{"id":2419,"date":"2008-10-24T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T12:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/texas-tech-kansas-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-24T07:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-24T12:41:00","slug":"texas-tech-kansas-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/texas-tech-kansas-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Tech-Kansas Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Kansas Jayhawks will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Memorial Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Jayhawks listed as 1-point favorites versus the Red Raiders, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Graham Harrell threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more as Texas Tech beat Texas A&amp;M 43-25 in Week 8. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Red Raiders failed to cover the 21-point spread, while the combined score played OVER the day&#8217;s posted total of 62. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Todd Reesing put up 344 yards in the air with two touchdowns and two interceptions for <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> as they lost 45-31 to <st1:State><st1:place>Oklahoma<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 8. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Jayhawks covered the 19.5-point spread, while the final score played OVER the day&#8217;s posted total of 60.5. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> Tech has won 7 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> Tech: 7-0 SU, <st1:date Month=\"2\" Day=\"2\" Year=\"2001\">2-2-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Kansas: 5-2 SU, 4-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Texas Tech most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 6-4<br \/>When playing on turf are 8-2<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 8-2<br \/>When playing within the conference are 7-3<\/p>\n<p>Kansas most recently:<br \/>When playing in October are 7-3<br \/>When playing on turf are 10-0<br \/>After being outgained are 5-5<br \/>When playing within the conference are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Texas Tech is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>Texas Tech is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Kansas<br \/>Texas Tech is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Kansas is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games at home<br \/>Kansas is 17-3 SU in its last 20 games <br \/>Kansas is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Texas Tech<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> Tech home to <st1:State><st1:place>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, November 1<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> home to <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Kansas<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Saturday, November 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Kansas Jayhawks will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Memorial Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Jayhawks listed as 1-point favorites versus the Red Raiders, while the game&#8217;s total has not yet been posted. Graham Harrell threw for three touchdowns and ran for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/texas-tech-kansas-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Texas Tech-Kansas Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}