Down goes OU. Kansas State marches into Norman and marches out with a 41-34 win. Quarterback Adrian Martinez played the game of his career in this one with 148 yards on the ground and four touchdowns to power the Wildcats to the upset victory. K-State has now taken ¾ from Oklahoma as coach Chris Kliemen shows yet again he can build something sustainable in Manhattan. For Brent Venables, the loss to his alma mater will certainly sting.
USC escaped Corvalis with a 17-14 win. They nabbed four Beavers turnovers and they needed every single one of them, with a late pick ending a drive by the Beavers as OSU drove to potentially tie or win the game. The Trojans defense has been incredibly opportunistic all season leading Power 5 in takeaways coming in, and even led Lincoln Riley to correct a reporter in the postgame on-field interview by saying “we’ll start with the defense.” Caleb Williams and OU’s offense sputtered. Williams wasn’t good through the air, but Travis Dye’s 133 yards gave USC just enough and Williams did have at least one moment of brilliance with this dot for the go-ahead score.
