Big 12 Roundup: OSU, K-State and West Va. suffer embarrassing losses

[TopFrog]

No. 6 Oregon routs Oklahoma State 69-3 for Cowboys' biggest loss under Gundy​

EUGENE, Ore. — Dante Moore threw for 266 yards and three touchdowns, freshman Dakorien Moore ran for a score and caught a touchdown pass, and No. 6 Oregon routed Oklahoma State 69-3 on Saturday.

The loss was the biggest loss for the Cowboys (1-1) in Mike Gundy’s 20-year tenure as coach, and the biggest losing margin for Oklahoma State in more than a century. The Cowboys have won just one of their last 11 games dating to last season.

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Mississippi State slips past No. 12 Arizona State 24-20 on late TD pass​

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Blake Shapen threw a 58-yard touchdown pass to Brenen Thompson with 30 seconds left to lift Mississippi State past No. 12 Arizona State, 24-20 on Saturday night.

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Kyle Konrardy's late 54-yard field goal gives No. 16 Iowa State 16-13 win over Hawkeyes​

AMES, Iowa — Kyle Konrardy kicked a 54-yard field goal with 1:52 left to give No. 16 Iowa State a 16-13 win over Iowa on Saturday, the Cyclones' second straight victory against their in-state rival and third in four years.

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Baylor upends No. 17 SMU in 2 OTs as Sawyer Robertson throws for 440 yards, 4 TDs​

DALLAS — Baylor quarterback Sawyer Robertson threw two of his four touchdowns in the final 5 1/2 minutes of regulation and redshirt freshman Connor Hawkins kicked a game-ending 27-yard field goal in the second overtimeas the Bears rallied to beat 17th-ranked SMU 48-45 on Saturday.

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Morton's 3 TDs and a pick-6 help No. 24 Texas Tech roll past Kent State 62-14​

LUBBOCK, Texas — Behren Morton threw for three touchdowns, big defensive tackle Skyler Gill-Howard returned an interception 55 yards for a score and No. 24 Texas Tech blew out another overmatched opponent, beating Kent State 62-14 on Saturday.

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No. 25 Utah throttles Cal Poly 63-9 behind Devon Dampier's 3 TD passes​

SALT LAKE CITY — Devon Dampier matched his career best with three touchdown passes to lead No. 25 Utah to a 63-9 win over Cal Poly of the Football Championship Subdivision on Saturday.

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Missouri rallies to beat Kansas 42-31 in first edition of the Border War in more than a decade​

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Beau Pribula threw for 334 yards and three touchdowns, Jamal Roberts ran for 143 yards and the clinching score, and Missouri rallied to beat Kansas 42-31 on Saturday in the first edition of the Border War in more than a decade.

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Cincinnati hands Eddie George his first loss as an FBS coach​

CINCINNATI — Cincinnati quarterback Brendan Sorsby threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Bearcats posted a 34-20 win over Bowling Green and former NFL running back and Ohio State Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George, who took his first loss as an FBS coach Saturday.

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Ryan Staub leads rotation of Colorado quarterbacks, throws 2 TD passes in 31-7 win over Delaware​

BOULDER, Colo. — The transfer portal was never really an option for Ryan Staub, even as he spent the last two seasons backing up Shedeur Sanders. Nor was it a consideration heading into this season, when he slipped farther down the depth chart.

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West Virginia stalls out in Athens, falls 17–10 to Ohio​

Newer West Virginia fans got their first real taste of the Rich Rodriguez era on Saturday, and not the good kind. The Mountaineers (1-1) jumped out to a 7–0 lead on Jahiem White’s 32-yard touchdown run, but the wheels fell off from there in a 17–10 loss at Ohio (1-1) at Peden Stadium in Athens.

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Hellums accounts for 3 TDs, scores with 2:52 left to push Army past Kansas State 24-21​

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Cale Hellums accounted for three touchdowns that included a 14-yard touchdown run with 2:52 left to help Army beat Kansas State 24-21 on Saturday night.

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Big days from Connors, Weigman send Houston past Rice 35-9 in crosstown rivalry​

HOUSTON — Conner Weigman threw for 188 yards and a touchdown and rushed for a score to lead Houston to a 35-9 win over crosstown rival Rice in the on Saturday night.

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UCF dominates North Carolina A&T 68-7 in record-setting day​

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — UCF’s Jaden Nixon opened the game with a 92-yard touchdown return and added touchdown runs of 87 and 66 yards as UCF never looked back in a dominant 68-7 victory over North Carolina A&T.

