No one can beat TCU - Big 12 Week 8 Roundup.
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The Kansas Jayhawks lost for the third straight game against the Baylor Bears on Saturday, but they weren't the only Big 12 teams in action. There were plenty of other results around the league that had a big impact on the race as well, including a showdown between the only two undefeated (in conference) teams left in the conference.
We'll update our Big 12 Power Rankings tonight, so let's run through the results from around the rest of the league.
Texas Tech 48 - West Virginia 10
The Red Raiders jumped on the Mountaineers early and never gave them a chance to get back in the game as they dominated both sides of the ball in their win. Outside of drives that ended a half, Texas Tech scored on 8 of their 11 drives, pummeling West Virginia in the second start for Behren Morton.
CJ Donaldson returned for the Mountaineers, but only tallied 33 yards on 12 carries, including a costly fumble. JT Daniels threw 3 interceptions and only 1 touchdown. That score went to leading receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton, who was held to 53 yards on 5 receptions.
On the other side, Morton passed for 325 yards and 2 touchdowns, Taj Brooks totaled 107 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns on 17 carries and Xavier White caught 8 passes for 139 yards and a touchdown.
#11 Oklahoma State 41 - #20 Texas 34
The Texas Longhorns gave up another second half double digit lead as Spencer Sanders led two 4th quarter touchdown drives to keep the Oklahoma State Cowboys in second place in the Big 12 race.
Quarterback Quinn Ewers and the Texas offense had a dismal fourth quarter, with a missed field goal and two interceptions to kill important drives. Ewers ended the game with 3 interceptions to only two touchdowns, and Bijan Robinson's 140 rushing yards weren't enough to get Texas the win.
Instead, it was Spencer Sanders with his 391 yards and 2 touchdowns to just a single interception that was able to lead his team to victory. He was helped by Dominic Richardson's 3 rushing touchdowns on just 24 yards.
#8 TCU 38 - #17 Kansas State 28
It was helped by a couple big injuries to the top two quarterbacks for the Kansas State Wildcats, but the TCU Horned Frogs mounted a big comeback to solidify their position as the top team in the conference with a 38-28 win.
Max Duggan threw 3 touchdown passes and Kendre Miller added two more touchdowns on 153 yards rushing on 29 carries. Quentin Johnson had a relatively quiet night, only catching 4 passes for 74 yards and 1 touchdown. The Horned Frogs didn't have a spectacular game on defense, but they were able to capitalize on Kansas State mistakes.
And Kansas State made a lot of them, using two different backup quarterbacks. Adrian Martinez was knocked out of the game on the second drive for the Wildcats. Will Howard entered the game and built a 28-10 lead before being knocked out of the game himself on the first drive of the second half. TCU took the lead shortly after and two failed drives, including a Jake Rubley interception, put the game out of reach.
Will Howard came back into the game to try and spark a rally, but the TCU defense clamped down to secure the victory.
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