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Starting point is 00:00:00 It's all down to this. Can Kansas upend Utah, make a bowl game on senior day, and turn around the vibes in Lawrence? You are Locked on Jayhawks, your daily podcast on the Kansas Jayhawks, part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. What's going on? Derek Johnson here. This is Locked on. on Jayhawks. Thanks for making it your first listen every day. And thank you for making the Lockdown Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network. I'm Derek Johnson, and on today's episode, we're previewing Kansas against Utah. Jayhawks have to win this one to get to bowl eligibility. It's senior day as well.

Starting point is 00:00:45 Meanwhile, Utah is clinging to slight chance of making the Big 12 championship on the lower end, maybe a little higher chance, but still in the kind of bubble for making it to the playoff. We're going to break it all down, get to the Utah scouting report matchups is the game. We will get a little Fandual Friday, even though this is coming out on Thursday, Thanksgiving, the games on Friday. So a little Fandual Friday coming at the end as well. And today's episode of the show is brought to you by Fandual Sportsbook. Right now, new customers can bet just $5. And if your bet wins, you'll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. Download the app today with Fandual. So KU takes on Utah Friday morning game. And this is a must win for both teams in different ways. There's obviously the looming storyline and possibility. Could this be? be Kyle Whittingham's final game as a head coach for Utah in the regular season.

Starting point is 00:01:33 And that doesn't bode well for Kansas if they're going to have kind of win one for the gipper mentality with already the better team, right? But it must win beyond that. And I guess that would be the celebration of it, right? Kansas has the seniors, they have the 33 seniors that are trying to go out at home, potentially Kyle Whittlingham. And that's not a guarantee he could keep coaching, but potentially could be his last regular season games.

Starting point is 00:01:55 So both them have kind of different celebratory reasons to try to win. this game. But the must win part of it is Kansas is five and six. They have to win this game to make it to a bowl game. They played with their food too long. They could have won the Cincinnati game, didn't. They could have won, I don't know, the Arizona game. They didn't. And now here you are where you have to win against one of the best opponents you're going to play all season long. And obviously it'd be a disaster for KU to miss bowl games in back-to-back seasons. And now you're one game away from that happening. For Utah, it's a very unlikely path to the Big 12th title game, but it still at least hypothetically exists.

Starting point is 00:02:29 So they would need to win, obviously. They need BYU to beat UCF, Arizona State to beat Arizona, and then West Virginia to beat Texas Tech. And that's the part of it right there where it's like, yeah, that seems a little, little difficult. But there is at least still possibility, but maybe better than that, although it still is kind of the outside looking in. Utah's in a position where they're kind of on the outside looking in of the college football playoff rankings. But at the same point in time, they are on the

Starting point is 00:03:03 bubble, so to speak. They're 13th. They were 12th the week before. Realistically, it's going to be tough to get in. Like, you need some help. Like Miami, maybe getting upset this week. Maybe BYU getting upset. But even then they're going to have the head to head. Like what happens with Notre Dame and Alabama? Basically, you need some help in front of you. But they're close enough that if you get a few things swinging your way, you get a little bit of help in front of you and you win this game, then maybe you could sneak your way into the college football playoff and it all starts with them winning this game. So it is a must win for them. For Kansas, I think this is also going to be a blackout, which, you know, those are always fun and everything. One of the

Starting point is 00:03:37 biggest things that I am curious about this game is the time of the game being 11 a.m. on a Friday, but we'll get to that a little bit more later on in the game. I also think from storyline perspective, this would represent to me the biggest win of Jalen Daniels. career at Kansas. And I do think as we've gone on with the season, there has been this building narrative that, you know, Jalen hasn't won any big games. And I kind of went back and was like, I don't know if that's totally true. It doesn't feel like they're, like, he doesn't have the Jason being Oklahoma signature moment necessarily, but like there are more in there than we want to give credit. If we want to just look at wins against FBS teams that would go on to

Starting point is 00:04:16 finish with a winning record, Houston in 2022 was an eight win team, albeit in the American. Duke won nine games with Riley Leonard's their quarterback in 2022. And Jalen out dueled him. He was excellent in that game. Iowa State last year, 11 games played for the big 12th title. BYU last year, won 11 games. Colorado in last year, won nine games and was a ranked opponent. Even Fresno State this year is seven and four. Like, you know, there's a winning record, right? So it's not, I'm not saying it's a super impressive resume. I'm just saying there's a little more there than you might remember. Now, albeit you could point to a lot of the ones last year and say maybe that was more about

Starting point is 00:04:53 Devin Neal or whatever. But he does deserve some credit for those. That said, this would by far be the top win and be that remembrance resume boosting type of win for how he's going to kind of be remembered, which I think right now, I don't know, like what is the legacy there of Jayland Daniels going to be? It's going to be interesting. He had good stats and he was a big part of Kansas making it back to a bowl game in 2022. I don't know that it will be remembered.

