Bodog Beat

The Big 12 title is on the line in Lincoln when Kansas State and Nebraska meet, with the winner likely to get crushed by Texas on Dec. 5. The Huskers are 17-point favorites for Saturday's game on Bodog's college football odds.

In a way, this game is more important to K-State than Nebraska (7-3), which is bowl eligible. The Wildcats won't qualify for a bowl if they lose because it would drop them to 6-6 and two of their wins are against I-AA teams – you can only count one. KSU has been terrible in true road games, going 0-4 (1-3 ATS). Of course, the Huskers have dropped two of their past three at home.

KSU is one-dimensional on offense and runs the ball two of every three plays, mainly with Daniel Thomas, who averages a Big 12-leading 21 carries and 106 yards per game along with 11 rush TDs. K-State is rushing for 183.6 yards a game, third in the conference. Nebraska has allowed only six rushing touchdowns this season and is allowing 94.9 yards on the ground to rank 11th in the country. The Wildcats can't pass the ball (105th in the nation) and Nebraska is No. 3 in the country in pass efficiency defense, so if KSU can’t run it, this one won’t be close – last year's wasn't (56-28 Nebraska).

The Nebraska offense had been struggling (only one TD in each of the past four games) but had a breakout game last week against Kansas, rushing for 214 yards and QB Zac Lee throwing for 196.

When deciding your college football bet on this game, know that the Huskers have won four straight against KSU overall and have lost to the Wildcats just once in Lincoln since 1968. Barring multiple Nebraska turnovers, this should be a blowout.

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