Alex Barnes nearly doubled his career high in rushing yards with 250 and Baylor’s Connor Martin missed three field goals, but made a big one when it counted most and K-State (2-4, 0-3) loses to Baylor (4-2, 2-1) 37-34, leaving their hopes for the postseason looking thinner than they have in a decade.
K-State entered the half with a two-point lead thanks to a pair of Barnes rushing touchdowns and some classic, Tom Hayes-style bend-don’t-break defense, but the second half started about as bad as one could hope, when Isaiah Zuber fumbled the kickoff and Baylor scored and converted for two points to take a 20-14 lead.