With Southern Illinois at the K-State 21 with 19 seconds left, the game was very much on the line.
Felix Anudike-Uzomah was the deciding factor. His sack of Nic Baker, his third of the game, put an end to any hopes of a Saluki victory as Kansas State escaped with a 31-23 win at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. That the game was even in doubt after the Wildcats jumped out to a 21-0 lead was the consequence of disaster: Skylar Thompson has once again been sidelined with an injury, and the wheels fell off almost immediately after that happened.