BIG 12 ROUNDUP
No. 25 Oklahoma State 31, Kansas 13: Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy broke away from his usual approach to postseason awards and lobbied for Chuba Hubbard to be a Heisman Trophy finalist. Hubbard, the nation’s rushing leader, ran for 122 yards and two touchdowns, and host Oklahoma State (7-3, 4-3 Big 12, No. 22 CFP) rolled past Kansas (3-7, 1-6) on Saturday. Hubbard has rushed for 1,726 yards this season in 10 games. Gundy believes if Hubbard leads Power Five backs in rushing, he should get an invitation to New York for the Heisman ceremony. “He deserves to be there,” Gundy said. “And I can honestly say that for him because he’s a very humble, hardworking young man. And you know me – I don’t step out there much.” Hubbard’s yardage total is the fifth-best in school history for a season, trailing 1988 Heisman winner Barry Sanders, 1977 Heisman runner-up Terry Miller, Ernest Anderson and Thurman Thomas. He has two regular-season games remaining, and on his current pace, he would pass all but Sanders. “We’re proud of what he’s done,” Gundy said. “But at some point, you have to look and say, ‘OK, is this a quarterback award?’ Or do running backs or other positions potentially get involved.” Dillon Stoner caught five passes for a career-high 150 yards and two touchdowns and Spencer Sanders passed for 168 yards and a touchdown for the Cowboys, who won their third straight. Oklahoma State gained 481 total yards, including 243 rushing. Kolby Harvell-peel led Oklahoma State’s defense with two interceptions. Carter Stanley passed for 226 yards and two touchdowns for Kansas.
TCU 33, Texas Tech 31: Jonathan Song’s fourth field goal, a 20-yarder with 5:38 to play, gave visiting TCU (5-5, 3-4) a seesaw win over Texas Tech (4-6, 2-5) in a battle of Big 12 teams fighting to earn bowl eligibility. Max Duggan passed for 323 yards and accounted for all three touchdowns for TCU. He threw touchdown passes of 55 yards to Jalen Reagor and 4 yards to Artayvious Lynn. Duggan ran for a 20-yard touchdown on the game’s first possession. Song’s final field goal was the third lead change of the fourth quarter. He also hit from 36, 28 and 25 yards. Texas Tech’s final possession after the field goal ended on one play. TCU’S Vernon Scott forced a fumble by Mclane Mannix, recovered by Trevon Moehrig at the Red Raiders’ 29-yard line. Trey Wolff’s 24-yard field goal with 12:21 put Tech ahead 31-30. Tech was unsuccessful on two two-point tries in the second half after Wolff missed a PAT in the second quarter. Tech’s Jett Duffey threw for 333 yards and four touchdowns: 70 and 32 yards to R.J. Turner, 33 yards to Erik Ezukanma and 26 yards to Dalton Rigdon. Amid the Red Raiders rally, TCU cornerback Jeff Gladney was ejected for targeting on a tackle of Rigdon. On the following play, Duffey threw the 32-yard touchdown pass to Turner that pulled Tech, which trailed 24-3 early in the second quarter, within 27-22.