Kansas State survived a scare in its season-opening game, while No. 18 Mississippi State looked pretty scary. With starting quarterback Nick Fitzgerald back in the lineup, those patterns just might continue Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kan.
Kansas State (1-0) needed 15 fourth-quarter points to edge FCS opponent South Dakota. Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week Isaiah Zuber returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown to pull the Wildcats to within 24-19 early in the quarter. Five minutes later, Zuber caught a pass from quarterback Skylar Thompson in the back of the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown and the winning points in a 27-24 victory.