No one dressed in a Kansas State football uniform felt more relief than Alex Barnes when Kansas State’s 27-24 victory against South Dakota went final Saturday night at Snyder Family Stadium.
“If we would have lost,” Barnes said, “that would have been on me.”
Barnes, K-State’s starting running back, was understandably hard on himself. The fact that he rushed for 103 yards meant little when he realized it took him 21 carries to hit that number. Even worse, he put the ball on the ground three times and lost two fumbles. One of them occurred in the final minute, with the Wildcats trying to run out the clock.