Tulane vs. Kansas State Football Showdown: Key Insights

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00:00Tulane is a team that probably flirted with what would have been one of those

00:07group of five automatic bids to the college football playoff in years past.

00:11A great debut for John Sumrall last week for the Green Wave. He wins his opener at

00:17the helm and the head coach of Tulane. He is now 24-4, first at Troy for

00:22the last two years and now with Tulane he's got the third best win percentage

00:27of all head coaches in college football. In the Big Easy this weekend, Tulane gets

00:32ready to host K-State. Eight and a half points spread, Joe, in favor of the

00:36Wildcats on the road. Kansas State on the road in this matchup. How do you see it

00:41playing out? Well, the fact that it's in the Big Easy is the big difference. We

00:45saw them go toe-to-toe with Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss last year. Ole Miss cover a

00:48ten and a half point number and they knocked off K-State a couple of years

00:51ago, 17-10. I think they run it, keep it within the number. I think Avery

00:56Johnson and Kansas State are on upset alert today. I couldn't get there on this

01:00game. I'd probably lean your way, Joe, if this was double digits. Maybe I need to

01:04play it. It's one of these games, though, where if Willie Fritz was still here, I

01:07think we would really be eye-popping on Tulane. He has so

01:11consistently been so good against these bigger teams. We'll do Houston OU in a

01:16bit here, but there's just too much change for me with Tulane to

01:20trust them here under double digits against the K-State team that projects

01:25to be really, really dangerous both sides of the ball. Last two years for the

01:28Green Wave, three and two, both straight up and against the number as an

01:32underdog. K-State last week knocking off UT Martin 41-6, slightly

01:37missing out on a cover as a 36 and a half point favorite. Avery Johnson, shaky

01:42really in his debut, now taking the mantle in the Little Apple. 153 yards, two

01:47touchdowns in INT, but 37 yards on the ground. DJ Giddens last week, 13 carries

01:54124 yards. The lead back for K-State put up at least 115 in the final four

01:59games for the Wildcats a season ago, but Tulane, good against the run.