The official gameday soaking
Now that the basketball team cruised by Oakland, it’s time to see how the football team will fare. This is a late night kickoff, and the weather forecast is sub-freezing temperatures at kickoff, to drop as the game goes on. Let’s hope we brought the right cleats!
Game Time: 9:15pm Central Time
TV/Streaming: ESPN (Not plus, just straight up ESPN!)
Radio: www.kuathletics.com
Line: Kansas (+2.5)
Prediction
Kansas has been showing more and more signs of life in recent weeks, including a bit of a surprise victory over Iowa State last week, in which the Jayhawks torched one of the league’s top defensive teams.
BYU is undefeated, but they’ve had some real close calls and seem to have found all the luck that the Jayhawks lost over the offseason. I believe they’re a paper tiger at their current record and ranking and are bound to slip up eventually. Knocking off BYU tonight would be a great feat, given the late start time and weather likely to make this a raucous atmosphere. But you know what? I don’t believe BYU is a definitively better team than Kansas, even if their season has been dramatically better. They’re due to drop a game and a KU team that’s finally figuring some things out is good enough to win, even on the road, if BYU makes mistakes.
Kansas will beat Brigham Young
Kansas 34, BYU 30