Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State: Crucial Big 12 Showdown Preview

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00:00We head to the Little Apple on Saturday early in that noon

00:06eastern window. K-State now ranked 23rd in the country.

00:09Oklahoma State now 20th. The Wildcats a five and a half

00:13point favorite. Total 54 and a half. Frankly, Zeno, if either

00:18of these two programs are going to remain in contention all

00:21season for a spot in the Big 12 Championship game, this game is

00:25crucial. Who gets it done on Saturday? I know that there are

00:29a lot of people out there who probably be salivating at

00:32taking the points here with Oklahoma State, but I'm going

00:34to back K-State. Chris Kleiman in these spots has been just

00:38incredibly good. K-State 12-4-1 against the spread when

00:42coming off a double digit against the spread loss,

00:45including 18-0 when K-State is a good team, meaning that they

00:49won 37% of their games or higher at that point in the

00:52season. So K-State 4-1 against the number with

00:57Conference Revenge. 4-1 is Big 12 favorites of less than a

00:59touchdown. This is a spot here where Chris Kleiman and the

01:03Wildcats get it done. They're just too good at home. I think

01:07Oklahoma State might be a little bit overrated. I think

01:09their start, again, probably should have had a loss on their

01:12schedule already. When you talk about that game to Arkansas,

01:15probably didn't deserve to win that game at all. And I think

01:18we view this Oklahoma State team through a different

01:20prism. This number might be bigger than a touchdown if they

01:23had lost that game to Arkansas like they should have in OOT.

01:26I know what happened to K-State last week, but guys, BYU at

01:31night in Provo. Now, what is it? 18-2 over the last 20

01:34night games in Provo. You don't go into Provo at night and win.

01:36Nope. Nobody does. So I'm willing to forgive them. The

01:39team that dismantled Arizona at home, I think, is more of who

01:42Kansas State is. Johnson will be just fine. He'll be back to

01:48his normal. Avery Johnson, rather. He'll be back to his

01:49normal self and he'll continue to do things good for the

01:52Wildcats. I like K-State.