Starting point is 00:05:19 fondly as Jason Bean right now if you're KU and there were so many tribes and tribulations, but also he has been, I guess, outside of Jason being your best quarterback you've had since Todd Reeseing, right? So it's been probably Reeseing Bean and then and then Jalen, right? But given how important this one is for making it to a bowl game, the record of last year's team, the opponent you're facing, this would be the biggest and biggest potential for Jalen. Our opponent's scouting report here for Utah. They're nine and two. on the season. They were ranked 12th, now 13th in the latest college football playoff. Kyle Whittingham, again, the head coach, their ninth on ESPNSP Plus with the number

Starting point is 00:05:59 12 offense, number 18 defense, and number 77 special teams. Do keep in mind, EPA, though, has them 14th in EPA per play offensively and 11th in success rate compared to just 77th in EPA per play defensively, though 27th in success rate. What that tells me is that they're giving up a good amount of plays, but when it's key plays, when it's key downs, they're coming up with the big stop that they need to win the game defensively. On ESPN, FPI, they're eighth nationally, and they are top three in the Big 12 in points per game and points allowed per game. Loan losses so far this year came against Tech. It was 34 to 10 in the finish, but it was a close game. It was 13 to 10 in the fourth quarter. And then they lose a close game at BYU, which that's

Starting point is 00:06:41 two potential college football playoff teams, although BYU might be getting kind of a raw deal right now. Anyway, since that loss, they have won four straight games, Utah has. They put up 45 or more points in all four of those wins. And last week, it was, even though Utah is not an old Big 12 team, it was an old-fashioned Big 12 shootout by beating Kansas State 51 to 47. They could not stop the run. K-State ran for over 400 yards. They still won the game, though, because their offense is playing exceptionally well right now.

Starting point is 00:07:09 You look at the personnel for them, dual-threat quarterback, who is backed up by Bird Fickland, who will even come in and run the ball a little bit too. Wayshon Parker is a beast at running back, like seven yards per carry. You sprinkle in the QB run game. It's a dynamic running game overall. A receiver Ryan Davis is kind of the lead for them, 57 for 6.59. A lot of tight end usage for Utah, a little bit similar there to Iowa State.

Starting point is 00:07:33 Bentley and Buchanan, two of the better ones in the league. Offensive line-wise, they have two potential first rounders at the tackle spots. They are top 10 nationally on pro football focus and pass blocking. Though oddly enough outside the top 50 and run block, which I think has a little to do with the exterior is better than the interior. And usually the interior is going to fuel more of your base running game. The exterior is going to fuel more of your pass blocking game. That's just kind of a generalization, but I think that's kind of what you see there.

Starting point is 00:08:02 Kicking wise, Dylan Curtis, 9 of 13, so okay there, but a long leg, 54 is the season long. And then defensively, 14 different players have at least half a sack. But that's going to be tested a little bit this week because John Henry Daly, who is their leader in sacks. He's been one of the best defensive ends in the country, 11 sacks this season. He is now out for the rest of the season. So unfortunate injury for them there. But overall, they've got solid players at every level of the defense, at every level of the offense. And it is going to be kind of interesting because they've been burned for a bunch of points a couple times, like Texas Tech's fourth quarter, the K-State game. But

Starting point is 00:08:38 overall, they've only given up more than 28 points twice. And I have a hard time seeing Kansas winning this game without at least scoring in the 30s. And so that's where it becomes kind of interesting. And KU has not been scoring a bunch over the last handful of games. So I don't know. It would be kind of interesting there. Now you look at the quarterback position for Utah, quick QB deep dive here. Devin Dampere came over from New Mexico with his OC and he's had a strong season,

Starting point is 00:09:03 64%, 1900 yards, 19 touchdowns, five interceptions. If we are being a little critical, only 6.9 passing yards per attempt, that's outside the top 100 nationally. but he is still top 10 nationally in QBR. So he's making the big plays. You add it in his running game, he's still a very effective quarterback, but if you can make him more of a passer,

