2012 FOX College Football Week 9 Pick: Texas Tech vs. Kansas State
By ATSSportsline.com
MANHATTAN, KS (ATS Consultants) – No. 4 Kansas State hosts No. 15 Texas Tech on Saturday at 3:30PM ET on FOX, live from Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
Kansas State is 7-0 on the season and 4-0 at home while Texas Tech is 6-1 on the year and 3-0 on the road. The Red Raiders are 6-1 against the spread while the Wildcats are 5-1-1 ATS. Texas Tech has won five of the last six against Kansas State.
Odds: The oddsmakers at Bovada.lv have Kansas State as a favorite at home, as the Wildcats are getting odds of -7 points against Texas Tech. The over/under total has been set at 60.5 points.
Line Movement: Opening odds had Kansas State favored by 5.5 points. The spread was never lower than that, but it did peak at 7.5 points before closing at 7.
Public Betting: Of the wagers that have been placed on this game, 69% are going on Kansas State -7 against Texas Tech on Saturday. Be sure to click on the public betting link to get the latest odds and betting percentages.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL FREE PICK: Texas Tech is 6-1 ATS L7 and 4-1 ATS L5 in this series. Last year: Kansas State (+3) over TEXAS TECH, 41-34. Texas Tech’s Seth Doege takes on KSTate’s Collin Klein in a battle of two of the nation’s top quarterbacks. Doege threw for 318 yards and seven touchdown passes in a 56-53 triple-overtime win at TCU last week. He also threw for 499 yards against West Virginia, in a 49-14 rout of then No. 5 Mountaineers. The Red Raiders take on a defensive-oriented Kansas State team that allows just 16.1 points per game. But the Red Raiders are tough on defense as well as they allow just 282 yards per game, good for 7th in the nation. KState has dropped nine of 11 to top 25 opponents at home.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 9 FREE PICK: TEXAS TECH +7
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