{"id":18716,"date":"2011-10-19T11:54:15","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T16:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18716"},"modified":"2011-10-19T11:54:15","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T16:54:15","slug":"college-football-predictions-week-8-kansas-state-wildcats-vs-kansas-jayhawks-sunflower-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-predictions-week-8-kansas-state-wildcats-vs-kansas-jayhawks-sunflower-showdown-18716\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Predictions Week 8: Kansas State Wildcats vs. Kansas Jayhawks, Sunflower Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

No. 11 Kansas State Wildcats at Kansas Jayhawks
\nSaturday, 10\/22\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas State -11.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas State -11
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 62.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 62.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kansas State is 2-11 ATS as a road favorite and has been an underdog the last four weeks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas State is coming off a 41-34 win over Texas Tech as 3.5-point road underdogs, but the team has now been out-gained in its last four contests.\u00a0 The Wildcats have also been an underdog and covered in four consecutive games, which makes this price seem a little inflated.\u00a0 The team is ranked in the top 25 in three defensive categories, which include scoring defense, rush defense and turnover margin.\u00a0 Kansas State has won two straight in this series and hold a 15-4 advantage under the direction of head coach Bill Snyder.\u00a0 Over the last two-plus seasons, the program is 14-5 ATS against conference opponents.<\/p>\n

The Wildcats are led offensively by quarterback Collin Klein, who finished last week with 110 rushing yards and three touchdowns on the ground.\u00a0 \u201cCoach Snyder says all the time you\u2019ve got to keep sawing wood and eventually you\u2019re going to get somewhere,\u201d commented Klein.\u00a0 \u201cIt makes it exciting because we\u2019re hanging together.\u201d\u00a0 The program is fully focused on moving its record to 7-0 for the first time since the 1999 campaign.<\/p>\n

Kansas has played the toughest schedule in the country and the defensive numbers show it, ranking last in college football in giving up 49 points and 565 yards per game.\u00a0 The Jayhawks have been outscored by a 228-103 margin over the last four games.\u00a0 Head coach Turner Gill still believes that his squad has something left for this in-state rivalry.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s the Sunflower Showdown,\u201d commented Gill this week.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re ready for this one.\u201d\u00a0 Overall in this rivalry, Kansas is 65-38-5, including a 37-16-2 mark in games played in Lawrence.\u00a0 Facing conference opponents hasn\u2019t been a good money-making venture in backing this team, posting a 5-14 ATS mark over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Jayhawks will need to score some points offensively due to the defense, but gained just six yards on 27 offensive snaps in the second half last week against the Oklahoma Sooners.\u00a0 Many around the Big 12 Conference expect this team to start playing better in terms of the scoreboard, as 71 players on its roster are underclassmen, which means the experienced gained against the toughest schedule in the country will help them down the road.\u00a0 Quarterback Jordan Webb finished with 228 yards and an interception last week, while running back James Sims has ran for 455 yards and six touchdowns this season.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Jayhawks due to their 3-1 ATS mark in home games, while the Wildcats are 2-11 ATS as road favorites.<\/p>\n

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No. 11 Kansas State Wildcats at Kansas Jayhawks Saturday, 10\/22\/11, 12:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 N\/A Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Kansas State -11.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Kansas State -11 Opening Total:\u00a0 62.5 Current Total:\u00a0 62.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kansas State is coming off a 41-34 win over Texas Tech as 3.5-point road underdogs, but the team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":16539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3267,5550,34,2807,3357],"class_list":["post-18716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-12-conference","tag-collin-klein","tag-kansas-jayhawks","tag-kansas-state-wildcats","tag-sunflower-showdown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18716","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=18716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18717,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18716\/revisions\/18717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}