Team of the Week : Kansas State : With a lot of the focus in the conference on the showdown in Stillwater, the Wildcats showed up and did what was expected; they DESTROYED Kansas. K-State was helped along with 2 punt returns for scores by Phillip Brooks. 55 yards in the first quarter and then 52 at the end of the first half. The Wildcats are no 4-0 in the Big XII and along with Oklahoma State have big jump ahead of the rest of the conference to get to Arlington and the Big XII Title Game. With the 55-14 win the 'Cats have won 12 straight Sunflower State Showdowns. The longest by either school in the battle for the Governors Cup.
Game of the Week : Oklahoma State 24 - Iowa State 21 : The showdown in Stillwater felt more like a Big Ten Game rather than a Big XII shootout. With these 2 teams defenses I'm not really shocked though. The Cyclones scored first, but after OSU scored to tie it seemed they had control of the game. The Pokes in the second half etched out a 10 point lead early in the fourth quarter. The Clones scored late with 49 seconds left, but couldn't recover the onside kick to make it more interesting. Oklahoma State along with K-State now are jockeyed ahead of everyone in the conference for the bids to the title game. The Cowboys needed this one more though with their next 3 games vs Texas, KState and Oklahoma. Don't count Iowa State out of anything either. They own the tie breaker over Oklahoma and get Texas and K-State coming up.
Player of the Week : Phillip Brooks - PR - KState : Brooks set school records for KState for Punt Return yardage and scores in a game with his 2 scores vs Kansas. Brooks 4 returns totaled 189 yards for the Wildcats. His first return of 55 yards put KState on the board first. His other score closed out the first half, essentially putting the nail in the coffin for the Jayhawks.
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