Cats beat Sooners; enter AP poll

Football

Isn’t college football grand? Isn’t it amazing how a win can reset your expectations of a team and maybe even the entire season?

In Norman last night, Kansas State beat #6 Oklahoma 41-34 in the Big 12 opener for both teams, delivering a statement and maybe even cementing the Wildcats’ status as a proper rival for the Sooners. It was the most points Kansas State has ever scored at Oklahoma in the series, and the win caught enough attention to vault the Wildcats into the latest AP Top 25 poll (still only RV in the Coaches’ Poll though).

It was dark when the game kicked off, but at Oklahoma yesterday, it was nearly always 9AM. Adrian Martinez, playing with unexpected confidence, had…