{"id":18086,"date":"2011-09-29T19:15:32","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T00:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18086"},"modified":"2011-09-29T19:15:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T00:15:32","slug":"big-12-college-football-predictions-texas-tech-red-raiders-at-kansas-jayhawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/big-12-college-football-predictions-texas-tech-red-raiders-at-kansas-jayhawks-18086\/","title":{"rendered":"Big 12 College Football Predictions: Texas Tech Red Raiders at Kansas Jayhawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas Tech Red Raiders at Kansas Jayhawks
\nMemorial Stadium – Lawrence, Kansas
\nSaturday, October 1, 2011, 12:00 pm Eastern, TV: Fox Sports Net
\nOpening Line: Texas Tech -9 1\/2
\nCurrent Line: Texas Tech -6 1\/2
\nOpening Total: 66
\nCurrent Total: 66
\nOpening Money Line: Texas Tech -270 \/ Kansas +230
\nCurrent Money Line: Texas Tech -250 \/ Kansas +210<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Wiseguys are favoring the Kansas Jayhawks as they take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Big 12 opener for both schools. Texas Tech opened as a 9.5 point favorite and have been bet down to 6.5 points.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Texas Tech and Kansas will play for the 13th time ever this Saturday. The Red Raiders lead the series 11-1 including a 42-21 victory in 2009 the last time the two teams played. This is the Big 12 opener for both teams. Texas Tech is 3-0 under coach Tommy Tuberville, with wins over Texas St 50-10, at New Mexico 59-13, and last week at home against Nevada 35-34. Kansas is coached by Turner Gill, and is 2-1 this season. The Jayhawks opened the season with two home wins against McNeese St 42-24 and Northern Illinois 45-42 before getting crushed at Georgia Tech 66-24 two weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech was a 15.5 point favorite<\/a> last week against Nevada\u00a0 but barely escaped with a 35-34 victory against the Wolf Pack. Nevada was up by 10 points in the fourth quarter 31-21, but Texas Tech scored with 36 seconds left to grab the victory. Receiver Eric Ward caught a four yard score from quarterback Seth Doege for the game winner.\u00a0\u00a0 Doege had 2 other touchdown throws in the win, and running back Eric Stephens added 134 rushing yards and 2 scores. The Red Raiders had 441 total yards including 219 rushing yards. Tech gave up 562 total yards to the Nevada including 312 rushing yards.<\/p>\n

Texas Tech has one of the most potent offenses in the country averaging 523.3 total yards and 48 points a game. The Red Raiders are averaging 338.7 passing yards a game. Those numbers are all ranked in the top 10 nationally. The Red Raiders have 2 turnovers and have allowed 4 sacks. Texas Tech is 28\/45 on third and fourth down conversions, and 17\/17 scoring in the red zone with 16 touchdowns. The Red Raider defense is definitely bend but don’t break. They give up a ton of yards but not a lot of points. Tech is allowing 410 yards including 225.7 rushing yards a game. However, Texas Tech is only allowing 19 points a game. Texas Tech has forced 7 turnovers and 6 sacks. Red Raider opponents are 22\/51 on third and fourth down conversions, and 8\/11 scoring in the red zone, with 5 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Doege is 89\/115 passing with 949 yards, 11 touchdowns and no interceptions along with 14 carries for 76 yards. Stephens has 61 carries, 344 yards, and 5 touchdo0wns, along with 10 catches for 93 yards. Receiver Darrin Moore has 21 catches, 339 yards, and 4 touchdowns. Ward has 16 catches for 144 yards, and 4 scores. Kicker Donnie Carona is 19\/19 on extra points and 1\/1 on field goals with a 23 yard kick.<\/p>\n

Kansas was only down 24-17 at halftime two weeks ago at Georgia Tech. However, the Yellow Jackets\u00a0 scored 42 unanswered points before Kansas scored a meaningless touchdown late in the fourth to make the final score 66-24. Kansas had 362 total yards and 19 first downs. They gave up 768 total yards to Georgia Tech including an incredible 604 rushing yards. Neither team had a turnover in the game.<\/p>\n

Kansas is averaging 447.7 yards and 37 points a game. The Jayhawks average 235 rushing yards a game, which is #18 in the country. Kansas has one turnover and has allowed 5 sacks this season. The Jayhawks are 30\/52 on third and fourth downs conversions, and 13\/13 scoring in the red zone, with 11 touchdowns. The defense has been awful for Kansas this season, as they have allowed 550 yards a game including 282 rushing yards a game. Kansas is also allowing 44 points a game. All are dead last statistically in the country. The pass defense is allowing 268 yards a game but that is only ranked 102nd out of 120 teams. Kansas has one turnover and has allowed 5 sacks this season. Jayhawk opponents are 23\/40 on third and fourth down conversions, and 13\/15 scoring in the red zone with 11 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Kansas quarterback Jordan Webb is 39\/59 passing with 575 yards, with 6 touchdowns, and no interceptions, along with 22 carries, 30 yards, and a touchdown. Running back James Sims has 56 carries 254 yards, and 3 touchdowns, along with 3 catches for 56 yards. Darrian Miller has 34 carries for 173 yards, and 3 scores, along with a catch for 7 yards. Receiver JaCorey Shepherd has 5 catches for 136 yards and 2 touchdowns. He is questionable with a groin injury for the Texas Tech game. D.J. Beshears has 12 catches for 135 yards, and 2 scores. If Shepherd can’t go look for Tim Biere and former quarterback Kale pick to get more targets. Kicker Alex Mueller is 15\/15 on extra points and 2\/3 on field goals with a long of 28 yards.<\/p>\n

Kansas is 2-1 against the spread\u00a0 this season and all 3 games have gone over the total. Texas Tech is 2-1 ATS and 2 of the 3 games have gone over the total. The Jayhawks are 2-10 ATS versus teams with winning records over the last 3 seasons, 11-23 ATS in their last 34 as a home underdog, and 1-8 ATS in their last 9 October games. Texas Tech is 3-0-1 in the last 4 after failing to cover in the previous game, and 2-8 ATS in the last 10 as a road favorite of between 3.5\u00a0 and 10 points.<\/p>\n

This looks like a shootout as each defense struggles to stop teams and both have good offenses. The line has dropped from Texas tech being a 9.5 point favorite to 6.5. I know they are on the road, but Tech should be able to win by at least a touchdown, and could even get to the 66 point total by themselves.<\/p>\n

Our college football handicappers had a terrific September to open the season and look to have an even better October. Shop and compare the best lines for every game with our college football odds page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texas Tech Red Raiders at Kansas Jayhawks Memorial Stadium – Lawrence, Kansas Saturday, October 1, 2011, 12:00 pm Eastern, TV: Fox Sports Net Opening Line: Texas Tech -9 1\/2 Current Line: Texas Tech -6 1\/2 Opening Total: 66 Current Total: 66 Opening Money Line: Texas Tech -270 \/ Kansas +230 Current Money Line: Texas Tech […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40249,"featured_media":16538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3118,9531,1923,2289,2274,2950,34,29,440],"class_list":["post-18086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-2","tag-college-football","tag-college-football-betting","tag-college-football-handicapping","tag-college-football-odds","tag-fox-sports","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-ncaa-football","tag-texas-tech-red-raiders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18086","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\/40249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18086"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18420,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18086\/revisions\/18420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}