Running back Wendell Smallwood is second in the Big 12 in rushing and West Virginia is averaging 214 yards rushing a game. The game airs on FOX.
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PROVE IT: Just a few seconds and a long field goal kept Kansas State from making this a game between the unbeaten.
The Bears (5-0, 2-0) were so efficient in building their lead that they actually finished with a season-low 644 yards of offense. This was an ugly game in the first half to be sure, particularly on the part of West Virginia.
At the same time, No. 10 Oklahoma were shocked by Texas, and Sooners head coach Bob Stoops took a beating on social media. Lee also added three tackles. The score was Green’s seventh of the season. When we got the ball to anyone with 5 yards of space, they were gone, no questions asked.
The Kansas State Wildcats (3-1) are coming from a 36-34 loss to Oklahoma State in Week 5.
Devontae Booker rushed for 222 yards, and the Utes defense registered six turnovers, pressuring and picking off Jared Goff five times.
“Doctson, the 6’3” and 190lbs mismatch lined up wide each week, was his typically unstoppable self in hauling in eight catches for 155 yards and two more touchdowns for the powerful Horned Frogs offense. West Virginia, at 3-2, still should make a bowl and can play spoiler later in the season if anyone chooses to overlook them. But coach Paul Rhoads knows his team’s running game and winning time of possession will be crucial against the Red Raiders and quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
DeShone Kizer passed for 281 yards and one touchdown and ran for one more. A 29-yard reception by Shaun Nixon set up the score for the Frogs.
The Odds: TCU is a 9 point favorite against Kansas State.
Let’s say this game was 17-14 and not 45-42. Quarterback Seth Russell leads FBS in passing efficiency, touchdown passes (19) and yards per completion. The interception was the fourth of the season for Boykin. The Wildcats jumped out to a 35-17 lead in the first half and it figured that KSU would be deliberate and continue to control the clock with the run game in the second half. “The touchdown was the Wildcats” fifth of the game, marking a new season high. The pick was Hubener’s second interception of the season. K-State could have tied that game with a successful drive here. The drive was highlighted a 24-yard reception by Doctson. “You should enjoy Josh Doctson and Trevone Boykin because they have been around here for a while and they love pressure”, Patterson said. Patterson and TCU offensive coordinator Doug Meacham ran onto the field and initially drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty (it was later rescinded) for pleading with officials to place the ball on the left hash to set up the two-point conversion.
Saturday suggests Boykin and the Frogs’ offense will be required to outscore more teams to push TCU into the playoff that snubbed it in 2014.
Texas Tech battered Iowa State, 66-31 in another league battle.
The lead was all Trevone Boykin too.
Scouting Oklahoma State: The Cowboys have won their last two games thanks to kicker Ben Grogan. He would also go a ideal 6-for-6 on PAT attempts.
With under two minutes to play, with a fourth-and-1 deep in TCU territory, K-State elected to kick a field goal to tie the game.
K-State returns to action next Saturday as it hosts the Oklahoma Sooners.
USC (3-2) at Notre Dame (5-1), 6:30 p.m.
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Kansas State had a streak of 49 straight victories when leading at halftime snapped last week at Oklahoma State.
