Kansas State squanders big lead, falls 52-45 to No. 2 TCU

However, getting that first down just inside the TCU 20 would have been immensely valuable because it would have enabled Kansas State to drain clock and exhaust TCU’s supply of timeouts.

“I’m just trying to win“, Patterson said. But by this point, we’re nearly halfway through the year.

On defense, the Wildcats were led by sophomore Elijah Lee, whose two interceptions were the first of his career. And they say screaming doesn’t get you point across any more easily…

The third-ranked Bears are on the road at Kansas. Few teams had the Horned Frogs circled on the schedule before the season began. The Longhorns are 1-4, the team’s worst start since 1956. “You can’t allow big plays, especially when you have a team that can score quick”. “It’s what you have to do”.

“I shared with them that this one becomes even more hard to overcome and it would be a tremendous test of our character to prove really who we are. We’ve got to do it”. We’re still not sure just how good these guys are yet.

“The options were run the ball or throw it or kick the field goal”, K-State coach Bill Snyder said.

West Virginia has gone 6-8 in Big 12 road games since joining the league in 2012. If the Mountaineers plan on being a factor in the league race, they can’t afford another loss this early in the season.

North Texas wasted no time firing Dan McCarney, booting its coach an hour after a humiliating 66-7 homecoming loss to I-AA Portland State.

Still, ever since losing a 61-58 thriller at Baylor last October, TCU has shown a knack for pulling out zombie-like triumphs.

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Despite TCU’s defensive problems-the result of massive player turnover and injury attrition-the senior has willed his team to six straight wins.

“We don’t want to end up in a shootout, so to speak, this weekend down there in Lubbock”, Rhoads said.

Texas in Dallas, 11 a.m., ABC: Sooners 45-12. This Saturday it stunned Oklahoma 24-17 in the Red River Rivalry. That will keep the pressure on the offense.

Scouting Oklahoma: The 10th-ranked Sooners will be on upset alert but will rely on resourceful quarterback Baker Mayfield to make the plays on offense. Key stat: TCU gained 179 yards. He took the first snap 86 yards to the house. It will be a good test for Baylor.

Kansas State recorded 266 total yards of offense in the half.

This and that: Baylor has outscored Kansas 119-28 over the past two seasons. Aaron Green had 70 yards in rushing. Swoopes ran the final 14 yards in three plays himself, including a Snyder-esque pause-run over the left side where he bulled over a Sooner defender and hit pay-dirt.

All-in-all, the only real negative I can come up with from this game is that it took 57.5 minutes of game time for Fox’s Tim Brando to pronounce Jarrett Stidham’s name correctly, and that was after (apparently) being told twice. Doctson caught eight passes for 155 yards and two scores, including this sky-high grab for his first touchdown of the day. Richardson has thrown five picks in his last two games. Northwestern entered Saturday’s game with the top-ranked scoring defense in the nation. Now there’s two weeks to bask in the glow and enjoy the win before facing Kansas State. But considering Iowa State went for 7 yards per carry against Texas Tech, the Cyclones might provide more of a challenge than expected with their improving running game. The Wildcats excelled on the ground, with Hubener running 26 times and Charles Jones 13 times.

Yes, the Wildcats weren’t playing the role of spoiler at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, which was completely packed for this highly anticipated game.

The No. 2 TCU Horned Frogs survive the biggest scare of the season at Kansas State on Saturday night, but only because of quarterback Trevone Boykin. “There are trap games everywhere, there is one always sitting out there”. What if Fournette gets hurt? He has one touchdown run, in seven carries, over 36 yards. Two pass interference calls on third down led to K-State touchdowns. Head coach at TCU Gary Patterson, said about his team, “They’ve had a lot of resiliency; I’ve been proud of them”. Now, of course, any team in this conference can win any game, except Kansas, but they traded that away for basketball.