Starting point is 00:09:24 it's not the biggest plays in the world than the passing game. But again, overall, 26 total touchdowns of five picks. He's got 2,500 total yards. He's a good player overall. Against Case 80, he threw for 259. He added 94 in the ground four total scores. So he was excellent against the Wildcats. And looking under the hood of how he's getting it done,

Starting point is 00:09:42 seven and a half yards per attempt when kept clean. That's 15 touchdowns of two interceptions. So very good one kept clean. Just 4.4 yards per attempt with four touchdowns, three interceptions, when he's under pressure. So obviously, when he's under pressure, he's not as good. But here's the difficult part. You would just think automatically like, oh, maybe you blitz more in this game. Though the D.K. McDonald blitzes have not even been getting pressure, which is unfortunate.

Starting point is 00:10:06 But when he's blitzed this year, he is 7.4 yards per attempt. when he's not blitz this year, 6.6. When he's blitz this year, eight touchdowns of zero interceptions. When he's not blitz this year, 11 touchdowns, five interceptions. So he's actually better against the blitz than he's not blitz. So what gives? Why is he worse against pressure, but better against the blitz? I think it tells you this.

Starting point is 00:10:24 If you can get to Devin Deampier with three, four, maybe even a fifth guy and be able to still drop guys back in coverage, that's where he struggles. And that's what you saw against Texas Tech, right? You look at the Texas Tech game, and that was certainly a struggle. for him, but that's almost like an obvious, duh, can you pressure the quarterback without blitzing? Like, that works against Patrick Mahomes. That works against any quarterback nationally. So easier said than done there, but that's going to kind of be the key for KU. I should also mention in terms of where he passes, 43 of his attempts are 20 or more yards down the field. So about 15% of his

Starting point is 00:11:00 throws, that's a little bit lower than Jalen. So it's not an overwhelming deep ball game, but 85% of his throws, that means, are coming 19 yards or less. It is a lot. a lot of throws in the short to intermediate range, likes to throw over the middle about 46% of the time, more throws to the right than the left, which makes sense because that would be his scrambling hand. So those are kind of good things to keep in mind. I will get to our key stats, five happy stats,

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Starting point is 00:12:24 You can find us anywhere you get your podcast and on YouTube. Thank you that every day or catching each and every episode of the show, including some of our KU basketball content with them playing in the players area championship earlier this week. All right, five happy stats for Utah, good stats for them. They are the number one rushing team in the big 12. 12 in yards per carry, over six yards per pop, a big reason why they have an 80th percentile explosive playwright running the football. But this is an elite running football team.

Starting point is 00:12:49 The second happy stat, 30 sacks on the defense. That is third in the big 12. And it's not just about the sacks. It's sack prevention. They have an overall net of plus 19. So they've sacked 30 times. They've been sacked 11 plus 19 in sacks that leads the league in Sack Differential, even over Texas Tech. Third one, late downs is a strength for them. They're number one in the Big 12 and third down success rate or conversion rate, I should say, at 52%. And they're 98th percentile nationally in late down success rate.

Starting point is 00:13:20 It's very successful on those key downs. Number four here, they are the number one team in the Big 12 and touchdown percentage in the red zone. That makes sense. You're a really good running football team. You're going to have more success in the red zone. They're getting touchdowns on 82% of their red zone trips. And then the fifth one here, they're 87th percentile defensively in havoc rate.

Starting point is 00:13:40 You get a stack, you get a tackle for loss, you get an interception, you get a pass deflection, you get a fumble or something, forcing havoc, forcing those creative or chaotic plays that Kansas is not forced enough of in terms of getting those turnovers. Utah does just that. Five sad stats for Utah. The run defense, they're 14th in the big 12 of 16 teams in yards allowed per carry, 4.8. They're outside the top 100 nationally.

Starting point is 00:14:03 Obviously, last week did a lot of heavy lifting there. but overall in the season, they're 135th nationally in EPA per play against the run. Now, what is interesting, they are 58th in the country and success rate against the run, which is slightly above average, but it's way better than the 135th in EPA per play. So again, what that tells you is there may be giving up big runs. Like if you get a five-yard run on first down, that's a unsuccessful or a, you know, a positive EPA moment for the offense. If you get a four-yard run, it's an unsuccessful run, but then if it's third and one and you stuff them, it's a successful play for the defense.

