[h=1]Preview: Baylor at Kansas State[/h]
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, November 5, 2015
Where: Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas
Baylor will begin life without Seth Russell when it visits Kansas State on Thursday. The Bears lost Russell to a season-ending neck injury in a win over Iowa State on Oct. 24 and started out a disappointing No. 6 when the first College Football Playoff rankings were revealed on Tuesday night.
Russell, who is expected to make a full recovery after undergoing surgery, was responsible for 29 passing touchdowns and six rushing scores for the nation’s highest-scoring offense and will be replaced by freshman Jarrett Stidham. “I’d be totally shocked if he’s not very composed, very competitive, very intelligent, and very on cue with everything he does Thursday for our football team,” Baylor head coach Art Briles told reporters of Stidham. The Wildcats are trying to avoid a fifth straight loss and were outscored 78-9 in the last two games against Oklahoma and Texas. “You know a lot of us, myself included, have not really been here before,” Kansas State coach Bill Snyder told reporters of the losing streak. “So, it is a matter of having the answers of how to overcome the complexity and the difficulty of what has taken place.”
TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1.
LINE: Baylor -17
ABOUT BAYLOR (7-0, 4-0 Big 12): Stidham has been strong in limited duty, completing 24-of-28 passes for 331 yards, six touchdowns and no interceptions. His lone pass attempt in relief of Russell against Iowa State went for a 12-yard TD in a 45-27 triumph. “You go by what you’ve seen and what you feel, and what you’ve been subjected to,” Briles told reporters. “That’s what we’ve noticed since being around him. He’s got an old soul, don’t look at him as that ‘F’ word (freshman), because he’s not. He’s a ready quarterback, and that’s the way we look at it.”
ABOUT KANSAS STATE (3-4, 0-4): The Wildcats made a switch at quarterback in the first game of the season and are still trying to figure out a way to coax some more points out of the offense with Joe Hubener leading the way. The junior is just 30-of-78 passing for a total of 378 yards, one touchdown and five interceptions in the last four games. “I think we are making positive steps, and I think we just need to put it together,” Hubener told reporters. “We have shown success in the passing game in some of the early games, and we just have to get that back.”
EXTRA POINTS
1. Baylor has taken three straight in the series.
2. Wildcats RB Charles Jones recorded his first career 100-yard rushing game with 122 at Texas on Oct. 24.
3. Bears WR Corey Coleman leads the nation with 18 receiving TDs.
[h=3]ATS Trends[/h]
Baylor |
- Bears are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 games after accumulating more than 450 total yards in their previous game.
- Bears are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 games after allowing more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game.
- Bears are 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a bye week.
- Bears are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 conference games.
- Bears are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games following a S.U. win.
- Bears are 22-7-1 ATS in their last 30 games after scoring more than 40 points in their previous game.
- Bears are 21-7 ATS in their last 28 games after accumulating more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game.
- Bears are 20-7-1 ATS vs. a team with a losing record.
- Bears are 22-8 ATS in their last 30 games on fieldturf.
- Bears are 19-7 ATS in their last 26 games after allowing less than 170 yards passing in their previous game.
- Bears are 5-2-1 ATS in their last 8 road games vs. a team with a losing home record.
- Bears are 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games in November.
- Bears are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games following a ATS loss.
- Bears are 34-16-1 ATS in their last 51 games overall.
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Kansas State |
- Wildcats are 5-1 ATS in their last 6 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
- Wildcats are 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games in November.
- Wildcats are 11-3 ATS in their last 14 games following a S.U. loss.
- Wildcats are 15-5-1 ATS in their last 21 games following a bye week.
- Wildcats are 21-8-1 ATS vs. a team with a winning record.
- Wildcats are 38-15-1 ATS in their last 54 conference games.
- Wildcats are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 home games.
- Wildcats are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 games on fieldturf.
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[h=3]OU Trends[/h]
Baylor |
- Over is 6-1-1 in Bears last 8 games after accumulating more than 450 total yards in their previous game.
- Over is 21-5-1 in Bears last 27 games after allowing less than 170 yards passing in their previous game.
- Over is 12-3-1 in Bears last 16 games following a bye week.
- Over is 4-1 in Bears last 5 games in November.
- Over is 21-8-1 in Bears last 30 vs. a team with a losing record.
- Over is 46-18-2 in Bears last 66 games overall.
- Over is 5-2 in Bears last 7 games following a S.U. win.
- Over is 10-4-2 in Bears last 16 games following a ATS loss.
- Over is 5-2 in Bears last 7 games after scoring more than 40 points in their previous game.
- Under is 5-2 in Bears last 7 road games vs. a team with a losing home record.
- Over is 11-5-2 in Bears last 18 games after allowing more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game.
- Over is 31-15-2 in Bears last 48 conference games.
- Over is 35-17-2 in Bears last 54 games on fieldturf.
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Kansas State |
- Over is 4-0 in Wildcats last 4 vs. a team with a winning record.
- Over is 5-1 in Wildcats last 6 home games.
- Over is 4-1 in Wildcats last 5 games overall.
- Over is 4-1 in Wildcats last 5 games after accumulating less than 275 total yards in their previous game.
- Over is 4-1 in Wildcats last 5 games on fieldturf.
- Under is 4-1 in Wildcats last 5 games after allowing more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game.
- Under is 6-2 in Wildcats last 8 games after accumulating less than 170 yards passing in their previous game.
- Over is 11-4 in Wildcats last 15 games following a bye week.
- Over is 19-7 in Wildcats last 26 home games vs. a team with a winning road record.
- Over is 40-16 in Wildcats last 56 games following a S.U. loss.
- Over is 39-16 in Wildcats last 55 games in November.
- Over is 7-3 in Wildcats last 10 games after scoring less than 20 points in their previous game.
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[h=3]Head to Head[/h]
- Home team is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 meetings.
- Bears are 1-4 ATS in their last 5 meetings in Kansas State.
- Underdog is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 meetings.
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