Howard leads Kansas State rout of Baylor
WACO — Kansas State lost control of its path to the Big 12 championship game last week when quarterback Will Howard was watching from the sideline.
The super sub helped the Wildcats get it back, with a little help from undefeated conference leader TCU.
Howard threw for three touchdowns after Adrian Martinez exited with another injury, and the Wildcats buoyed their Big 12 title hopes with a 31-3 rout of Baylor on Saturday night.
The defending conference champion Bears
(6-4, 4-3 Big 12) will need help to get back to the championship game after a three-game winning streak had put them back in contention.
The Wildcats (7-3, 5-2) are now alone in second place behind the fourthranked Horned Frogs.
OKLAHOMA STATE 20 IOWA STATE 14
Spencer Sanders came off the bench to throw the go-ahead touchdown pass, and the Cowboys rallied to defeat the Cyclones in Stillwater, Okla.
Sanders, the regular starter, has been battling a shoulder injury. He replaced Gunnar Gundy late in the third quarter, and his 14-yard touchdown pass to Jaden Nixon with 9:18 remaining in the fourth put Oklahoma State up 17-14.
The son of Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy was benched after throwing an interception.
Oklahoma State (7-3, 4-3 Big 12) remained in the running for a spot in the Big 12 title game.
WEST VIRGINIA 23 OKLAHOMA 20
Backup quarterback Garrett Greene ran for two touchdowns and threw for a third score, and Casey Legg's 25-yard field goal as time ran out lifted the Mountaineers to a win over the Sooners in Morgantown, W. Va.
West Virginia (4-6, 2-5 Big 12) beat Oklahoma for the first time since joining the Big 12 in 2012.
TEXAS TECH 43 KANSAS 28
Tyler Shough threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score and the Red Raiders outlasted the Jayhawks in Lubbock.
Tahj Brooks sealed the victory with a 5-yard touchdown run with 3:33 remaining in the game.