Kansas
@ 
West Virginia
Game Analysis
Strong Opinion – Kansas (+2) 28 WEST VIRGINIA 24
It’s clear that Kansas is not as good offensively under their new offensive coordinator but 5.5 yards per play against Illinois and UNLV doesn’t actually look that bad considering that Illinois has a good defense and UNLV has been dominant on defense in their other two games, including yielded just 3.4 yppl and 7 points to Houston (KU averaged 6.0 yppl against the Rebels).
West Virginia’s defense is good against the run but the Mountaineers cannot stop the pass. Losing Beanie Bishop, who led the nation in passes defended last season and is starting as a rookie in the NFL for the Steelers, has had a significant impact. West Virginia has given up 8.4 yards per pass play and even allowed FCS team Albany to throw for over 300 yards and average 7.2 yppp. Albany has only averaged 6.3 yppp in their other two games against LIU and Idaho, which is more evidence of how bad the Mounties’ pass defense is.
The West Virginia offense is good but Kansas has been great defensively in holding Illinois and UNLV to just 4.4 yards per play. I doubt they’ll be that good going forward, but it certainly appears as if the Jayhawks have a good defense.
I was hoping this line would get to +3 so I could make KU a Best Bet, but I’ll take Kansas as a Strong Opinion at pick or better.
- Team Stats
- Game Log
- Kansas
- West Virginia
Rush
- Run Plays 36.3 32.7
- Run Yards 242.0 124.7
- YPRP 6.7 3.8
Pass
- Pass Comp 14.7 13.7
- Pass Att 25.7 24.7
- Comp % 57.1% 55.4%
- Pass Yards 164.3 136.3
- Sacks 1.0 2.3
- Sack Yards 4.0 16.7
- Sack % 3.7% 8.6%
- Pass Plays 26.7 27.0
- Net Pass Yards 160.3 119.7
- YPPP 6.0 4.4
Total
- Total Plays 63.0 59.7
- Total Yards 402.3 244.3
- YPPL 6.4 4.1
TO
- Int 2.0 0.3
- Int % 7.8% 1.3%
- Fumbles 0.7 0.3
- Turnovers 2.7 0.7
- Points 28.3 16.3