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K-State at Oklahoma State will kick off at 7:00 PM

Kansas State’s Big 12 football matchup at Oklahoma State will air to a primetime ABC television audience as the league office announced today that Saturday’s game will kick at 7 p.m. from Boone Pickens Stadium.

The contest between the No. 17 Wildcats (7-1, 4-1) and No. 3 Cowboys (8-0, 5-0) will mark the ninth straight week that a K-State football game will be televised this season.

Following Saturday’s game at Oklahoma State, K-State will return home to face Texas A&M. Fans can purchase a combo ticket to both the November 12 Texas A&M game and the December 3 home finale against Iowa State for only $85 as tickets still remain for the final two home contests.

— KSU Sports Information —

K-State gets blown out by Oklahoma

Landry Jones and Ryan Broyles put Oklahoma’s season back on track.

Now, Kansas State will see if it can bounce back from its own loss.

Jones threw for a school-record 505 yards and five touchdowns Saturday, his All-American wide receiver caught 14 passes for 171 yards and a score, and the Sooners (No. 9 BCS, No. 11 AP) took out some pent up frustration with a 58-17 thumping of the Wildcats (No. 8 BCS, No. 10 AP).

Their national championship hopes dashed by Texas Tech last week — along with their 39-game home winning streak — the Sooners (7-1, 4-1) spoiled the same hopes harbored by Kansas State.

Jones shattered the previous school record for yards passing of 468, which he had shared with Sam Bradford, and moved into first place on the Oklahoma career list with 90 touchdown passes.

“We just came out with a focus,” he said with a shrug. “Kept playing ball.”

Just about the only downer on an otherwise splendid Saturday afternoon was a season-ending injury to leading rusher Dominique Whaley, who fractured his left ankle on the first play of the game.

Whaley will have surgery Sunday to have a pin inserted.

“Really sad for Dom,” coach Bob Stoops said. “What a great young man. We’ll miss him.”

Perhaps so, but the offense looked just fine without him.

Broyles moved into first place on the Big 12’s career list with 4,499 yards receiving, Kenny Stills added four catches for 101 yards, and Roy Finch finished with 73 yards rushing and another 69 through the air for the Sooners’ potent, fast-paced attack.

They wound up with a season-high 690 yards of offense against the Big 12’s top defense.

“Oklahoma’s a lot better than some people would want to think, probably, and I did a really miserable job of getting our football team ready to play,” Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said.

Relying on a smoke-and-mirrors offense that had been consistently out-gained all season, Kansas State (7-1, 4-1) still managed to piece together its best start since 1999.

It all came undone against Oklahoma.

Collin Klein was sacked seven times, the Wildcats were penalized an uncharacteristic five times, normally reliable kicker Anthony Cantele missed a chip-shot field goal and a defense that had been assignment sound all year crumbled against the Sooners’ relentless onslaught.

“It’s really painful,” cornerback David Garrett said, “but they’re a good team, a lot of great athletes. We’ve just got to come together Monday and bounce back.”

Kansas State actually led 17-14 midway through the second quarter, but the Sooners scored late in the half, and John Hubert’s fumble with 19 seconds left allowed Michael Hunnicutt to kick a career-long 53-yard field goal on the final play for a 23-17 halftime advantage.

It was the start of 44 straight points scored by the Sooners.

Broyles hauled in a 29-yard touchdown catch early in the third quarter, tightrope walking down the sideline the final 10 yards. Moments later, Jones hit Jaz Reynolds for the second of his two touchdown catches to give Oklahoma a 37-17 lead.

Finch added a 31-yard touchdown run later in the third quarter and the rout was on.

“It was a fun night,” Jones said. “The offense was executing and we were doing our job.”

By the time Trey Millard slipped through the porous Kansas State defensive front and outran the secondary to the end zone for a 61-yard touchdown run with 11 minutes left, a crowd of 51,004 that had been in such a festive mood early in the afternoon was heading for the doors.

Klein finished with 92 yards and two TDs rushing for Kansas State, but he was just 8 of 16 for 58 yards through the air. Hubert added 71 yards rushing, while Nigel Malone had two interceptions.

That was about it for the positives.

Oklahoma scored on six straight possessions at one point, and the 58 points allowed by Kansas State’s defense were the most by a Snyder-coached team at home since Nov. 18, 1989, when Colorado piled up 59. The Wildcats’ offense couldn’t keep up, managing only 32 yards after halftime.

“We knew what kind of team they were coming in,” Klein said. “It wasn’t a surprise, but it was frustrating, not being able to execute like we were. We were struggling.”

The Sooners have won five straight in the series, their last loss coming in the 2003 conference championship game. They haven’t lost in Manhattan since 1996.

More importantly, they’re still alive in the Big 12 race.