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Noah Fifita throws for 5 TDs, Arizona blasts Weber State 48-3 after weather delay​

TUCSON, Ariz. — Noah Fifita threw for 373 yards and five touchdowns in less than three quarters, Javin Whatley caught two touchdowns and Arizona rolled to a weather-delayed 48-3 win over Weber State on Saturday night.

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BYU defense stifles Stanford in 27-3 victory​

PROVO, Utah — Bear Bachmeier threw for 175 yards and ran for a touchdown to lead BYU to a 27-3 victory over Stanford on Saturday night.

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[bmoney214]

We are officially the weakest P4 conference in football.

 

[Big Frog II]

Arizona State should never have lost that game, but here we are. The Kansas State QB is overrated. We have some very good teams, some mediocre teams, and some very bad teams. The ACC is no different.

 

[y2kFrog]

Every conference has bad teams. We just now know that OSU will finish last again, KSU and WV will be near the bottom, and ASU will come back to earth a bit this year. It also means that TCU and Utah (and maybe others too) will have chance to move up and join Iowa St. who seems to poised to have another good season. After 2 weeks, if I had to choose, I would say 2 of those 3 teams will be in the Big 12 championship game.

 

[Limey Frog]

We haven't even made it to week 3 and once again the conference schedule we worried might be very tough is shaping up to be more manageable than advertised. Trips to K-State and Arizona State get less intimidating by the week, and missing Utah and Tech look to be fortunate draws.

 

[y2kFrog]

100% agree...I have been on this all off season long after what happened last year. Although, if they had done the media poll this year, everyone would have picked OSU last and at least they would have been right this time.

Also add that out home slate if very interesting this year. 4 teams that I think our guys (especially those that have been around a couple of years) are going to be itching to beat. CU, SMU, Baylor, and Iowa State handed us losses last time we played them. Got a feeling that Nov. 8 battle against Iowa State is going to be huge!!

 

[TopFrog]

Arizona State should never have lost that game, but here we are. The Kansas State QB is overrated. We have some very good teams, some mediocre teams, and some very bad teams. The ACC is no different.

Nor the SEC

 

[Wexahu]

Nor the SEC

Yeah, the leagues are pretty much all the same, the only difference is in people’s imaginations. Lol.

 

[BuffWarFrog]

We are officially the weakest P4 conference in football.

K-state…. I still haven’t caught my breath from laughing so hard.

 

[Big Frog II]

Back to Oklahoma State. It is amazing how far they have fallen. Maybe without Boone Pickens money they are about to become mediocre again.

 

[Horned Frog Country]

KSU always finds a way to screw up non conference game and weaken the perception of the conference. At the same time, they are hard as hell to beat in conference games and are always in the running for the championship.

 

[Rose Bowl]

There’s a reason why the conference gets no respect. It’s just a very pedestrian league that the Frogs should win most of the time.

Let’s Go Frogs!

 

[bmoney214]

 

[Froggy Style]

May be better for the conference. Rather than beating each other up...get five ranked teams and two 0 or 1 loss teams to play each other in the conference championship game.

 

[froginaustin]

Why, yes!

I watched the second half of that game, and it was much worse for K-State than the score implies.

K-State couldn't stop Army's run-first offense if they had 13 men on the field. K-State looked UNC bad.

 

[Nick Danger]

This fear of getting stuck in a failing conference, could explain why TCU has stepped up implementing it's back-up, "just-in-case", plan to get out, should the Big-12 continue to falter.

Just like with the creation of the recent Med School, soundly beating North Carolina, a school often mentioned as a potential addition for both the SEC and Big 10, should help with that, as should upgrading the school's research gravitas (R-1) status as an intermediate step to achieving AAU status.

 

[ShadowFrog]

Wait.
Wasn’t Army really good last year?

 

[WhatTheFrog]

None too impressed by the performance of our conference mates to this point. It's still early, but my expectations have changed to being in the running for the championship this season.

 

[bc puckett]

Wait.
Wasn’t Army really good last year?

Last year yes. This year they lost their opener to Tarleton

 

[LisaLT]

None too impressed by the performance of our conference mates to this point. It's still early, but my expectations have changed to being in the running for the championship this season.

It is too soon for most of the conference. Looking at Utah and Tech and BYU, they look great right now, but haven't played a tough opponent yet. It will be interesting to see that Tech/Utah match up this weekend.