Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Nebraska Cornhuskers will hit the highway in Big 12 conference action when they tackle the struggling Kansas Jayhawks in a college football game on Saturday afternoon. Kick off time in Kansas is scheduled for 3:30PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by ABC. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Nebraska Cornhuskers opened as a 3-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the road favorite, as the Nebraska Cornhuskers are currently a 3-½ point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 42 for the college football betting public to bet into. College football money line bettors can make a play on the favored Nebraska Cornhuskers at –175 with the home underdog Kansas Jayhawks bringing back +155 to win straight up without the points.
In last years meeting it was Nebraska winning a high scoring game 45-35 at home as a 2 point favorite. The team was able to rush for 167 yards and pass for 328 and survived a victory despite 4 turnovers. Well this year’s Nebraska Cornhusker team is struggling on the offensive side of the football. The team was carried by their defense in a 10-3 victory last week against Oklahoma. Nebraska starting quarterback Zac Lee could only complete 5 of 9 passes for 35 yards and a touchdown pass. Worse yet the team was just 1 of 14 on third downs. Junior running back Roy Helu Jr. has ran well this season averaging 5.8 yards a carry on the season. The Cornhusker running back is coming off a 138 yards rushing performance last week against Oklahoma. Nebraska’s defense held the Oklahoma Sooners to just 3 points last week. The team is the #3 defense in the Big 12 Conference allowing just 272 yards per game on the season. The Kansas Jayhawks are sitting at 5-4 on the year and in desperate need of 1 more victory to become bowl eligible. The team has struggled big time in Big 12 conference action with just a 1-4 record this season. The Jayhawks were defeated last week by Kansas St 17-10 last week. The senior quarterback Todd Reesing is playing through a groin injury. The senior quarterback was 27 of 41 for 241 yards and 1 touchdown with 1 interception. The Jayhawks have been stung by turnovers with 12 over their current 4 game-losing streak. Toben Opurum is the leading rusher for Kansas with 4.3 yards per carry average. Kansas is 4-1 at home this season with a 35-13 loss to Oklahoma but wins against Duke, Southern Mississippi and to Iowa St. Last week was a better passing defensive performance for the Jayhawks as the team was torched through the air in their three games prior to their contest with Kansas St. Yes the pass defense was better against Kansas St but the run defense surrendered 266 rushing yardage to the Wildcats last week.
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CFB Trend: Kansas Jayhawks are 4-1 ATS in their past 5 meetings with the Nebraska Cornhuskers
The Wagerline consensus has 59.1% of the CFB bettors on Nebraska -3 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 55.2% of the CFB bettors playing over 42
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