Texas State Bobcats Future Odds
Former Incarnate Word Coach G.J. Kinne Brings Up-Tempo Offense to Texas State
Expect to See Plenty of Offensive Fireworks For Kinne’s Bobcats
Texas State allowed almost 70 fewer yards per game than it did in 2021 and just two years ago the Bobcats surrendered nearly 500 yards per game. However, the offense was a work in progress and that is evident when looking at the Texas State Bobcats Future Odds.
Texas State was rather busy in the transfer portal, bringing in 37 NCAAF players and that includes 16 from Power-5 conference teams.
G.J. Kinne was named the head coach in December and when he came over from Incarnate Word out of the Football Championship Subdivision level, he did not come away empty handed as 10 Incarnate Word players transferred to Texas State.
Texas State’s recruiting class finished seventh in the Sun Belt with seven of the 14 signees coming from the junior-college ranks. Still, don’t look for Texas State in the NCAAF rankings.
When it comes to the NCAAF predictions, Texas State was picked to finish fifth in the Sun Belt’s West Division with +3500 odds.
Transfers Could Shake Things Up at Texas State
Texas State added quarterbacks Malik Hornsby from Arkansas and T.J. Finley from Auburn. Hornsby got most of his work in a loss to Mississippi State when he threw for 234 yards and ran for another 114. The 6-foot-7 Finley had four TD passes in the last three games in 2021. He completed 62% of his passes in the first three games in 2022 and didn’t attempt another pass. Last year’s starting quarterback Layne Hatcher is now at Ball State after spending just one NCAAF season at Texas State.
The Bobcats added six receivers via the transfer portal with Cincinnati’s Drew Donley, Iowa State’s Sean Shaw and Utah Tech’s Joey Hobert the highest rated of the bunch. Tight ends Simon Gonzalez (SMU) and Konner Fox (Kansas State) are worth keeping an eye on and keep that in mind when looking at the Texas State Bobcats future odds.
Kinne added four offensive linemen from Incarnate Word along with the Oklahoma duo of Marcus Alexander and Brey Walker.
Leading rusher Lincoln Pare and Calvin Hill are among the returning running backs.
Incarnate Word finished second at the FCS level with an average 581 yards per game and ran the most plays (1035) in the country. Texas State put up just 325 yards per contest in 2022. Only Old Dominion and Arkansas State ran fewer plays than Texas State and that is going to change. Texas State hasn’t topped 500 yards in a game since a 2020 matchup with Arkansas State.
Defensive lineman Jordan Revels is the only Texas State player to earn either first or second-team honors in the Sun Belt preseason all-conference team while safety Tory Spears returns after making 77 tackles.
Defensive back Michael Boudoin is one of the top junior college transfers with Duke defensive lineman Christian Rorie, Texas linebacker Derrick Brown, Northwestern defensive lineman Jason Gold, Oklahoma defensive back Joshua Eaton and Missouri defensive back Darius Jackson are among the defensive newcomers to keep an eye on.
National Championship Odds: Let’s Not Get Carried Away
Kinne made some noise at the FCS level with Incarnate Word. However, doing that at the FBS level is a different story.
Texas State is among more than 50 NCAAF teams with +10000 championship odds, the longest odds at the FBS level and that is evident when taking a look at the Texas State Bobcats future odds.
Conference Odds: Who Knows What to Expect
With newcomers possibly contributing at every position on both sides of the ball, it is hard to know what is going to happen at Texas State.
The Bobcats won just two conference games a season ago so it is not a surprise that a new coach and a host of newcomers are ready to turn the title.
Only Louisiana Monroe has longer odds to win the Sun Belt than Texas State as the Bobcats are priced at +8000 to win the conference title. The odds are set at +3500 for Texas State to win the Sun Belt’s West Division.
Regular Season Wins: Will the New-Look Bobcats Have Any Bite?
Expectations are pretty low as the price is set at -170 to finish under 4.5 wins compared to +140 to go over that total.
Texas State is being thrown right into the fire with the first two games against Baylor and UTSA and those are two NCAA football games where Texas State will be the underdog. Against Baylor, Texas State is the 26-point underdog.
The first Sun Belt game comes against Southern Miss followed by a matchup with Louisiana. Those games could reveal quite a bit about this Texas State team.
To Make The Playoffs: The Longest of Long Shots
Texas State hasn’t had a winning season since 2014 and is 13-51 in the Sun Belt since 2015 with Kinne the fourth coach during that time.
The Bobcats are looking to make it to the bowl game and that is something that hasn’t happened since Texas State moved from FCS to FBS.
Texas State failed to cover in four of the last five games to wrap up a four-win season and having better results straight up and against the spread should be the goal. Four of the last six games had totals under 50 points and that should change at all.
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