This is a strong angle that you and I have exploited together for years. When a team is eliminated from the National Championship race, especially when they hit the road, they are generally a go-against.

There is no need to make any statement, just survive after a heart-breaking loss to their hated rival. Kansas has the motivation to save face and pick up a moral victory at home.

We aware that Bob Stoops and the Sooners generally do very well the week after playing Texas, but in those years the bubble burst did not apply. Kansas covers later rather than sooner, but cashes for us.