Starting point is 00:14:42 So maybe they're getting up too many rushing yards on the first couple downs, but maybe they're stern on the key downs when they have to. Anyway, number two here is they're 11th in the big 12 in yards per attempt to passing. So below average there, if you can make them more of a passing team. Number three is they are 43rd percentile nationally defensively and early downs. So a little below average there in terms of success rate. Maybe you can find some success on early downs of your Kansas. And then number four here, they are in the first percentile, meaning 99 percent of college football defenses are better right now

Starting point is 00:15:12 an explosive play rate defense against the run than this Utah defense. Kansas has not hit a ton of explosive plays running the football this season. This would be the game you need to unleash that at least a little bit. And then the last one here, they are 103rd in the country right now in tackling grade on pro football focus. So maybe you can break some tackles in this one. Maybe this is an opportunity for you to hit those explosive runs by Hyshaw just running through a player's face. Our players to watch in this one will start with Kansas. Number one is Jalen Daniels.

Starting point is 00:15:44 This is Jalen's last game and I guess potentially last game. Ideally, you win and he has one more, but he has to play well for Kansas to win, first of all. And second of all, what's going to be your lasting legacy and what kind of are, how are you going out, so to speak, right? But then Daniel Hyshaw, he's been running hard and well. You know, I've kind of questioned you look to the Iowa State game. Like it almost felt like, hey, you kind of quit on it. But even saying that, it's not always every player. It's some players might, you know, quit on it a little bit.

Starting point is 00:16:14 Some players might in the back of their head thinking, hey, I'm going to transfer after this season. Like, I don't want to get hurt here. It's not every player, though. The problem is if it's only one or two players who are on the field, like that could be enough for a big player to be hatched. I have no questions about if Daniel Hyshaw is still committed. that he's still running hard, he's running through people, and he hasn't had a 100-yard rushing game this year. If Kansas wants any chance, I think high shots got to get that 100-plus. And then the last one here, I'm going to go with Trey Lathen.

Starting point is 00:16:40 I think the linebackers are going to be huge for Kansas in this game. One, you're facing a really good running attack in Utah, so that puts more pressure on you. Two, you have a rushing quarterback. So when you're in pass coverage, a lot of times it is those linebackers who are the ones who might be spying or might have the closest eyes on the quarterback. Can you prevent Dampier from just having a takeover game running the football? Like, Dampere's going to get his rush yards, but can you keep him closer to 50? Then he has like 90, like he had against Kansas State. I think Lathens had a great season for Kansas.

Starting point is 00:17:09 I hope he's back for another year. Like, that's one that I would certainly prioritize if I was Lance Leipold and Rob Iinello, about paying this dude to come back for another year because he's been great for KU. He's going to have to have his hands full against Utah on this one. As far as our Utes players to watch for this one, we're going to start with Logan Fano, who is one of their good defensive events. He has 34 tackles, four sacks, a couple past deflections, strong pro football focus grade at a 79 grade.

Starting point is 00:17:35 And with John Henry Daly out, who has 11 sacks, Fano becomes the de facto sack leader for this team. And you look at the KU offense align. The interior has been better than the exterior. It's kind of opposite of Utah. So that makes Fano an interesting matchup for the KU outside. Then Devin D.M.P. He has five games of 78 or more.

Starting point is 00:17:56 yards rushing. He has six games with 200 or more yards passing. He has a dual threat quarterback. We've seen Kansas in years past really struggle with dual threat quarterbacks stopping the run against them. This year it's been more hit or miss with how it's gone. Maybe because it's game planned in, maybe you would hope that Kansas can find a way to do well there. I don't know. It'll certainly be interesting with what they want to do. But Dan Peer's been excellent and I expect that to continue in this one for Utah. And then I don't know if it's Dallon or Dalen Bentley, but he's a really good tight end, 38 catches for 485 yards, five touchdowns. You just saw Brommer for Iowa State have three catches for 34 and a score.

