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It’s All About Sam

The Horns beat K-State with a thrilling ending.

“When we went into overtime, I told the offense, ‘We’ve been here before, this is just like USC,’” head coach Tom Herman said. “I think it was Patrick Vahe who looked at me and said, ‘Yeah, except we’re going to win it this time.’”

The tone was set from a lowered shoulder and a glare. Whatever you needed out of a true freshman quarterback in just his third-career start, Sam Ehlinger was going to give it to you.

"He's fearless and that puts fear into the defense," linebacker Malik Jefferson said.