Insight Bowl Kansas Jayhawks vs Minnesota Golden Gophers

Kansas Jayhawks vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers 6:00 ET

This year’s Insight Bowl features a sports betting showdown pitting one of the Cinderella stories from 2007 against one of the Cinderella stories from 2008 when the Kansas Jayhawks (7-5 SU, 6-5 ATS) square off against the Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-5 SU, 7-4 ATS). Kansas had a somewhat disappointing season after last year’s exhilarating 24-21 Orange Bowl win against Virginia Tech, struggling in Big 12 play and losing to South Florida out of conference. Meanwhile, Minnesota had a fantastic turnaround after a horrible 1-11 campaign last year, which included a home NCAA betting loss to FCS North Dakota State.

BetOnline college football wagering odds currently have the Jayhawks set as an 8.5 point favorite in this game with a ‘total’ of 59 points.

QB Todd Reesing is the conductor of Mark Mangino’s high octane offense that completed 65.7% of his passes for 3575 yards with 28 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Jayhawks bettors watched as Reesing’s favorite target, WR Dezmon Briscoe, tore up defenses and finished with 78 catches for 1206 yards and 12 touchdowns on the season. Kansas’ offense has been a blessing to over bettors as it’s cashed in five of the Jayhawks last six games per the closing NCAA football betting odds.

In its last game of the regular season, Kansas enjoyed a measure of revenge. Last year, rival Missouri cost the Jayhawks a spot in the Big XII Championship Game and a chance to play in the BCS Title Game. This year however, despite the college football gambling line making Missouri a 16.5 point favorite, the Jayhawks earned a nail biting 40-37 win for their NCAA bettors. The victory was the Jayhawks first against a ranked opponent all season.

Minnesota doesn’t play the prettiest brand of football, but they have gotten it done for college football bettors this season with an opportunistic defense and an offense that limits its mistakes. QB Adam Weber has done everything second-year HC Tim Brewster has asked of him this season, completing 62.8% of his passes for 2585 yards with a TD/INT ratio of 14/8. On the ground, RB DeLeon Eskridge is the team’s leading rusher, carrying the ball 170 times for 652 yards and seven touchdowns overall.

Although gamblers that wager on college football games to go under the ‘total’ have been pleased with the Gophers’ 7-4 under tally this season, they’ve been disappointed with their last two defensive efforts. In Minnesota’s last two games, the Golden Gophers “D” surrendered 35 points at Wisconsin and than 55 points in a humiliating NCAA betting home loss to Iowa.

College football betting trends gamblers should know before betting this game are as follows: Minnesota is 6-1 ATS in its last seven games when installed the underdog, Kansas is 21-7 ATS in its last 28 games overall, and the ‘under’ is 5-2 in Kansas’ last seven games as the decided favorite.

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