Starting point is 00:18:34 And Bentley, for my money, is just as good if not better. Utah will use a couple tight ends and throw them the football. But Bentley's the leader there. And it's interesting because it feels like more of the openings against the KU past defense have been, you know, receivers being wide open more than tight ends. But tight ends can hurt them too. And he's certainly somebody who gets involved in the offense and can be interesting for Utah in this game. Our player matchups, we're going to go with Utah safety Jackson,

Starting point is 00:18:59 Benny first the KU run game and slot. Those slot kind of corner safety types are big in the running game and that's going to be important in this one. Benny is second on Utah in tackles with 51. He leads the team with three interceptions. That could come into play really good in coverage as well. So can KU establish the run against him, but also, you know, Cam Pickett, one of your top receivers going up against him. Does that neutralize him? That certainly makes it interesting. And then I don't really know what to pick on the defense man for the player matchup for the KU defense because what are we going to see here, right? Like, do I even know if KU is going to be able to be within a yard of their receivers versus them? Are they going to

Starting point is 00:19:36 be running wide open all the time? Do I pick not being 10 yards off the ball every play against a team that doesn't throw a ton of deep balls? Like it makes more sense to press in this game, get up there against the run. Do I pick just not quitting and having effort and playing with strength and physicality versus their run game? Because if mentally you're not there, you Tall will road grade you, right? I guess we'll go with that one because if not, they're legit, you know, run for 400 yards. And so I guess it's not really a player matchup. I guess if we do one, like Ryan Davis's receiver versus Austin Alexander or DJ Graham,

Starting point is 00:20:07 like can you prevent him from just running wide open all over the field like we've seen with many receivers that have faced KU so far this season. All right. We're going to finish up with our matchups of the game and a little fan duel Friday. This is Lockdown Jayhawks. today's episode of the show is brought to you by Omaha Steaks delicious the holidays always feel a little easier when you already know the perfect gift and Omaha Steaks makes it almost too simple whether you're treating yourself this season or sending something memorable to family and friends Omaha Steaks delivers handcrafted perfection right to their door and this week is the best time to jump in because their cyber sale is here and the deals are huge the quality is exactly what you hope for. Incredibly tender steaks, rich flavor and meals that make hosting or weeknight

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Starting point is 00:21:36 Have your Thanksgiving meal after, have the turkey after. I don't know. If you want to do ham or something on Thursday, go for it, right? But also, you know, for Utah, this is important too. For them, their body clocks on mountain time. This is a 10 a.m. local time. If ever there was a chance, can you get Utah sleepwalking into the game in some way? That would be like the one chance that I would give KU.

Starting point is 00:21:56 But even then, I think Michael Swain of Fogg.net pointed this out this past week. I think the number he threw out was Kansas is two and nine in their last 11, 11 a.m. games. So it's not like Kansas has been good in the morning. So I don't know. But can you wake up in this one and have a success there? Second down, run the freaking ball. Utah's 135 nationally an EPA per play. the run. They've given up 200 or more yards on the ground four times. And Texas Tech was close with

Starting point is 00:22:23 over 170. You need the quarterback to run the ball. Like this has to be a game where like Jalen needs to run for big yards for KU to have some sort of success. And if you want to throw Marshall in there and run a bunch of them too, like great, whatever. But I think Kansas so far this season has a little at time struggled to stay committed to the run. Like it feels like it feels like it feels like at times it's like oh we have a good run on a drive or you have a good run on a couple plays and then it's like okay now we're going to unleash the pass because because we're expecting them to expect us to continue running the ball and we think it's going to open it up and then it doesn't and it's like just stay committed to the run for like a game or a quarter or a half or a whole drive or whatever right

Starting point is 00:23:03 and i think last week against iowa state like your first drive of the game you had two runs for 10 yards but you kept passing the ball and it ended up being a punt for you on the first drive of the second half, Kansas goes four plays, 65 yards. Three of those plays were runs, including the touchdown. Kansas averaged 6.3 yards per carry last week against Iowa State. Highshahn Williams were at 92 rushing yards on just 12 carries. Why did they only get 12 carries in that game, right? In fact, like Daniel Highshaw has 15 or more carries just twice this year. Leishon's done it once. Neither has ran it 20 times or more in a game. Stay committed, run the ball, keep their dynamic offense off the field. And if you can't run on them, you're not going to

Starting point is 00:23:41 win anyway. So run the ball. Third down, can you turn Dampier into a passer? This requires early down success against their run. Utah's 11th nationally in EPA per rush, so easier said than done. It requires doing a good job on Dampere scrambles, which again, easier said than done. He's very good at that. But tech did a great job of this. Dampere had just 11 carries for 27 yards.

Starting point is 00:24:03 You might be saying, oh, there's probably a bunch of sacks with the Texas Tech Dline. There was just one sack, one sack. So overall tech did a good job limiting the Dampere runs. and Utah in that game had just 101 rushing yards on 3.3 yards per carry. Dampure was 25 of 38 for 162 and two picks. And that was their lowest scoring outport of the year. Now, Tech has an incredible defense, an incredible defensive line. It's obviously better than what KU has, but at least that's the theory.

