Donny Starks had seen just about enough of Carter Stanley hitting short passes. He sized up the play, timed his move, and stepped right into the path of yet another. A quick 39 yards later, Starks was in the end zone, and Kansas State had a 20-3 lead.
Despite injuries to Jesse Ertz and Alex Barnes, and several Kansas attempts to make it interesting, the game was all but over. The Wildcats used a stout defense to hold on and earn Bill Snyder his 200th career victory, a 34-19 decision over their in-state rivals.
The only glaring black mark on the game was a 95-yard touchdown pass from Stanley to LaQuviante Gonzalez, a play which resulted from Dante Barnett simply being unable to make the tackle in space.