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Published: November 19, 2009
The Kansas St Wildcats will hit the road in Big 12 conference action when they face the Nebraska Cornhuskers in a college football game on Saturday night in prime time. Kick off is scheduled in Nebraska for 7:45PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening line in this game and the home team Nebraska Cornhuskers were opened as a 13-point favorite. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the home team, as the Nebraska Cornhuskers are currently a 16-point favorite. The over under is currently lined at 43 for the bettors to wager into. College football money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Nebraska Cornhuskers at –805 with the road underdog Kansas St Wildcats returning +605 to pull off the upset victory without the need for getting the points.
These two Big 12 conference foes met last year at Kansas St and it was the Nebraska Cornhuskers pounding the Wildcats 56-28 in what was a revenge game for Kansas St. The Cornhuskers pounded Kansas St in 2007 73-31. In last years meeting the Cornhuskers ran for 340 yards and passed for another 270 on the Wildcats defense. This game has huge meaning as the Cornhuskers sit at 4-2 in the Big 12 North and Kansas St is at 4-3. The winner of this game will head into the Big 12 championship game against Texas on December 5th. Nebraska’s dominance of Kansas St in recent years was due in part to the Cornhuskers size and strength on the offensive line. Nebraska starting quarterback Zac Lee has struggled this season hitting on only 59% of his passes with 11 touchdowns and 6 interceptions. Lee had been splitting time with freshman quarterback Cody Green but in last week’s game Lee played through all of it hitting on 13 of 21 for 196 yards passing with no touchdowns and no interceptions. Junior running back Roy Helu Junior has gotten the bulk of the carries this season and he sports a 5.8 yards per carry average. But it has been the Cornhuskers defense that has played well throughout the year as they allow just 11 points per game to their opponents. Nebraska is #3 in total defense in the Big 12 allowing just 279 yards per game and just 4.0 yards per play against average. Kansas St is trying to rebound from a 38-12 home loss to Missouri last week. The team was sloppy with the football committing 3 turnovers. Kansas St sits at 6-5 on the year and are bowl eligible. Senior starting quarterback Grant Gregory is hitting on 61% of his passes with just 4 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. Gregory was 21 of 30 last week with 239 yards no touchdowns and 1 interception in their loss against Missouri. Daniel Thomas is the leading ball carrier for the Wildcats with 1166 yards on the season in 228 carries for 5.1 yards per carry average. Gregory is also a threat to run as the signal caller carries a 3.1 yards per carry average in 93 carries on the year. On the defensive side of the ball the team allows just under 24 points per game and sit 6th in the Big 12 in total defense allowing 346 yards per game.
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CFB Trend: The Over is 7-1 in their past 8 meetings
The Wagerline consensus has 53.2% of the CFB bettors on Nebraska -16
The Wagerline consensus has 57.1% of the CFB bettors playing over 43
