Some issues to look at throughout Week 9 in Big 12 Conference:
GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 9 Oklahoma State (6-1, 3-1 Big 12) at No. 22 Kansas State (5-2, 3-1). A Saturday matchup of the teams tied for second place in the Big 12 standings. The high two teams on the finish of the common season play in the league championship sport so this one issues. The solely Big 12 loss for each was at seventh-ranked and still-undefeated No. 7 TCU. The Cowboys have received a school-record 13 consecutive residence video games.
The Cowboys and Wildcats each have banged-up quarterbacks. Okay-State starter Adrian Martinez received dinged up in their Oct. 8 sport vs. Iowa State, ran for 19 yards on the primary play at TCU after which left the sport. Backup Will Howard then threw two touchdowns and ran for one more earlier than hurting his shoulder on a working play, however needs to be prepared for the Cowboys. Oklahoma State’s Spencer Sanders has performed by undisclosed accidents. His 30 profession wins are two shy of matching Mason Rudolph’s college report.
BEST MATCHUP
Baylor at Texas Tech. The teams have an identical 4-3 information, with each 2-2 in the Big 12 after breaking two-game shedding streaks final week. The final three video games in the sequence have been determined by a mixed seven factors. First-year Red Raiders coach Joey McGuire was a Baylor assistant for many of the previous 5 seasons, earlier than taking the Red Raiders job final November. He first labored with Matt Rhule in Waco, then stayed when Dave Aranda received the job after the 2019 season.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
There is not any alternative to increase a streak when TCU (7-0, 4-0) performs Saturday at unranked West Virginia (3-4, 1-3). The Horned Frogs are the primary workforce nationally since 1996 to win 4 consecutive regular-season video games over ranked opponents. They overcame double-digit deficits after halftime to win the final two. … Texas Tech is the one college since 2013 to twice convert six fourth-down makes an attempt in the identical sport. The Red Raiders lead FBS with 20 fourth-down conversions (on 32 tries). Baylor is tied for second with 16.
IMPACT PLAYER
TCU quarterback Max Duggan has thrown a Big 12-high 19 touchdowns with just one interception, all in his six begins. Duggan, who misplaced the beginning job going into the season earlier than Chandler Morris received injured in the opener, is second in the Big 12 at 306.4 complete yards per sport behind Sanders, and they’re tied for the league lead with 23 complete touchdowns.
TOP TO BOTTOM
Just two seasons after assembly in the Big 12 championship sport, Oklahoma (4-3, 1-3) and Iowa State (3-4, 0-4) are on the backside of the standings going into their sport Saturday. The Sooners haven’t suffered 4 convention losses in the identical season since going 3-5 in Big 12 play in 1998. Iowa State’s 4 Big 12 losses are by a mixed 14 factors (7, 3, 1 and three). The Cyclones haven’t had a five-game convention shedding streak since 2016.
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