The Sooners and Wildcats are both chasing undefeated Oklahoma State, with Kansas State getting the first shot against the nation’s third-ranked team next weekend. Oklahoma gets its chance against its in-state rival in the annual Bedlam game on Dec. 3.

“We bounced back the way we should,” Reynolds said with a sly smile. “There were some plays that we left out there, but we were pretty good.”

— Associated Press —

Big 12 hands out weekly football awards

Seth Doege (Texas Tech), Shaun Lewis (Oklahoma State) and Tyler Lockett (Kansas State) have been named Big 12 Conference Football Players of the Week, as selected by a media panel. Doege (offense) was recognized for the second time this season. Lewis (defense) and Lockett (special teams) picked up their first career award. Lockett is the first freshman to receive a Big 12 weekly honor in 2011.

Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week

Seth Doege, Texas Tech, QB, Jr, Wolfforth, Texas

Junior quarterback Seth Doege helped lead Texas Tech to its first win over a No. 1-ranked opponent on the road with a 41-38 victory at No. 1/3 Oklahoma. The win snapped OU’s nation-leading 39-game home win streak. Doege finished the game 33-of-52 for 441 yards passing with no interceptions. He had four touchdowns through the air and another on the ground. Tech’s 41 points were the most given up by OU at home since 1997. The 441 yards passing are the most by any Texas Tech quarterback against the Sooners.

Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week

Shaun Lewis, Oklahoma State, LB, So, Missouri City, Texas

Shaun Lewis had nine tackles, an interception and a fumble recovery in No. 6/6 Oklahoma State’s 45-24 win at Missouri. His interception set up a touchdown and his fumble recovery stopped a Missouri drive in the red zone. OSU’s defense limited the Tigers to seven second-half points.

Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week

Tyler Lockett, Kansas State, WR/KR, Fr, Tulsa, Okla.

Tyler Lockett tallied 251 all-purpose yards in No. 12/12 Kansas State’s 59-21 win at Kansas. He became the first player in school history to return a kickoff for a score in consecutive games following his 97-yarder to open the second half. The true freshman also registered career-highs in both receptions and yards with five catches for 110 yards and a receiving touchdown. He became the first K-State receiver this season to surpass the 100-yard barrier.

— Big 12 Press Release —

K-State at Oklahoma State will be shown on ABC

Kansas State athletics officials received word on Monday that the Wildcats’ game at Oklahoma State on November 5 will be televised by ABC at either 2:30 p.m., or 7 p.m. The exact game time will be determined on Sunday as ABC utilized a six-day option.

The selection marks the ninth straight week that a Wildcat football game will be televised and the third this season on ABC after the network picked up K-State’s games against Baylor and Missouri earlier this season.

The eighth-ranked Wildcats will host No. 9 Oklahoma on Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Only a couple hundred general admission tickets in section 28 remain for the game and can only be purchased in person through the K-State Athletics Ticket office at Bramlage Coliseum. The office is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m., to 5:30 p.m., and the ticket booths at Bill Snyder Family Stadium open at 9:30 a.m., on Saturday.

The game against the Sooners will be televised nationally on ESPN beginning at 2:30 p.m.

— KSU Sports Information —

Kansas State moves up to No. 8 in latest BCS standings

Following its 59-21 win over Kansas on Saturday, Kansas State moved up in both national polls and found itself at No. 8 in the latest BCS Standings released Sunday night on ESPN.

The Wildcats (7-0, 4-0) checked in at No. 10 in this week’s AP poll and No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches poll. K-State has now made appearances in the rankings for four consecutive weeks for the first time since 2003, while it has reached the Top 10 for the first time since 2003.

The No. 8 BCS ranking is also the highest for a Wildcat team since being ranked No. 8 back in December of the 2002 season.

The Wildcats, one of only eight remaining undefeated teams in the country, host No. 9 Oklahoma on Saturday for homecoming.

— KSU Sports Information —

K-State hammers Kansas to stay unbeaten

Kansas State’s Bill Snyder preaches to his players to treat every game the same, no matter the opponent, the place or the circumstance.

He’s going to have a tough time making the message stick this week.

Collin Klein threw for a career-high 195 yards and accounted for five touchdowns, freshman Tyler Lockett returned a kickoff for a score and caught a touchdown pass, and Kansas State (No. 11 BCS, No. 12 AP) tuned up for a big showdown against Oklahoma with a 59-21 pasting of Kansas on Saturday.

Kansas State Regularly Trounces Kansas

The Wildcats (7-0, 4-0) are riding their best start since 1999, when they won their first nine games. They’ll host the third-ranked Sooners next Saturday in a matchup that should go a long way toward deciding the Big 12 champion now that there’s no conference title game.

“For us, it’s all about us,” Snyder said. “It’s all about playing as well as we possibly can.”

