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Kansas State beat Southern Illinois 31-23 in the first home game of the season. But make no mistake, this was not a win; it was an escape. What looked like a comfortable victory in the first quarter turned into a battle to the finish by the end.
Although the Wildcats won the game, Kansas State may have lost the war. Skylar Thompson was attempting to throw a block for Deuce Vaughn when he just sort of buckled and ultimately limped off the field. Although he later walked back to the locker room unaided, the nature and extent of his injury remains unclear.