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No. 15 Kansas State upends No. 6 Oklahoma

Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 4 months AGO
| September 23, 2012 9:00 PM

For John Hubert and No. 15 Kansas State, there is no sweeter payback than avenging a dream-crushing loss at the hands of No. 6 Oklahoma.

Hubert ran for 130 yards and a touchdown, Jarell Childs scooped up a fumble and returned it for a score and the Wildcats beat the Sooners 24-19 on Saturday night at Norman, Okla., to avenge a wrenching loss from last season.

From the lows of absorbing a 41-point blowout loss on their home field that snuffed out their hopes for an undefeated season to the joys of celebrating on Oklahoma's hallowed home field, the boys from the Little Apple came up big.

"We had a chip on our shoulder. They came to my house and they kind of embarrassed us. We just wanted to come out and stay on them and keep pounding them, keep pounding them, keep pounding them until the best team won," Hubert said.

Collin Klein picked up 228 yards of total offense and ran for the go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter in a solid performance that outshined and error-filled night by Sooners quarterback Landry Jones.

Jones threw for 298 yards and a late touchdown to get Oklahoma (2-1, 0-1 Big 12) within five but also fumbled and threw an interception that put Kansas State (4-0, 1-0) in position to go ahead.

Jones had returned to Oklahoma instead of entering the NFL draft in part for one last shot at a national championship. That could be in jeopardy already.

"Landry's awesome. He a great quarterback," Klein said. "He made a lot of great throws. It's just sometimes they're going to get you, and we were able to be on the right end of that."

K-State coach Bill Snyder, the mentor to Sooners counterpart Bob Stoops, scored another marquee win against his former pupil. His only other win head-to-head had come in the 2003 Big 12 championship game, with the Wildcats losing in the other eight meetings.

"He was very excited. He really didn't have too much words to say," Hubert said. "That's when you can tell when coach Snyder is excited, when he comes into the locker room and he's kind of speechless.

"We're just happy that we could come out and get a big win at OU and show the world and show the fans that we're capable of doing big things."

No. 1 Alabama 40, Florida Atlantic 7: At Tuscaloosa, Ala., AJ McCarron threw three touchdown passes, including an early 85-yarder to Kenny Bell, and Alabama (4-0) routed Florida Atlantic (1-3).

No. 2 LSU 12, Auburn 10: At Auburn, Ala., LSU's defense delivered a first-quarter safety and shut out Auburn (1-3, 0-2 SEC) in the second half to give the Tigers (4-0, 1-0) a victory.

Auburn led 10-9 at halftime but managed only 183 yards.

No. 4 Florida State 49, No. 10 Clemson 37: At Tallahassee, Fla., EJ Manuel threw for a career-high 380 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another 102 yards as Florida State rallied from a two-touchdown deficit to defeat Clemson.

Chris Thompson ran for 103 yards and two scores and James Wilder Jr. added two touchdowns runs for the Seminoles, who broke open a close game with 35 second-half points. Thompson, who has 300 yards rushing in two ACC games, also caught eight passes for 79 yards.

Florida State (4-0. 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed until late in the third quarter, taking its first lead at 35-31 on Manuel's 29-yard touchdown pass to Rodney Smith. The Seminoles, who finished with 667 yards, built a 49-31 lead before Clemson (3-1, 0-1) scored late.

No. 5 Georgia 48, Vanderbilt 3: At Athens, Ga., Aaron Murray completed his first 12 passes, accounted for three touchdowns and Georgia (4-0, 2-0 SEC) routed Vanderbilt (1-3, 0-2).

No. 7 South Carolina 31, Missouri 10: At Columbia, S.C., Connor Shaw completed 20 straight passes and threw for two touchdowns, Marcus Lattimore ran for two scores and South Carolina (4-0, 2-0) beat Missouri (2-2, 0-2 SEC).

No. 8 West Virginia 31, Maryland 21: At Morgantown, W.Va., Geno Smith threw three touchdown passes to Tavon Austin and West Virginia (3-0) beat Maryland (2-2).

No. 11 Notre Dame 13, No. 18 Michigan 6: At South Bend, Ind., Manti Te'o had two interceptions as Notre Dame picked off five Michigan passes and backup quarterback Tommy Rees ran for a touchdown to spark the Fighting Irish (4-0) past the Wolverines (2-2).

Denard Robinson, who amassed 948 yards of total offense in victories over the Irish past two years, wasn't as effective this time as the Irish repeatedly forced him into mistakes. He threw four interceptions in the first half, then lost a fumble at the Notre Dame 8-yard line on the first drive of the second half.

No. 14 Florida 38, Kentucky 0: At Gainesville, Fla., Jeff Driskel accounted for two touchdowns, helping Florida (4-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) beat Kentucky (1-3, 0-1) and extend its winning streak to 26 in the series.

No. 16 Ohio State 29, UAB 15: At Columbus, Ohio, Braxton Miller ran for two touchdowns and Ohio State overcame a lethargic, mistake-filled effort to hold off UAB.

UAB (0-3) more than held its own against the Buckeyes (4-0), who committed drive-killing penalties, had a punt blocked for a touchdown and had trouble scoring against a defense giving up 44 points and 477 yards a game.

No. 17 TCU 27, Virginia 7: At Fort Worth, Texas, Brandon Carter had a 68-yard touchdown on one of his one-handed catches, linebacker Kenny Cain recovered a fumble along with two interceptions and TCU (3-0) beat Virginia (2-2) for its 11th consecutive victory.

No. 20 Louisville 28, FIU 21: At Miami, Teddy Bridgewater passed for two touchdowns and ran for another score, leading the Cardinals (4-0) past Florida International (1-3).

No. 21 Michigan State 23, Eastern Michigan 7: At East Lansing, Mich., Le'Veon Bell rushed for a career-high 253 yards and a touchdown to help the Spartans (3-1) beat Eastern Michigan (0-4).

No. 23 Mississippi 30, South Alabama 10: At Starkville, Miss., Mississippi State started its season with four straight wins for the first time since 1999, beating South Alabama (1-3).

Big day for PSU's McGloin: Matt McGloin threw for a career-high 318 yards and ran for two short scores, and linebacker Michael Mauti led another strong defensive effort to lead Penn State (2-2) to a 24-13 win over Temple (1-2) at State College, Pa.

ODU's Heinicke sets record: Taylor Heinicke set a Division I record by passing for 730 yards as Old Dominion rallied to beat New Hampshire 64-61 at Norfolk, Va., in the Colonial Athletic Association opener for both teams.

Heinicke was 55 for 79, setting school records for both, and coming two completions short of the FCS record. David Klingler of Houston had the Division I record of 716 yards passing against Arizona State on Dec. 2, 1990.

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