{"id":665,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/665","headline":"Western Kentucky visits Sam Houston looking to build on Missouri State win","dek":"Sam Houston is still trying to shake off a bad loss at Liberty last week.","body":"Western Kentucky heads to Sam Houston on Wednesday night with a little momentum, having beaten conference rival Missouri State 34-13 last week. The Hilltoppers sit at 2-3 overall after a rocky start to the season, and a win here would keep them in the conversation for the top spots in Conference USA.\n\nSam Houston, meanwhile, is looking to put last week behind it after what was described as a cataclysmic loss at Liberty. Hosting Western Kentucky gives the Bearkats a chance to reset before conference play gets more crowded on the schedule.\n\nKickoff is set for 8 PM EDT on ESPN2, with streaming available on Fubo. It is a rare Wednesday slate for college football, giving both programs a quick turnaround to fix what went wrong last week, or in Western Kentucky's case, to keep doing what worked.\n\nNeither team has much room for error if they want to stay relevant in the Conference USA race this season, and this one figures to be close.","published_at":"2026-10-15T05:04:16.719263+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"How to watch Western Kentucky vs Sam Houston: Live stream NCAA College Football, TV channel","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/watch-western-kentucky-vs-sam-230000413.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Western Kentucky vs. Sam Houston prediction, odds: Week 7 Wednesday college football picks by proven model","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/western-kentucky-sam-houston-prediction-odds-week-7-wednesday-college-football-picks-best-bets/"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Western Kentucky vs. Sam Houston State prediction: Hilltoppers have edge in pick’em game","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/14/betting/western-kentucky-vs-sam-houston-state-prediction-odds-picks-best-bets/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Western Kentucky vs Sam Houston Prediction: Big Game For the Bearkats","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/western-kentucky-vs-sam-houston-024829797.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Western Kentucky vs. Sam Houston prediction, odds: Week 7 Wednesday college football picks by proven model","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/betting/news/western-kentucky-sam-houston-prediction-odds-week-7-wednesday-college-football-picks/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Campbell hits 3 FGs as Western Kentucky defeats Sam Houston 16-3","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/campbell-hits-3-fgs-western-035118171.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}