Houston vs Kansas State Prediction Game Preview

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Date: Saturday, October 28
Game Time: 12:00 ET
Venue: Bill Snyder Family Stadium, Manhattan, KS
How To Watch: ESPN2
2023 Record: Houston (3-4), Kansas State (5-2)
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Why Houston Will Win

The Cougars are trying.

It’s been a rough first season in the Big 12, and out with an embarrassing loss to Rice early on, but the miracle finish against West Virginia and solid performance in the tough defeat to Texas might have changed things around just a wee bit.

There’s no running game whatsoever, but Donovan Smith and the passing attack are rolling, the defense held up well against the Longhorns, and the defense has to start forcing mistakes and taking a few chances.

How did Kansas State lost to Texas Tech a few weeks ago? Three interceptions. But ...

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Why Kansas State Will Win

The Texas Tech game was a bit of an aberration. The Wildcats have turned it over just eight times, and seven of the mistakes came in three games, winning two of them

The Oklahoma State game was a hiccup. It’s playing great outside of that with an almost perfect balance - 1,694 yards passing, 1,629 yards rushing.

The team is owning third downs on both sides of the ball, has yet to lose a fumble all season, and the best pass rush in the Big 12 is good enough to get to Smith thanks to a Cougar offensive front that gets ripped through way too easily.

Kansas State will keep on scoring. Houston will have its serve broken a bit too often, so ...

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Houston vs Kansas State Who Will Win

This is Houston’s third road game, and really, it’s the second considering one was against Rice. It’s also the first time all year the team has been outside of Texas.

The first two road trips didn’t go so well losing 49-28 to Texas Tech and 43-41 to Rice.

The Cougar defense isn’t taking the ball away, and the offense doesn’t have the ground game to control the tempo. There will be points - Houston will go on a few scoring spurts - but the Kansas State offense will steadily keep putting points on the board to get and stay ahead.

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Houston vs Kansas State Prediction, Line

Kansas State 40, Houston 20
Line: Kansas State -17.5, o/u: 59.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5

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