5-3 this season and suffering through a three game losing streak. The defense has been pounded giving up 34 or more points in their past 4 games. Opposing teams are exploiting the Jayhawks secondary as the team allows 247 yards per game through the air ranking 12th and last in the Big 12 conference. Senior quarterback Todd Reesing was benched in the teams 42-21 loss last week against Texas Tech. Reesing has only thrown 1 touchdown pass in his past two games. The Jayhawks quarterback in his past 3 games could be no more accurate than 58% in any of those games. With the Kansas offense sputtering the team will go with Reesing once again as the starter on Saturday. Kansas went with freshman quarterback Kale Pick in relief of Ressing last week. Reesing is having problems with his groin and it’s impacting his mobility in the pocket. Running back Toben Opurum is the leading ball carrier with 114 rush attempts and 4.3 yards per carry average this season. Opurum has not gotten many carries the past three weeks with just 21 rushes with just 71 yards in those three games combined.
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CFB Trend: Kansas St Wildcats are 6-1 ATS in their past 7 home meetings with the Kansas Jayhawks
The Wagerline consensus has 64.5% of the CFB bettors on Kansas –2 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 54.0% of the CFB bettors playing over 57 1/2
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