Posted Friday, November 14, 2008 09:45 AM
Well let me state that I am joining the public on this one and laying almost two touchdown chalk on the road, so normally this play would scare the shit out of me and would probably be a no-play, but in this case I see so many mismatches I can't resist.
Play:
Texas -13.5 over Kansas (2 Units)
- The line seems to be about right as Kansas opened as 17 underdogs at Oklahoma, and the Sooners and Horns are pretty much evenly matched across the board. I will state I was on Kansas in that game and got extremely lucky on the backdoor as it looks like Reesing himself had two units on the Jayhawks and engineered a touchdown to Briscoe with less than 30 seconds left. A funny thing I noticed is Stoops looked pissed about it despite the fact he was getting a two touchdown victory against a ranked conference opponent. Goes to show that coaches and boosters probably lay action too.
ANYway,
I see this as a good spot for Texas, and while Kansas has plenty of motivation still being in contention for the Big 12 North, the talent disparity here is big enough for me to lay the road chalk.
Key Stat:
- First of all, Kansas is losing by an average score of 47-30 against any opponent that actually resembles a Division 1 College Football Team (Texas Tech, Nebraska, South Florida, and Oklahoma.) This doesnt take into account the 33 points they gave up to Iowa State where they needed a furious comeback to win st...
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