In Big 12 conference action the Texas Longhorns will travel to face the Kansas St Wildcats in an NCAA college football game on Saturday night. Kick off time from Kansas St is scheduled for 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC.
The betting odds opened up in this college football game with the home team Kansas St Wildcats favored by -10 ½ points with an over under line of 66 points. Early money has come in on the side of the home team as Kansas St is now favored by -11 points. The over under has not moved off the opening line of 66 points.
In their meeting last year it was Kansas St with the 17-13 road win at Texas as a +7 ½ point underdog. The total came in at under 54 points. CFB Trend: Texas Longhorns are 4-0 to the under in their past four games.
Texas falls to 8-3 on the season after a Thanksgiving night 20-13 home loss to the TCU Horned Frogs as a -7 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed under 55 points. It took Texas nearly 57 minutes to get into the end zone in the loss. Their offense put up 300 yards with 86 rushing for 2 ½ yards per rush. They turn it over four times and takes one from TCU. David Ash hit on 10 of 21 passes for 104 yards and two interceptions. Ash is listed as questionable for Saturday with a rib injury. On the season he has 17 touchdowns and 7 picks. The Longhorns allowed the Horned Frogs offense to produce 299 yards with 217 running for 4 ½ yards per run attempt. The Longhorns has struggled stopping the run on the season allowing 201 yards a game ranking 105th in college football. The loss to TCU broke a four win streak.
Kansas St is coming off the bye week and with a win will be crowned Big 12 conference champions and will earn a BCS bowl berth. The Wildcats fell to 10-1 on the year after a 52-24 road defeat two weeks back against the Baylor Bears as a -12 point favorite. The total went over 74 ½ points. Kansas St was unable to overcome a 28-7 second quarter deficit. Their offense put up 362 yards with 76 from their ground game for 2 ½ yards per rush. Collin Klein hit on 27 of 50 passes for 286 yards with two touchdowns and three picks. Klein has thrown for 14 touchdowns and 6 picks on the season. His running style could expose the Longhorns weakness against the run. Kansas St allowed Baylor to amass 580 yards of offense with 342 yards on the ground for 7 yards per run attempt. The Wildcats are 31st in the nation running the football averaging 201 yards a game. We will see if their loss to Baylor two weeks ago will have a lingering effect in their regular season finale. Their bubble burst in the loss to Baylor.