With Alex Delton in sweats on the sideline, the offense has been Skylar Thompson’s to run. That opened the passing game, which in turn opened up the running game.
Result? Alex Barnes has run for touchdowns of 55 and 34 yards, racking up 127 yards on only ten carries. Of course, Barnes is also responsible for a couple of critical miscues — a dropped snap in the Wildcat on fourth down and a missed block which led to a key sack of Thompson — but a game bend-but-don’t-break effort by the K-State defense has allowed the Wildcats to survive those errors and retain a 14-12 lead over Baylor at the half.