Kansas vs. BYU Same Game Parlay Picks, Odds & Predictions

Kansas vs. BYU Same Game Parlay Picks, Odds & Predictions Recap

The Kansas Jayhawks stunned the then No. 7 BYU Cougars with a gritty 17-13 NCAAF odds victory Saturday night in Mormon country, marking the Jayhawks’ first back-to-back wins against ranked opponents in school history. KU kept its bowl hopes alive, improving to 3-0 all-time against BYU and handing the Cougars a loss the program won’t soon forget. Had Lance Leipold’s kids put a full 60 minutes together like that in earlier season losses to Illinois, UNLV, West Virginia, TCU, ASU, and K-State, it’s highly possible the Jayhawks would find itself in the thick of the College Football Playoff chase instead of fighting tooth and nail just to become bowl eligible!

Jalon Daniels threw for 169 yards and orchestrated a balanced offense, while Dylan Neal led the ground attack with 52 rushing yards and two crucial touchdowns. Neal surpassed 4,000 career rushing yards, including the game-winning 3-yard score early in the fourth quarter. Kansas’ defense shined and made it hold up, limiting BYU to just a field goal in the second half and denying them touchdowns on all four red-zone opportunities. BYU (9-1, 6-1) struggled offensively despite Jake Retzlaff’s 192 passing yards and LJ Martin’s 76 rushing yards. The Cougars controlled the clock with a 17-play, 10:26 drive to open the second half but could only muster a field goal. Kansas capitalized on a bizarre special-teams miscue, with Quentin Skinner recovering a deflected punt at the BYU 3-yard line, setting up Neal’s decisive score. BYU’s final drive ended at the Kansas 16-yard line, with a critical false start and stout Jayhawks defense sealing the upset. Kansas showed composure, taking care of the ball and converting key opportunities to secure yet another signature win under coach Lance Leipold.

BYU had averaged 35 points per game in its six played Big 12 matchups heading into last Saturday night’s tilt with Kansas. The Jayhawks had surrendered 30.7 points per game in conference play. Naturally, it only surrendered 13 points to the Cougars which never once saw us in a position to cash in on what proved to be a laughably inflated total over at Caesars Sportsbook. Failing to cash in on the BYU point spread was bittersweet. I couldn’t resist letting my alma mater know I was betting against them, curious to see if they could carry their recent strong play into Provo and deliver the upset. Well, they did, and it cost me some of my bankroll—Rock Chalk!!

• BYU COUGARS -2.5 (L)
• KANSAS/BYU OVER 56.5 POINTS (L)

Kansas vs. BYU Same Game Parlay Picks, Odds & Predictions

A late Saturday night slugfest is set to go down in Mormon country where the Kansas Jayhawks and No. 6 BYU Cougars will collide on the gridiron as Big 12 rivals for the first time. Much is on the line for Kalani Sitake’s Cougars who by going unscathed the remainder of the college football betting season would punch an unexpected ticket to the now expanded College Football Playoff. As for Kansas, it’s only playing for bowl game eligibility after grossly failing to live up to heightened preseason expectations with some pundits of the belief Lance Leipold’s squad would make a run at a CFP bid. Now, it only gets a shot to play spoiler against a conference newcomer. Linemakers at Caesars Sportsbook opened this bad boy up with host BYU laying 3.5-points and the total lined 55.5. Both NCAAF odds markets have been corrected since with the CFB spread down to 2.5 and the O/U up a full point to 56.5 with 52 and 83 percent of the money in favor of the line moves, respectively. Kansas clocks in 0-4 SU and 1-3 ATS on the true road with the total split, while BYU stands 4-0 SU and 3-1 ATS as a host with the over paying out three times.

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Kansas Jayhawks vs. BYU Cougars CFB Same Game Parlay:

The Jayhawks opened the season with an 8.5-game season win total and was expected to be in the mix to win the Big 12 along with K-State, Utah, and Arizona. After starting the year off with a less than impressive 48-3 win and non-cover as near 50-point favorites against Lindenwood, Kansas hit the road the following week for the first time and dropped a 23-17 decision to an Illinois team it had no business losing to. That disappointing defeat was then followed up with a 23-20 loss at home to UNLV which saw the Runnin’ Rebs score the game-winning touchdown with only two minutes remaining a week removed from serving up the game winner to the Fighting Illini with less than a minute on the clock. The two-game losing streak was extended to five after dropping their first three Big 12 tilts against West Virginia, TCU, and Arizona State—games they held second half or fourth quarter leads in. The bleeding stopped at home against Houston, but another heartbreaker ensued the week after when Kansas pissed down its leg and allowed Kansas State to score six unanswered fourth quarter points to score the 29-27 win. KU returned from its bye last week and upset Iowa State as short 2-point home dogs in a game Jalon Daniels threw for 295 yards and 2 TD and Devin Neal became the program’s all-time leading rusher.

Now sitting 3-6 both SU and ATS, Kansas must win out over the next three weeks to become bowl eligible—hardly the scenario the team envisioned it would be in heading into the regular season. As much as I’d like to see the upperclassmen pull of the feat, I don’t think this team deserves it. It’s grossly underperformed and isn’t to be trusted with my hard earned money as recklessly it closes halves out and gut punches its wagering supporters by folding when it matters most with the game on the line. BYU on the other hand is the type of team I can get behind. It’s already pulled off a pair of huge outright upset wins against SMU and K-State with Jake Retzlaff and his mates routinely putting themselves in a position to come out on the right side of the scoreboard evidenced by pulling out hard-fought comeback wins against Oklahoma State and Utah in recent weeks.

LaVell Edwards Stadium is no joke! It’s been a stomping ground for the Cougars for as long as I can remember with the 2024 CFB betting season being no different. While a huge contingent of crimson and blue will be in the stands, it won’t be enough to counteract the 55K+ in attendance that will be screaming their heads off with this being the first time they’ve put eyeballs on their team since defeating OK-State back on October 18. This should be an exciting matchup from the opening kick, with both offenses likely to land a number of body blows. In the end, however, the Cougars’ ability to protect the football, combined with a clearly superior defense, should lead to a key stop or turnover that allows the home team to pull ahead by two scores and win by margin. Lay the disrespectful short number and hit the over for this late night same-game parlay!

• BYU COUGARS -2.5
• KANSAS/BYU OVER 56.5 POINTS

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