Oklahoma St. ends Oklahoma’s title streak
STILLWATER, Okla. — Spencer Sanders threw for a touchdown and ran for another and No. 7 Oklahoma State beat No. 10 Oklahoma 37-33 on Saturday night to keep alive its College Football Playoff chances and stop the Sooners’ streak of Big 12 titles at six.
Oklahoma State (11-1, 8-1) snapped a six-game losing streak to Oklahoma. The Cowboys will play No. 8 Baylor next Saturday for the Big 12 championship.
Oklahoma (10-2, 7-2) got the ball one last time at its 20 with 54 seconds remaining and no timeouts. Caleb Williams scrambled and ran 56 yards to put the Sooners in scoring range. But Oklahoma State’s Collin Oliver sacked Williams on fourth down at the Oklahoma State 32 with eight seconds remaining, setting off a wild celebration.
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy won for just the third time in 17 tries against Oklahoma. Now, the Cowboys can win their first Big 12 title since 2011.
Oklahoma State already had clinched a spot in the Big 12 title game, but the stakes remained high.
With Baylor’s victory over Texas Tech earlier Saturday, Oklahoma needed a win to reach the conference championship game, giving Oklahoma State a
chance to eliminate its rival.
The game turned when Oklahoma’s Eric Gray muffed a punt and Oklahoma State recovered at the Oklahoma 5. Jaylen Warren then punched it in from the 1 to give Oklahoma State a 37-33 lead with 8:54 remaining.
BAYLOR 27, TEXAS TECH 24
Blake Shapen threw for 254 yards and two touchdowns
in his first start, Abram Smith ran for 117 yards with a score and the Bears held on to beat the Red Raiders for their 10th win, which would put the Bears the Big 12 championship game for the second time in three seasons when Oklahoma lost at Oklahoma State later Saturday.
Shapen hit Trestan Ebner in stride near the 25 for a 61-yard catch-and-run
score on the game’s opening drive that put Baylor ahead to stay. Shapen had a decisive 9-yard TD pass to tight end Ben Sims with 7 minutes left to respond to a Tech score.
The Red Raiders (6-6, 3-6) still had one more chance after stopping Baylor on fourth down on its 12 with 1:18 and no timeouts left.
They got in position for a 53-yard field goal attempt by Jonathan Garibay, who had plenty of leg but pushed the kick wide left on the final play. Garibay, who was 13 of 13 on field goals before then, had a game-ending 62yarder to beat Iowa State two week earlier.
Donovan Smith was 16-of-23 passing for 262 yards with two late TD passes for the Red Raiders.
WEST VIRGINIA 34 KANSAS 28
Jarret Doege threw for 170 yards and three touchdowns, Leddie Brown ran for 156 yards and another score, and the Mountaineers held on to beat the Jayhawks and make the Mountaineers bowl-eligible.
Winston Wright Jr. had two TD catches and Tony Mathis Jr. added 118 yards rushing for the Mountaineers (6-6, 4-5 Big 12), who also got two picks in the end zone from Josh Chandler-Semedo in beating the Jayhawks for the eighth straight time.
Jalon Daniels gave Kansas (2-10, 1-8) a chance with his touchdown run with 1:46 left, but the Jayhawks had no timeouts left and were forced to try an onside kick. The Mountaineers recovered it and ran out the clock.
Gavin Potter had a pick-6 for the Jayhawks that made it 21-all in the second half. But the Jayhawks
made too mistakes on the other side of the ball, getting stopped three times on fourth down and finishing 3 of 6 in the red zone.
After the Jayhawks opened with a field goal, the Mountaineers fumbled on their first offensive play, only for Kansas to give the ball right back when Daniels was sacked on fourth-and-goal at the West Virginia 4.
The Mountaineers proceeded 84 yards and 75 yards on consecutive possessions to take a 14-6
lead. And when Kansas answered with a touchdown toss to walk-on tight end Jared Casey, the cult hero for his 2-point conversion catch to beat Texas, West Virginia skipped 59 yards in 1:23 for a TD and 21-13 halftime lead.