Kansas State vs Tulane | College Football Predictions, Picks and Best Bets

[Music] and we're going to go down to the Bayou right nans Louisiana where the two-l Green Wave are hosting the Kansas State Wildcats and of course Dynamic quarterback Avery Johnson on Saturday this one's new in Eastern Time on ESPN Kansas State a 9 and a half Point Road favorite at bet us two-lane money line plus 295 and the total is sitting at 49 points here uh two lane went to Manhattan and got a 17-10 win in 2022 uh last year the new two-lane coach John somra he took his Troy Trojans up to the little apple and caught a 42 to 42-13 loss to the wild cats Kansas State went 0 and2 against the spread as a road favor of more than a touchdown two lane only one and three against the spread since 2021 as a home dog they are not in this position very often so the trends ain't really good for either if we're being honest Kyle we all know about every Johnson the Wildcat Superstar quarterback but I mean two lane started Richard freshman like a three star kid named uh let's see Daren Minah uh and he proceeded to go 10 out of 12 205 yards two touchdowns last week and granted it was Southeast Louisiana but I mean even Avery Johnson was only 14 out of 21 for 153 yards with two TDS and a pick against UT Martin last week uh did your thoughts change at all on these two teams after after one week how so I wanted to be kind of low on T Lane coming into the season but I had to upgrade them a little bit um I think it was surprising that Mena started um he played well in that game definitely it's hard to go off with too much from one game from either of these two teams based on who they played obviously um you know this game's going to tell us quite a bit I do think that you know we should keep in mind that just betting on Chris kimman has been a really good system or Trend over the long term I mean you know kimman is covered like 70% of spreads just if you just bet his team so do I want to bet against Chris kimman I absolutely do not I think it it leaves me with I'm betting Kansas State or I'm passing um Kansas State's defense I think will be much improved this year I think that Iowa State game ruined their run defense numbers from last year and that was kind of a fluke we know that um they're a solid run defense I think their secondary is fantastic Tain you know what what are they going to do here against a uh I think tain's secondary is their weakness and I I don't know that Kansas state is the team that can just throw it around on their secondary that's why I'm not Kansas state myen is Kansas State uh I think both teams play Slowly if you look at the tempo they played in the first game now obviously they're winning by a lot but I do expect a lot of runs uh a lot of U slow tempo I lean under here in this game I think that's my favorite but uh you make me pick a side I'm taking kimman I could I could see that some areall to his credit though pretty profitable right as a uh as a coach uh the talent differential here surprisingly even number 62 Talent composite for T Lane number 64 for Kansas State I was a little bit shocked by that I trust kimman offensive line a lot but they I think they are going to be tested here by you know Jenkins Anderson Hicks Etc on the Green Wave defensive line Som versus kimman is going to be a fun fun coaching matchup Parker I mean talk to me about what we can expect in the Crescent City on early Saturday yeah you distracted me for a second because I was trying to figure out how much of the differential yeah so Lane has what 10 points from Horton and Tai Thompson there or like nine points those are the difference and those guys aren't even playing in team Talent composite so that's really interesting uh that is just a rabbit Trail I wanted to go down there yeah um I A Johnson only run the ball ran the ball three times last year or golly last week in the game that they played on the football field last week and um I'm interested are they are they playing my man and structure like that's really interesting he was kept clean on 86.4% of his passes and he made some of those intermediate passes he was great against pressure um I'm high on two Lan's d d line you mentioned some of those guys also Aiden hudon is is there as well super disruptive but if Tain has a weak secondary and commits to the pass rush Avery Johnson just gets to run and that's what he's better at overall so I like kind of the game theory back and forth here for that uh I did kind of want to just say Kyle Kyle took my thunder there a little bit I did want to just say CL Chris kimman next question uh and let this one be quick but I actually like two lane I like two lane I like Kansas Cate a lot here I think that that um you know they're they're they're going to go um a lot to Jace Brown DJ gens is super explosive Dante cus not super utilized last last year uh and comes in as well gives them an option to I think they're multiple on offense as well against the secondary that's pretty rough so even while the battle on the trenches will be good I do expect Kansas State to play with structure for Avery Johnson and when that breaks down have a great great second option and Avery Johnson running and playing a little bit more kind of chaos ball so give me the wild cats here and let's go ahead and lock that in all right Parker going to lay all those points with Kansas State I can uh I can understand it I mean it's tough to bet against Chris kman minus 9 and a half here for Kansas State Parker is going to roll with it [Music] [Music]