In his press conference this week, Coach Klieman mentioned that losing Khalid Duke was a huge blow, because the 3-3-5 they are running was designed around his ability to play both defensive end and linebacker.
I went back and looked at the Oklahoma tape, and sure enough, there was a Duke sized hole in the defense. On several occasions, K-State was in the right defense, made the right read, but couldn’t finish off the play. In this defense, Khalid was supposed to be the closer. He was the guy they planned on scheming free to get the quarterback on the ground.