Cowboys rally to reach title game
STILLWATER, Okla. — Ollie Gordon II ran for his fifth touchdown of the game in the second overtime, and No. 20 Oklahoma State rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat BYU 40-34 on Saturday, securing a spot in the Big 12 Championship game.
BYU had a chance to win after Gordon’s final score, but Oklahoma State’s Trey Rucker ripped the ball from Isaac Rex after a catch and recovered the fumble to end it. The Cowboys celebrated after the play was confirmed by replay review.
Oklahoma State (9-3,
7-2 Big 12) eliminated rival Oklahoma from the title game. The Cowboys will play No. 7 Texas next Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
Gordon, who entered the week as the nation’s leading rusher, finished with 166 yards rushing on a cold, rainy day and has 1,580 this season. Alan Bowman passed for 321 yards and Leon Johnson III had nine catches for 132 yards for Oklahoma State, which matched the thirdlargest comeback in school history.
IOWA STATE 42
NO. 19 KANSAS STATE 35
Abu Sama III ran through the snow for 276 yards and three touchdowns and Rocco Becht threw for 230 yards and three more scores as the Cyclones the Wildcats on fourth down with less than a minute left for a victory in Manhattan, Kan.
The shortest of the Cyclones’ six touchdowns was a tying 33-yard pass from Becht to Jayden Higgins in the fourth quarter, and the longest was a go-ahead 82-yard pass to Jaylin Noel that gave ISU (7-5, 6-3 Big 12) the lead with 8:04 to go.
KANSAS 49, CINCINNATI 16
Jason Bean returned from injury and threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for two more, helping the visiting Jayhawks snap a two-game losing streak with a win over the Bearcats.
WEST VIRGINIA 34 BAYLOR 31
Garrett Greene hit Jahiem White for a 29yard touchdown with just 23 seconds remaining to lift the Mountaineers (8-3) to a victory over the Bears in Waco in the regularseason finale.