Oklahoma State 31, Kansas State 20: Lousy Reception

This was how the night went. Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images An absolutely dreadful sequence of events which resulted in Oklahoma State scoring 21 straight points in the space of seven and a half minutes was more than Kansas State could overcome as the 25th-ranked Wildcats fell 31-20 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater.

K-State moved the ball well on the opening drive, most of the yardage coming on a 37-yard run by Howard. He was 3-7 on the drive, and encouragingly only one of those four incompletions was off the mark at all — and that one was essentially throwing the ball away to avoid a sack, albeit in the middle of the field. But Oklahoma State held and forced…