The Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Kansas Jayhawks meet in week 11 college football action from David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Texas Tech Gets By TCU

The Texas Tech Red Raiders come into this one looking to get back to .500 after improving to 4-5 on the year thanks to a 35-28 win over TCU last time out. Behren Morton has thrown for 978 yards, 10 touchdowns and 2 interceptions on 61.9% passing while Tahj Brooks has rushed for a team-high 1,037 yards and 7 touchdowns. Xavier White leads Texas Tech in receiving with 388 yards while Myles Price has a team-high 38 receptions for 381 yards and 5 touchdowns. Jerand Bradley has 31 catches for 332 yards and 4 touchdowns. Jordan Brown and Coy Eakin each have 200+ receiving yards as well for Texas Tech this season. On defense, Ben Roberts has a team-high 72 total tackles while Myles Cole has 3.5 sacks and Malik Dunlap and Dadrion Taylor-Demerson each have 3 interceptions this season.

Texas Tech Red Raiders Team Facts

• Texas Tech has lost each of its last 10 road games against AP-ranked teams.
• Texas Tech has covered the spread in each of its last five matches as an underdog when playing with a rest advantage.
• Texas Tech has won the first half in each of its last five games against conference opponents at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
• Texas Tech has won the first quarter in each of its last four games against conference opponents at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.
• Each of Texas Tech’s last five road games against conference opponents have gone UNDER the total points line.

Kansas Takes Down Iowa State

The Kansas Jayhawks managed to avoid the dreaded letdown against Iowa State, taking out the Cyclones by a final score of 28-21 to improve to 7-2 on the year. Jason Bean has thrown for 1,418 yards, 10 touchdowns and 4 interceptions on 60.7% passing while Devin Neal leads the Jayhawks with 828 rushing yards and 9 touchdowns. Daniel Hishaw Jr. also has 517 rushing yards with 8 TDs while Lawrence Arnold has a team-high 31 receptions for 515 yards and 2 TDs. Quentin Skinner and Mason Fairchild each have 200+ receiving yards while Luke Grimm has 295 receiving yards and a team-high 3 touchdowns. On defense, Kenny Logan Jr. has a team-high 61 total tackles while Austin Booker has a team-high 6 sacks and Jereme Robinson has 4.5 sacks. Mello Dotson also has a team-high 3 interceptions this season for Kansas.

Kansas Jayhawks Team Facts

• The underdog has won each of Kansas’ last four games.
• The home team has covered the spread in seven of Kansas’ last eight games.
• Kansas has won the first quarter in four of its last five home games against conference opponents.
• Kansas has lost the first half in 25 of its last 29 home games against conference opponents.
• Each of Kansas’ last four home games against conference opponents have gone OVER the total points line.

Chris’ Pick

I’m rolling with the over here. I just see two teams that are fully capable of putting points on the board against two suspect defenses. I just don’t see any other way to go in this one other than a high-scoring affair, and I lean Kansas, but I’ll take the over as my stronger play. Kansas 35-28.