{"id":18070,"date":"2011-09-28T14:56:22","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T19:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18070"},"modified":"2011-09-28T14:56:22","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T19:56:22","slug":"college-football-week-5-picks-baylor-bears-at-kansas-state-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-5-picks-baylor-bears-at-kansas-state-wildcats-18070\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 5 Picks: Baylor Bears at Kansas State Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 15 Baylor Bears at Kansas State Wildcats
\nSaturday, 10\/1\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -3.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -3.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 64
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 63.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Baylor Bears QB Robert Griffin III is getting plenty of publicity due to his gaudy early-season numbers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baylor has opened the year with a 3-0 record and will be aiming to start a season 4-0 for the first time since the 1991 season.\u00a0 The Bears will also be after its first conference-opening road win since 1995.\u00a0 All of the focus surrounding this program is centered around Heisman Trophy candidate Robert Griffin III, who has completed a national-leading 85.4 percent of his passes.\u00a0 He has also thrown more touchdowns than interceptions.\u00a0 \u201cI can\u2019t think of anyone that presents the problems Robert does,\u201d commented Wildcats head coach Bill Snyder.\u00a0 \u201cRobert might be the best quarterback in football, exclusive of what level.\u201d\u00a0 Baylor is 2-0 ATS as a road favorite the last two-plus years and 13-4 ATS in its last 17 opportunities in the role.<\/p>\n

The Bears have tallied an 8-18-1 all-time mark when playing on ABC, including an 0-4 record in Big 12 Conference games.\u00a0 Baylor is currently second nationally in total offense, seventh in passing and 15th in rushing.\u00a0 In 29 offensive possessions, the team has punted just five times.\u00a0 All very impressive numbers when finding that the program has scored 40-plus points in three consecutive games for the first time in its history.\u00a0 Baylor will be looking to land a knockout blow early in Manhattan, outscoring opponents by a 100-40 margin in the first half this year.<\/p>\n

Kansas State also comes in with a perfect mark after three games this season and tallied a 28-24 win over Miami as 12.5-point road underdogs last week.\u00a0 The Wildcats are starting to gain some recognition in the polls, grabbing some votes, which has Snyder happy about the early results.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m proud of them for a lot of reasons,\u201d he stated at practice this week.\u00a0 The program should be confident in the fact of posting a 113-26-1 record when playing at Bill Snyder Family Stadium over the past 20-plus years.\u00a0 Kansas State will also be looking for a fast start, posting a 129-27 record when scoring first since 1990.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats defense has been a topic of discussion early on, ranking among the top three in the conference in all five major defensive categories.\u00a0 Kansas State will be relying heavily on sophomore John Hubert, who carried the ball 18 times for 166 yards last week.\u00a0 He will be starting against his hometown team, which will be added motivation to perform well in marquee game.\u00a0 With his performance last week, he became the school\u2019s first back not named Daniel Thomas to rush for 100 yards since Oct. 11, 2008.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Wildcats due to their 10-4 ATS mark in conference games, while the Bears are 1-4 ATS in the same situation.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No. 15 Baylor Bears at Kansas State Wildcats Saturday, 10\/1\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baylor -3.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baylor -3.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 64 Current Total:\u00a0 63.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baylor has opened the year with a 3-0 record and will be aiming to start a season 4-0 for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3288,3267,3266,2807,3697],"class_list":["post-18070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-baylor-bears","tag-big-12-conference","tag-bill-snyder","tag-kansas-state-wildcats","tag-robert-griffin-iii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18071,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18070\/revisions\/18071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}