A surging Kansas State Wildcats will look to upend their hosts on Saturday,\u00a0as they arrive in Austin to face a Texas Longhorns side that has dropped two straight.<\/p>\n
Kansas State (2-1) vs. Texas (1-2)<\/b>
\nDate: Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013<\/b>
\nTime: 8 p.m. EST<\/b>
\nVenue: Darrell K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium<\/b>
\nCity: Austin<\/b>
\nO\/U Odds: 58 <\/b>
\nSpread: Texas -5 1\/2\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n
Things are starting to appear bleak in Austin as the Longhorns allowed Ole Miss to score 30 unanswered points, to overcome a half-time deficit for a 44-23 romp last Saturday.<\/p>\n
Kansas State, meanwhile, cruised to 37-7 victory over UMass Saturday night and continue to improve every week after their season-opening loss to North Dakota State.<\/p>\n
That’s mainly due to an increasingly explosive offense that received a 118-yard performance from senior running back John Hubert in its win over Massachusetts. The Wildcats posted 456 total yards of offense against UMass, 329 coming on the ground.<\/p>\n
Junior quarterback Jake Waters also pitched in, finishing 5-of-10 for 115 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n
On the defensive side, K-State surrendered 309 total yards, 186 passing and 123 rushing, and held UMass to 7-of-17 third down conversions.<\/p>\n
That will come in handy against t talented Texas offense that has a ton of returnes and is loaded with talent. Its my guess that the team will eventually snap out of its funk, and maybe it will be this weekend. \u00a0[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n
However, a thin defense is another concern. The one that gave up nearly 700 total yards to BYU and 449 total yards to Ole Miss, and ranks No. 53, surrendering 33.3 PPG.<\/p>\n
The Wildcats defense ranks No. 39 at 19.3 PPG.<\/p>\n
K-State has won five in a row against Texas, including a 42-24 victory in December\u00a0that clinched the conference title. Nevertheless, the Horns are 13-2 in Big 12 openers under coach Mack Brown, with the two losses coming to Kansas State on the road \u00a0in 1998 and at home in 2007.<\/p>\n
This is my upset pick of the week.<\/p>\n
The line for this matchup opened at -7 for Texas and that\u2019s a bit of a shocker, especially as it tightened to -5 1\/2.<\/p>\n
K-State appears to be getting better every week, particularly at the skill positions. In the meantime, the Longhorns will be without two offensive starters – receiver Daje Johnson and tight end Greg Daniels, as well as a long list of key players who are questionable for Saturday.<\/p>\n
The only plus the Longhorns will have here is the home crowd advantage, but I don’t see that being enough to carry them to victory in this one.<\/p>\n
Kansas State \u00a041, Texas 38<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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