The defender latched on to Tylan Wallace, but Wallace didn’t stop moving.
With less than a minute left, the Oklahoma State football team trailed West Virginia.
Wallace, an OSU redshirt sophomore wide receiver and Biletnikoff Award candidate, secured the pass from quarterback Taylor Cornelius. Although Keith Washington Jr., a WVU cornerback, smothered Wallace, he powered ahead to the end zone, shifting the momentum as the sparse but engaged crowd roared.
Matt Ammendola’s point after touchdown iced OSU’s 45-41 victory against the Mountaineers on Saturday in Boone Pickens Stadium. As the Cowboys high-fived each other and smiled in fans’ selfies on the field, Larry Reece, the public address announcer, declared that OSU is going bowling.