{"id":18317,"date":"2011-10-06T08:41:16","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T13:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18317"},"modified":"2011-10-06T08:41:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T13:41:16","slug":"college-football-picks-week-6-kansas-jayhawks-at-oklahoma-state-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-week-6-kansas-jayhawks-at-oklahoma-state-cowboys-18317\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Week 6: Kansas Jayhawks at Oklahoma State Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas Jayhawks at No. 6 Oklahoma State Cowboys
\nSaturday, 10\/8\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma St -33
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma St -31.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 69.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 73
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oklahoma State Cowboys are overwhelming favorites Saturday against the Kansas Jayhawks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas will be aiming to break a two-game losing streak and will be set to play its Big 12 Conference road opener.\u00a0 The Jayhawks have been out-gained by 458 yards in losses to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (66-24) and Texas Tech Red Raiders (45-34).\u00a0 The program has lost nine straight league road games, but one coach isn\u2019t taking them for granted.\u00a0 \u201cI thought they had every chance to win,\u201d commented Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy.\u00a0 \u201cWe need to stay focused on the task at hand.\u201d\u00a0 Kansas can certainly score, but its defense has allowed an average of 51 points over the last three games.\u00a0 The team is 1-8 ATS in October contests.<\/p>\n

The Jayhawks will be taking on the Cowboys for the 63rd time and the series is tied at 29-29-3, including the team\u2019s 14-12-2 mark in Stillwater.\u00a0 Kansas is 3-12 in Big 12 road openers, dropping last year\u2019s game to the Baylor Bears by a 55-7 score.\u00a0 Quarterback Jordan Webb has been solid in completing 55-of-81 passes on the season for 814 yards and nine touchdowns.\u00a0 He\u2019s been protected well by the offensive line, getting sacked just six times in four games.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma State is coming off a bye week after tallying a 30-29 come-from-behind win over the Texas A&M Aggies as 4.5-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Cowboys rank third nationally in total offense, averaging 571.5 yards per game, which is led by the passing of quarterback Brandon Weeden.\u00a0 The team should have no problem moving its record to 5-0 due to winning six of the last seven meetings in this series, including a 48-14 win in Lawrence as 24-point favorites.\u00a0 Oklahoma State is 16-6 ATS as a favorite, but an even 8-8 ATS when playing at home.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys will be playing this game as one of the 15 undefeated schools nationally, coming off their first road win over a top 10 opponent since 2008.\u00a0 Forcing turnovers has been a key to the progression of the program, as the team has forced 13 thus far in 2011, which ranks seventh nationally.\u00a0 Weeden is a special player under center in throwing for at least 360 yards in every game this season.\u00a0 He has at least two touchdown passes in 15 of his 17 starts.\u00a0 Wide receiver Justin Blackmon is his main target, catching 24 touchdown passes over the last 16 games.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Jayhawks due to the road team being 4-1 ATS in the last five meetings, while the Cowboys are 16-17 ATS following a bye week.<\/p>\n

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Kansas Jayhawks at No. 6 Oklahoma State Cowboys Saturday, 10\/8\/11, 3:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oklahoma St -33 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oklahoma St -31.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 69.5 Current Total:\u00a0 73 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kansas will be aiming to break a two-game losing streak and will be set to play its Big […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3187,5510,3548,34,1141],"class_list":["post-18317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-brandon-weeden","tag-jordan-webb","tag-justin-blackmon","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-oklahoma-state-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18317","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=18317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18318,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18317\/revisions\/18318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}