Kansas - Minnesota

the Insight Bowl Wednesday, December 31st, 6:00pm Tempe, Arizona

Kansas (7-5)______Big12______81.58 Wk Opp oPts Score 1 FL International -115.70 W, 40-10 2 Louisiana Tech 29.99 W, 29-0 3 South Florida 118.11 L, 34-37 4 Sam Houston State -417.98 W, 38-14 6 Iowa State -302.37 W, 35-33 7 Colorado -45.33 W, 30-14 8 Oklahoma 557.08 L, 31-45 9 Texas Tech 393.71 L, 21-63 10 Kansas State -87.46 W, 52-21 11 Nebraska 157.90 L, 35-45 12 Texas 462.59 L, 7-35 14 Missouri 241.88 W, 40-37

Minnesota (7-5)______Big10_____19.39 Wk Opp oPts Score 1 Northern Illinois -61.88 W, 31-27 2 Bowling Green -53.21 W, 42-17 3 Montana State -458.35 W, 35-23 4 Florida Atlantic -0.99 W, 37-3 5 Ohio State 306.46 L, 21-34 6 Indiana -198.84 W, 16-7 7 Illinois -38.09 W, 27-20 9 Purdue -106.90 W, 17-6 10 Northwestern 140.28 L, 17-24 11 Michigan -204.93 L, 6-29 12 Wisconsin 20.23 L, 32-35 13 Iowa 152.73 L, 0-55

Minnesota was looking good, starting the season at 7-1 - then they went and lost their last 4. Kansas on the other hand won their last 6 to get their bowl berth. I know there's a lot of lag time between the end of the season & the bowls, but that's gotta count for something.

Stats Matchup
Team	Kansas	Minnesota
Points (rank)	81.58 (#49)	19.39 (#60)
Record	7-5	7-5
Opp. Points (rank)	786.95 (#19)	-471.50 (#84)
Opp. Record	82-53	67-67
Points (% of Opp. Avg)	32.7 (117%)	23.4 (101%)
dPoints (% of Opp. Avg)	29.5 (90%)	23.3 (99%)
Rush Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	128.9 (90%)	105.8 (67%)
dRush Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	126.7 (83%)	146.8 (99%)
Pass Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	302.3 (127%)	216.4 (111%)
dPass Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	275.5 (105%)	231.6 (124%)
Tot Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	431.3 (114%)	322.3 (92%)
dTot Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	402.2 (97%)	378.4 (110%)
ST Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	100.3 (73%)	125.8 (118%)
dST Yds (% of Opp. Avg)	134.8 (97%)	116.4 (100%)
Penalties / Pen. Yds	4.8 / 45.3	6.3 / 54.5
TO's / TO Margin	1.8 / +3	1.5 / +12

The Jayhawks have the edge in a lot of categories and should be able to throw the ball pretty easily. The Gophers will get their share of yards through the air too, but it won't be enough.

The Line: Kansas -9

The Call: Kansas by 13

The Result: Kansas 42-21

Yup.