STILLWATER, Okla. — There is an opportunity Oklahoma State will be with out beginning quarterback Spencer Sanders for its sport at Kansas on Saturday. The redshirt senior missed many of the fourth quarter in a 48-0 shutout loss towards Kansas State this previous weekend in Manhattan after apparently additional injuring his proper shoulder.
During his weekly press convention on Monday, Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy was requested about Sanders’ standing for the upcoming matchup with the Jayhawks.
“I hope he’s doing good,” Gundy stated. “We’re gonna rest him some this week and try to get him back, get him going, just like we’ve been doing.”
Sanders has handled an injured shoulder in his proper throwing arm for a number of weeks since hurting it in a win towards Texas Tech on Oct. 8. However, he had not but missed any snaps at quarterback for the Cowboys previous to this previous Saturday.
With lower than 12 minutes to play and Oklahoma State trailing Kansas State, 41-0, Sanders remained within the sport regardless of the rating being effectively out of attain. The Cowboys’ offense was driving and had crossed midfield for the primary time because the first quarter with hopes of lastly including factors to the scoreboard. On a third-and-10, Sanders scrambled for a 5-yard achieve earlier than getting hit from behind and tackled laborious by Kansas State linebacker Khalid Duke. On the following fourth-down play, Sanders was sacked for an 11-yard loss, taking one other laborious hit from Wildcats’ defensive finish Felix Anudike-Uzomah.
The Oklahoma State medical workers examined Sanders within the damage tent behind the Cowboys’ bench earlier than strolling him to the Kansas State locker room for additional analysis and probably an X-ray.
Sanders completed 13-for-26 passing with 147 yards and an interception within the loss to Kansas State. He had seven carries for minus-9 yards. Oklahoma State was held to simply 217 yards of whole offense, its lowest single-game mark since 2014.
Gundy admitted throughout his press convention on Monday that he “probably” ought to have taken Sanders out of the sport earlier, however added he leans towards expertise in these conditions when veteran gamers like Sanders wish to keep in and proceed to compete.
“They’ve earned the right to do it,” Gundy stated. “We took him out because of just what you said. I guess maybe you’re asking me, could it have been 10 minutes earlier? I mean, we could have. But he’s different with that. And his demeanor, and the way he’s handled himself has been fabulous. So I didn’t want to start a storm that didn’t need to be started. I had a big enough storm going on, and I didn’t want to start one with him.”
With Sanders unavailable, backup quarterback and redshirt freshman Gunnar Gundy, the son of head coach Mike Gundy, performed the ultimate two offensive collection for Oklahoma State. The youthful Gundy was 2-for-7 passing with 16 yards and an interception on a shovel cross. He did have a 22-yard scramble and run previous to the turnover.
If Sanders is unable to play towards Kansas on Saturday, Gundy would doubtless make his first profession faculty begin. While coach Gundy stated the offensive playbook doesn’t change relying on who’s behind heart, he did say his consolation degree could be completely different.
“I think it would be unfair for me to stand here and say my comfort level with either of the two quarterbacks that we would use would be the same with [Sanders], because it’s not,” Gundy stated. “They’re inexperienced, they’re learning on the run. I’ve seen them execute in scrimmages, I’ve seen them do things in the indoor (practice facility), but it’s different when everything, when the lights are on and people there. We all know that. That’s just athletics. So we would learn on the run somewhat. Do I think we can function? Sure we can. Do I think that we function the way we do with Spencer? No, because of his 40-something games of experience and being in those situations.”
In Sanders’ earlier three years because the beginning quarterback for Oklahoma State, he has but to play in each sport throughout a season. He didn’t begin the ultimate three video games in 2019, missed at least a portion of 4 video games in 2020 attributable to damage and sat out the opener in 2021 due to Covid-19 protocols.
Oklahoma State makes a return journey to the Sunflower State this Saturday for a Big 12 sport at Kansas (5-3, 2-3 Big 12). Kickoff is scheduled for two:30 p.m. CT and will air on FS1.
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