If College Football Had A Playoff: No. 2 Alabama Vs. No. 8 Kansas State

by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 27, 2011 11:45 AM PST in If College Football Had a Playoff

Kansas State had a knack at winning close games with an offense that was less than stellar. It all came down to Kansas State's Collin Klein who made the plays when they needed it, plus their defense was pretty good. However, Alabama's defense is really good and while I would not want to bet against Kansas State with Klein running their offense, but there is little chance their offense can keep pace with Alabama.

Alabama	Kansas State
36.0 PPG	33.1 PPG
433.4 Total YPG	343.4 Total YPG
219.83 Rushing YPG	193.67 Rushing YPG
213.6 Passing YPG	149.80 Passings YPG
8.8 Points allowed per game	27.8 Points allowed per game
191.3 Yards allowed per game	398.8 Yards allowed per game
74.92 Rushing yards allowed per game	131.5 Rushing yards allowed per game
116.3 Passing yards allowed per game	267.3 Passing yards allowed per game
+6 turnover margin	+13 turnover margin
2.17 Sacks per game	1.58 Sacks per game

However, I for some reason think that Collin Klein has the ability to make that one play when Kansas State needs it on third or fourth and short. At the very least Kansas State has the ability to keep the game close, but they would need an extraordinary performance from their defense.

My prediction is that Alabama wins 27-20 over Kansas State.

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Who wins?

Kansas State

65 votes

Alabama

121 votes

186 votes | Poll has closed

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Here is the stats that Alabama fans don't want to see:

If you add up all 11 FBS offenses Alabama’s defense played, they average a ranking of 92.

Do the same with Kansas St and they rank 42. Not even close.
(FYI, Oklahoma St’s average offense was 31)
That tells me that Alabama’s defense is really good against mostly bad offenses, and K State is just OK against mostly good offenses.

If they played the same teams then we could use those stats in the post, but IMHO they don’t mean squat.

However, they did play the same cupcake, Kent St Golden Flashes: KSU 38-0, UA 48-7
Again, it only means they both stopped a cupcake..

K. State by 1

If you ever wanted to see Boise St play...may be a good chance. Love em or Hate em, they are always interesting; and now, no matter where you live, "They're Coming To Your City"

by astrosmurf on Dec 27, 2011 1:50 PM PST reply actions