Snyder doesn’t believe that’s happened yet. Maybe it never will.

But the Wildcats were plenty good enough to help their 72-year-old coach improve to 16-4 against the Jayhawks on Saturday. That includes a 59-7 blowout last year and a stretch of 11 straight wins in the 1990s and early 2000s, when Snyder annually fielded one of the best teams in college football.

The Wildcats are headed that direction again.

Behind the solid decision-making of Klein, a vastly improved defense and Snyder’s Yoda-like guidance, Kansas State has already matched its win total from all of last season.

Klein finished with 92 yards and four TDs rushing on Saturday, and Lockett — the son of former K-State great Kevin Lockett and the nephew of Aaron Lockett — had five catches for 110 yards. Running back John Hubert added 92 yards and another score.

“It was another step,” Klein said, taking a cue from his coach by downplaying one of the best starts in school history. “We have a lot of work on Monday.”

That’s certainly true with Oklahoma looming.

The Jayhawks, meanwhile, caused more trouble for themselves than they did their rival.

Kansas was penalized nine times for 105 yards, and two fumbles early in the second half resulted in touchdowns that effectively put away the game.

“It’s tough. All of our losses are tough to take,” said coach Turner Gill, who’s on the hot seat in only his second season. “We’re competitive. We plan on going out and playing well. Unfortunately, things didn’t work out, particularly in the second half.”

Jordan Webb threw for 169 yards and a touchdown for Kansas (2-5, 0-4), which has dropped five straight, including a 47-17 defeat to the Sooners last week.

“This game would have been a big confidence-booster for our team,” said Kansas safety Bradley McDougald. “I saw a lot of guys work hard this week and it didn’t show up, and it hurts.”

Kansas State jumped out to a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter, at which point the Jayhawks had more penalty yards (41) than net offense (23). They finally mounted a scoring drive that James Sims capped with a short touchdown run, but Klein answered with his third TD run for a 28-7 lead.

The Jayhawks looked as though they’d have some momentum at halftime when they drove 76 yards in less than 2 minutes, and Webb hit D.J. Beshears from 13 yards out for a score. But the Wildcats snatched the momentum back when Klein hit Lockett for 48 yards down the middle of the field to set up a field goal with no time left and a 31-14 lead at the break.

That was the start of a disastrous stretch for Kansas.

Lockett took the opening kickoff of the second half 97 yards for a score, his second kick return TD in as many weeks. The Jayhawks were whistled for three separate penalties on the ensuing kickoff, backing them up to their 8, and Tony Pierson promptly fumbled on the first play from scrimmage.

Klein scored two players later for a 45-14 lead.

On the Jayhawks’ next drive, Webb fumbled near midfield, and it took the Wildcats only six more plays before Klein hit Lockett for a 19-yard touchdown pass and a 52-14 lead.

The Wildcats began resting starters after that, guarding against injury before next weekend’s showdown against Oklahoma, and the backups swapped fourth-quarter scores inside a stadium that was nearly empty save for several thousand fans wearing purple.

“It was a good feeling come in here,” said Kansas State defensive end Jordan Voelker. “It’s also a big game setting us up for next week.”

— Associated Press —

K-State/Oklahoma to air nationally on ESPN

Kansas State’s Big 12 football matchup with Oklahoma will air to a full ESPN national television audience as the league office announced today broadcast selections for October 29.

The homecoming contest between the No. 12 Wildcats and No. 3 Sooners will kick at 2:30 p.m. from Bill Snyder Family Stadium and mark the eighth straight week that a Wildcat football game will televised this season.

Department officials also announced today that only singles remain available in reserved seating locations for the Oklahoma game, and 500 general admission tickets in Section 28 are available for sale only via walk-up at the Bramlage Coliseum ticket office. All tickets to the Oklahoma game are priced at $65.

Also, fans can purchase a combo ticket to both the November 12 Texas A&M game and the December 3 home finale against Iowa State for only $85 as tickets still remain for the final two home contests. Fans can order tickets online at www.k-statesports.com, by phone at 1-800-221-CATS or at the ticket office located inside Bramlage Coliseum.

The 12thth-ranked Wildcats (6-0, 3-0) travel to in-state rival Kansas Saturday for the 109th edition of the Sunflower Showdown, presented by Dillons. The game will kick at 11 a.m. and air nationally on FSN.

— KSU Sports Information —

Kansas State ranked 11th in first BCS Standings

Following its 41-34 win over Texas Tech on Saturday, Kansas State moved up in both national polls and found itself at No. 11 in the initial BCS Standings released Sunday night on ESPN.

The Wildcats (6-0, 3-0) checked in at No. 12 in this week’s AP poll and No. 16 in the USA Today Coaches poll. K-State has now made appearances in the rankings for three consecutive weeks for the first time since 2003, while the No. 12 ranking is the highest since checking in at No. 12 to open the 2004 season.

