K State -2.5

[Juan]

first line I've seen

 

[texbound]

That's about right. Kind of a pick'em with their QB being out and in Manhattan. A little surprised KST isn't at least 4-5 pt favorite though.

 

[RunRickyRun]

Winnable game have to get this one.

 

[mctmatt]

I think this is a very winnable game for us and K State is not a good passing team. As one K State fan said to me "At least if you choose to get rid of Charlie you can , but we are stuck with Snyder until he decides to retire again".  

 

[streettopeschel]

I think this is a very winnable game for us and K State is not a good passing team. As one K State fan said to me "At least if you choose to get rid of Charlie you can , but we are stuck with Snyder until he decides to retire again".

lulz. Like they'll ever get a coach half as good as Snyder ever again.

 

[North Texas Golfer]

Texas should win this game because KSU is a very, very ordinary team. 

Offensively, they should not stress our defense. 

Defensively, they will struggle to stop a team that can run and throw like Texas can.

 

[texbound]

Texas should win this game because KSU is a very, very ordinary team.

Offensively, they should not stress our defense.

Defensively, they will struggle to stop a team that can run and throw like Texas can.

Prior to this season I would've agreed, now I'm reserving optimism

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

K-State's starting QB is out? I think we'll win this one then, but Manhattan has always been a tough venue for us.

 

[North Texas Golfer]

K-State's starting QB is out? I think we'll win this one then, but Manhattan has always been a tough venue for us.

Not sure that there is that much difference between their 2 QB's.

 

[Bear19]

Texas should win this game because KSU is a very, very ordinary team.

Offensively, they should not stress our defense.

Defensively, they will struggle to stop a team that can run and throw like Texas can.

Serious question? Are we better than ordinary?

 

[The Bry-Man81]

Serious question? Are we better than ordinary?

Offense: For sure

Defense: No.... Except against ISU, which hopefully started a trend

Special Teams: Variable. Some games are ordinary, some games are worse.

 

[Bear19]

Offense: For sure

Defense: No.... Except against ISU, which hopefully started a trend

Special Teams: Variable. Some games are ordinary, some games are worse.

I have some disagreement with your analysis. I would love it if our special teams were ever ordinary. Especially against another decent team. So at best we are below ordinary in two out of three units.

 

[North Texas Golfer]

Serious question? Are we better than ordinary?

Offensively - Yes

Defensively - Against teams that can pass, no. Against teams that can't pass, yes.

 

[Bear19]

NTG

Begs the question. What about teams that can pass ordinarily? 😎

 

[North Texas Golfer]

NTG

Begs the question. What about teams that can pass ordinarily? 😎

Then we will probably be ordinary as well 

 

[Rotty22]

our offense took a big hit when warren went down.

 

[The Bry-Man81]

I have some disagreement with your analysis. I would love it if our special teams were ever ordinary. Especially against another decent team. So at best we are below ordinary in two out of three units.

I put special teams at ordinary because this year, our punter and punt team is fantastic. Kickoff coverage has been excellent. Punt returns and Kickoff returns are very ordinary, but haven't muffed any punts or fumbled kickoff returns. Obviously FG and PATs leave something to be desired. Putting that all together, I say ST as a whole are pretty ordinary, but not necessarily below average.

 

[North Texas Golfer]

Several comments about KSU's QB being injured and may not be able to play against Texas. Based on his stats, it's totally meaningless if he doesn't play. He's that bad.

Here are his stats for the year against the 4 P5 teams he has played against, Stanford, West Virginia, Tech, and Oklahoma. 

44-98 with 2 interceptions and 2 TD's. 

KSU ranked 112th in passing yards per game. 

Edit: KSU and Kansas have the worst QB's we will face all year in the B12. And it's not even close.

 

[longhorn_mig]

Looks like the line has gone up to -3.5 since it opened.