MANHATTAN — Down by nine and facing fourth-and-7 in Texas Tech territory , Kansas State football still had somewhat of a pulse against one of the best teams in the country.

Despite all of the mistakes the Wildcats had made leading up to that point , they still had a chance at pulling off a season-defining upset.

Avery Johnson dropped back to pass and found an open Garrett Oakley, to whom he threw a catchable ball. As happened far too often during Saturday afternoon's contest , the ball hit the ground, eliminating another Kansas State opportunity.

The game spiraled from there, with No. 13 Texas Tech emerging with a 43-20 win in the Big 12 matchup on Nov. 1 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Kansas State turned the ball over five times and dropped far too many passes even to give thems

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