The Wildcats travel to in-state rival Kansas on Saturday for the 109th edition of the Sunflower Showdown. The game, which kicks at 11 a.m., will be televised on Fox Sports Net.

Following its road trip to Kansas, K-State returns home October 29 to face No. 3 Oklahoma for homecoming.

— KSU Sports Information —

K-State rallies past Texas Tech to stay unbeaten

Collin Klein ran for three touchdowns and threw for another as No. 17 Kansas State came from behind to beat Texas Tech 41-34 on Saturday night.

Klein ran for 110 yards on 23 carries, scoring on three short runs and hitting Chris Harper for a 3-yard TD pass on the Wildcats (6-0, 3-0) first drive of the third quarter.

Tyler Lockett returned a kickoff 100 yards early in the second quarter for the Wildcats, who are undefeated after six games for the first time since 2000.

Texas Tech (4-2, 1-2) was held to two field goals in the second half.

Seth Doege had 461 yards and a touchdown on 43-of-63 passing, but had three of his four turnovers in consecutive possessions in the fourth quarter. He also ran for a score. He had just one interception coming into the game.

After Texas Tech’s field goal late in the game to pull within 41-34, the Red Raiders recovered an onside kick when Tremain Swindall fell on the ball at their own 47. But Doege and the offense seemed to rush and failed to get a first down after running four plays.

The Wildcats, who appeared flat in the first half, came out with more energy after halftime. On Kansas State’s first possession Klein put together the Wildcats’ longest drive of the game, capping it with a fade to the corner of the end zone to Harper to lead 28-27. The TD pass was set up after Klein scrambled out of the pocket for a 25-yard gain to the 3.

Kansas State held the ball for 33:33, while Tech’s high-powered offense had it for 26:27.

Kansas State stayed close in the first half but only because of its defense and special teams. The offense mustered just 94 yards, less than half of those on the ground. Texas Tech’s defense was tough against the Wildcats run, allowing Kansas State’s 26th-ranked rushing offense just 45 yards on 18 carries in the first half.

The plan was to chew up the clock and not let Texas Tech’s offense on the field. The Red Raiders, instead, had the ball 2 minutes longer in the first half.

Doege was hot in the first half. He completed 25 of 34 passes for 296 yards, his best first-half of the season.

After Lockett’s kick return TD in the second quarter, Anthony Cantele missed the extra point to cut the deficit to 14-13. Lockett took the ball straight up the middle and into a pile of Red Raiders at about the 50. Suddenly, though, he was out front of the pile and outraced them all to the corner of the end zone.

The Wildcats blocked two field goals, setting up a touchdown with the second. Raphael Guidry blocked the kick and Nigel Malone picked it up and returned it 30 yards to the Texas Tech 46. Klein put Kansas State up 20-14 when he scored from a yard out.

The Wildcats State jumped to a 7-0 lead when Nigel Malone got his fourth interception of the season, picking off Doege’s second pass of the game and ran it 24 yards for the score. He stepped in front of Bradley Marquis as if he’d read Doege’s mind and scampered untouched into the end zone.

Doege quickly redeemed himself, finding Cornelius Douglas over the middle for a 40-yard touchdown pass to make it 7-7 midway through the first quarter.

— Associated Press —

Sunflower Showdown to be televised by FSN

The 109th edition of the Sunflower Showdown, presented by Dillons, will air to a full FSN national audience as Fox Sports Net and the Big 12 Conference announced its football television selections for October 22 today.

The game between the Wildcats and Jayhawks will kick at 11 a.m. from Memorial Stadium in Lawrence and mark the seventh straight week that a K-State football game will be televised this season.

The 17thth-ranked Wildcats (5-0, 2-0) travel to Texas Tech (4-1, 1-1) for a 6 p.m. Big 12 matchup that will also air nationally on FSN.

The Jayhawks host top-ranked Oklahoma Saturday on ESPN2, before hosting the Wildcats in the annual Sunflower State Showdown. KU enters the Oklahoma game with a 2-3 mark and in search of its first Big 12 victory of the 2011 season.

Big 12 Television Schedule For Next Two Weeks

Saturday, Oct. 15

Baylor at Texas A&M                    11 a.m., FX

Oklahoma State at Texas              2:30 p.m., ABC

Kansas State at Texas Tech           6 p.m., FSN

Oklahoma at Kansas                     8:15 p.m., ESPN2

Saturday, Oct. 22

Kansas State at Kansas                 11 a.m., FSN

Oklahoma State at Missouri            11 a.m., FX

Texas A&M at Iowa State              2:30 p.m., ABC

Texas Tech at Oklahoma               7 p.m., ABC

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