Big 12 contenders West Virginia, Kansas State hit the road

Eventually you will find K-State at No. 119, ahead of Rice, UTEP, Vanderbilt, Navy, Georgia State, Boston College, Buffalo, Stanford and SC. Jordan Willis and Elijah Lee bottled up Wesbrook for a 1-yard loss on 3rd and 4 to force an Austin Seibert field goal to make it 24-10 with under 30 seconds left in the half.

The drive stalled out at the Oklahoma 31-yard-line, and the Wildcats went for it on fourth and 2.

“That was a frustrating play”, Hubener said. “He’s got incredible speed and quickness and he’s a great route runner and sure-handed”.

Westbrook wasn’t able to corral a long third-quarter pass from Mayfield, which likely would have been a touchdown if completed.

Perhaps K-State would have more success with a run-based scheme. He was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week after catching 10 passes for 232 yards and three touchdowns last week against Texas. Mixon even threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Westbrook in the second quarter. If the three sides of the ball click together, we’ll have a great game.

Baker Mayfield – who, by the way, was fabulous, completing 25 of 31 for 346 yards, four touchdowns and one tough luck interception despite hitting Geno Lewis in the numbers – broke out a pretty telling term nearly without thinking about it.

Kansas State is a sneaky-good team that plays well enough defensively to have a chance in this game. “I didn’t want to put us in that bad of field position”. “We just have to come out, be motivated and be consistent”.

“We knew all week the safety was going to bite down with Joe being such an effective runner, ” Westbrook said.

The playoffs are all but gone for the Sooners (3-2, 2-0) but the Big 12 title, and a BCS bowl is still a possibility.

K-State eventually settled down and played better in the final three quarters (as it did against Texas Tech) but, this time, the damage was done. They have two other runners with 100-yard games this season.

Texas has struggled on defense this season (though it shut down Iowa State) so K-State will have an opportunity to get things turned around this week. Mayfield had 20 yards and a touchdown.

Westbrook’s eight scoring receptions in the last three games have averaged 48.6 yards-per-catch. With that being said, Gary Patterson just finds ways for his team to win games and they’ll win enough games to finish in the 3 rd. “We’ll see how the guys handle the violent environment they will be in”. “It was fundamental things, small things, that didn’t go our way”.

In addition to the returning letter winners, Kansas State welcomes in five newcomers for the 2016-17 season including: junior guard Karyla Middlebrook, redshirt freshman forward Lanie Page, freshman guard Mercedes Brooks, freshman forward Peyton Williams and freshman forward Eternati Willock.

This year, the 19th-ranked Sooners (3-2, 2-0) come into the contest after a 45-40 victory over the Longhorns.

Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops shouts to his defense in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Kansas State in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. I don’t know how you get there that fast. “We’ve got six (more) games. We had some unnecessary turnovers throughout the game, but we showed our resilience and we just did what we do best”.