Starting point is 00:24:30 That's the idea if you have a chance of getting it done. Fourth down, get lucky with some turnovers. This seems like an obvious prerequisite. If KU has any chance to pull the upset, I think you need to be at least plus two in the turnover margin in this game, maybe plus three. Here's the problem. Kansas has forced nine turnovers this season. That's it.

Starting point is 00:24:49 They're 103 nationally in turnovers force per game. In fact, this is crazy. There are 35 individual players this year who have as many or more interceptions than the entire KU defense. Let me repeat that. There are 35 individual players this year who have as many or more interceptions than the entire KU defense. Kansas has forced a whopping zero turnovers over the last. three games. They have four six in their last 10 games. Utah doesn't turn him much over either, 11 this season. So this might be wish casting a little bit, but it is kind of a requisite of

Starting point is 00:25:20 Kansas wants a shot. So yeah. All right, quick little fan dual Friday here to finish up the show here on Locked on Jayhawks and again, check out fan dual sportsbook. Kansas getting 11 and a half points. If I'm being honest, I'm taking Utah with that one. And if I'm being even completely on like I don't know I don't hate the idea of going with an alt spread here just from a standpoint of like I could see this getting a little bit ugly with how last week looked in terms of KU's commitment to the game so to speak and if you get down early do you just kind of quit on it you can get an alt spread of like Utah minus 27 and a half at plus 450 um you can get Utah if you think it's going to be a full blowout minus 34 and a half at plus 900 you can do

Starting point is 00:26:02 with that what you want. The over under is 59.5. I mean, Utah might get there themselves. So I guess I would be leaning toward the over in that one. And honestly, like, shoot, we can probably get better numbers there. Yeah, you see, you, okay, this is, this is probably lock of the game. Utah over under is 35 and a half. As I mentioned earlier, Utah has scored, what is it, 48 or more points in, like, all of

Starting point is 00:26:26 their last four games. I forget the exact number I say, yeah, 45 or more points in every game in their last four. 45 or more, and you can get them over 35 and a half at even odds. That seems incredible to me. So that would be my lock of the game. When you're looking at player props, Dampere 180 and a half passing, Daniel's 196 and a half,

Starting point is 00:26:44 are you going to get down big early? And then they're just going to let it be a Jalen Daniels day on his senior day. So that might be a good over for Jalen to go over 196 and a half. You look at the receiving props. I don't love it for Pickett at 35 and a half knowing they have a good coverage safety on him. Henderson at 41.5, I don't mind. That might be one where you try to throw him a couple of, deep balls and maybe he comes up with the catch.

Starting point is 00:27:05 The Jalen Daniels 30 and a half rushing yards. Again, I don't mind that one either just from a standpoint of, hey, their best sack guy's gone. So that's one less potential guy to get you a sack and you lose all these yards. I think for Kansas to have a chance, he has to run the ball. Then again, maybe we don't touch that because he got banged up against Iowa State. Are they going to try to protect him? I don't know.

Starting point is 00:27:23 But Daniel Hyshaw, 54 and a half. I love that one over on Daniel Hyshaw. That would be my other lock for Hyshaw over on that one. And then you're looking at touchdown scoring props. Let's see. We got high shot plus 115. I don't mind that. Leashon at plus 155.

Starting point is 00:27:41 That's not the worst. Bowden Groon at plus 200. Bryson Canty, who oddly wasn't on the senior day list at plus 650. You know, if you want to, okay, I think my locks are that. Utah over 35 and a half, high shot over rushing yards. And then if we want to do just like a fun, like, you know, kind of lottery ticket parlay, maybe you can do a high shot to score two plus touchdowns combined with Daniel Highshaw to have 60 plus rushing yards actually let's take it one further 70 plus rushing yards

Starting point is 00:28:11 you get that a plus 766 over on a Fandall plus 766 over on Fandul and if we want to do it let's add on the Jalen Daniels we're doing all passing yards of alt over 175 and a half now it's plus 1249 right you can be five bucks on that win over 60 but 10 bucks on that went over 120 so check those out of Fandul, and that'll look for this episode of the show. We'll be back with a postcast for whatever happens with KU and Utah. And this has been Locked on Jayhawks.

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