With 28 seconds to play, Hakeem Bailey picked off Skylar Thompson near the goal line to end Thompson’s attempt to stage a fifth career game winning drive as West Virginia Mountaineers upset #24 Kansas State Wildcats 24-20 today at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan.
The drive should have been unnecessary. With 11:27 to play and the Wildcats (6-4, 3-4) leading 20-17, the Mountaineers (4-6, 2-5) were facing 3rd and 22 at the 50. K-State forced Jarret Doege to scramble, and it looked like Doege was just going to throw the ball away to avoid a sack.