FINAL: Kansas State 34, Kansas 19

Donny Starks had seen just about enough of Carter Stanley hitting short passes. He sized up the play, timed his move, and stepped right into the path of yet another. A quick 39 yards later, Starks was in the end zone, and Kansas State had a 20-3 lead.

Despite injuries to Jesse Ertz and Alex Barnes, and several Kansas attempts to make it interesting, the game was all but over. The Wildcats used a stout defense to hold on and earn Bill Snyder his 200th career victory, a 34-19 decision over their in-state rivals.

The only glaring black mark on the game was a 95-yard touchdown pass from Stanley to LaQuviante Gonzalez, a play which resulted from Dante Barnett simply being unable to make the tackle…