🔥 Week 0: The Line’s Already Burnin’

Football’s not just back — it’s pissed off and loud.
Welcome to Week 0, where everyone’s undefeated, the takes are nuclear, and your bankroll’s itching for that first stupid bet of the season.

Let’s dive in, because the board’s already got a landmine disguised as a marquee Big 12 showdown…

🧨 11:00 AM — Iowa State (+3) at Kansas State (O/U 49.5)

Moneyline: ISU +135 | KSU -155

This ain’t no sleepy opener. This is a Big 12 fistfight to kick off the year — one team battle-tested and loaded, the other trying to duct-tape a secondary before sunrise.

🚨 Iowa State:

Last year, this team got jumped by the injury bug like it owed money.
13 starters missed time. Didn’t matter. They still:

• Set a school record with 11 wins
• Played for a Big 12 title
• Won the damn Pop-Tarts Bowl (because of course that’s a real sentence now)

Now? They’re healthy, pissed, and they’ve got a top-tier QB back in Rocco Becht.
This dude’s already a program legend — 6,690 yards, 48 TDs, and now he’s working with two explosive new targets:

• Xavier Townsend (from UCF, can fly)
• Chase Sowell (ECU transfer, big catch radius)

The run game?
Split between Carson Hansen (13 TDs) and Abu Sama III, who hits holes like he’s got a vendetta.

The O-line has 106 starts between them, and defensively, Caleb Bacon is back after snapping his leg in Week 1 last year. Toss in future NFL guys like Jontez Williams and Jeremiah Cooper in the secondary, and you’ve got a squad that’s not rebuilding — they’re reloading with rage.

Only hole? Pass rush. Just 17 sacks in 14 games last year. That has to change.

🟪 Kansas State:

Here’s the truth … this secondary is a construction zone.

Gone:

• Jacob Parrish (NFL)
• Keenan Garber (eligibility expired)

In:

• Zashon Rich (sophomore, flashed in the Rate Bowl)
• Donovan McIntosh (fastest guy on the team, but raw)
• Justice Clemons (veteran presence)
• Jayden Rowe (OK transfer built like a linebacker at cornerback)

K-State fans will tell you they’re deep.
Broadway Unc says: Depth doesn’t mean sh*t when Rocco Becht’s airing it out and your corners are green.

They’re gonna have to generate pressure, or this thing could unravel fast. Iowa State’s offense is too polished to let young DBs get comfortable.

This ain’t the 2022 lockdown unit. This is a “hope and prayer” crew.

🧠 Betting Lean:

• Cyclones +3 is a legit value grab
• Moneyline sprinkle at +135? You already know I’m on it
• O/U 49.5: Lean over if you trust Becht to expose the corners. But if it’s windy and sloppy in Manhattan? Could stall out early.

📌 Broadway’s Call:

Iowa State 27, Kansas State 24
Underdog cashes.
K-State bleeds early.
Matt Campbell adds another pelt to his Big 12 revenge tour.

🧾 The Bet Slip:

First ticket of the season. First live sweat. First irrational yell at the TV before lunch.

Let’s ride.