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The Kansas State football team has not lost at home to Texas since Ell Roberson and Darren Sproles were in Wildcat uniforms all the way back in 2002. The Cats look to keep their continue their good fortunes at home against the Longhorns when they host them this Saturday. “Obviously anytime you play against Texas, it is going to be a big game because of the history that the university brings,” senior defensive end Jordan Willis said. “They are a good football team, so anytime you can beat them, you obviously had to do a lot to achieve that.” Continuing their home streak against Texas will certainly be no easy task for the Wildcats, but there is a big indicator that bodes well for them. K-State tends to play much better at home, especially on offense. The competition has been much easier, but there’s no de-
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A K-State fan crowd surfs in the student section after a touchdown during the football game between K-State and Texas Tech on Oct. 8 in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. nying K-State’s home success. They have won all three of their home games and outscored those three opponents 142-45.
The passing game has been much more efficient at home. The Wildcats have completed 65 percent of their passes at
home compared to just 45 percent on the road. K-State also averages 244 yards per game on the ground compared to just
107.3 on the road. K-State will try and continue its offensive success against the improving-by-the-week Texas defense. The Longhorns have certainly not been stellar on the defensive side of the ball, as they allow 444.3 yards and 34 points a game. However, they did look improved a week ago against Iowa State, and like usual, they boast lots of speed and athleticism on the defensive side of the ball. In Tuesday’s press conference, head coach Bill Snyder said he thinks Texas’ defense is improving. “I think you have seen it come collectively during the course of the season,” Snyder said. “They are getting personnel sorted out. I think they have played an awful lot of young players early in the season and kind of sorted through that ... You see far fewer mistakes in the last ballgame or so than you did previously, particularly in the last ballgame. I think they are just getting settled in more than anything else and acclimated to playing with each other on the defensive side of the ball.”
Defense may not be a big strength for the Longhorns just yet, but the same cannot be said of their offense, especially their rushing attack. The Longhorns are led by their 249-pound monster of a running back, D’Onta Foreman. Foreman has already ran for 731 yards and eight touchdowns and leads the Big 12 in rushing by more than 200 yards. What makes that even more impressive is that he missed a game early on because of injury. Snyder said he is impressed with Foreman’s play. “When you watch him with his hands on the ball, he is a very powerful runner, stays on his feet extremely well, has excellent lower body strength but can bounce the ball out as well and has got speed to go along with it,” Snyder said. “He is a very talented, young back and what is impressive to me is he has been consistent about it throughout the season.” The Wildcats will look to stop Foreman and continue their Texas dominance on Saturday, starting at 11 a.m. in Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
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Sooners lead week 8 Big 12 offensive player rankings PEYTON GARRISON THE COLLEGIAN
1. DEDE WESTBROOK, SENIOR WR, OKLAHOMA Westbrook torched the K-State defense all day long, bringing in nine receptions for 184 yards and three touchdowns, including an 88-yard reception. Westbrook exposed the Wildcats’ secondary with his quickness and speed, leaving the Wildcats shellshocked. Westbrook was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for his performance.
2. BAKER MAYFIELD, JUNIOR QB, OKLAHOMA
Mayfield made sure his Sooners got back on track with a big win at home against the Wildcats, 38-17. Mayfield picked apart the K-State secondary with quick, intermediate routes and then aired it out when the defense played press coverage. Another big game for Mayfield as he threw for 346 yards, four touchdowns and a pick.
3. RUSHEL SHELL, SENIOR RB, WEST VIRGINIA
Shell broke out of his shell this week against the Red
Raiders, rushing 21 times for 104 yards and two touchdowns. This was Shell’s biggest performance of the season, bouncing back from a couple of tough weeks against BYU and K-State. Shell helped lead his team to a blowout win over Texas Tech 48-17.
4. JONATHAN GILES, SOPHOMORE WR, TEXAS TECH
Another huge game for Giles as he racked up 136 receiving yards on eight catches with two touchdowns to go along with it. Giles has had a monster year for the Red Raiders, already scoring nine touchdowns and 750 receiving yards. Giles is making a case as a Heisman candidate, but his Red Raiders just keep on losing.
5. SETH RUSSELL, SENIOR QB, BAYLOR
Russell didn’t play a perfect game Saturday against the Kansas Jayhawks, completing only nine of 22 pass attempts, two of which were touchdown passes. But you don’t have to play a perfect game to beat KU. Russell also ran for 68 yards and two touchdowns. Russell flat-out beat the Jayhawks single-handedly. see page12, “OFFENSIVE
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What to watch in college football BRETT ENGLE
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TCU VS. NO. 12 WEST VIRGINIA
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This Big 12 matchup features a surprise undefeated team and a team that could easily be undefeated. We’ll start with the latter. TCU has two losses on the season, one to Arkansas and one to Oklahoma, but lost both games by a combined nine points. A play or two in each game and the Horned Frogs may be sitting at 6-0 instead of 4-2. Junior quarterback Kenny Hill has been the playmaker for the TCU offense, throwing for 2,142 yards and 12 touchdowns halfway through the regular season. Hill has also added seven scores on the ground, tied for the team lead with junior running back Kyle Hicks. Hill has taken plenty of risks, though, throwing eight interceptions. West Virginia currently sits at 5-0, recently escaping with a one-point win against Kansas State and shutting down Texas Tech’s explosive offense, holding them to just
17 points. A star for West Virginia has been junior wide receiver Shelton Gibson. In a three-game stretch this year, Gibson caught 13 balls for 419 yards and two scores. He has been a reliable vertical threat for senior quarterback Skyler Howard. There is a little cause for concern, though, as in the other two games, Gibson only has 53 yards. If Gibson shows up to play, the Mountaineers could roll over the Horned Frogs. This Big 12 battle will kick off at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
EASTERN MICHIGAN VS. NO. 20 WESTERN MICHIGAN
Didn’t expect to see this one on the list, did you? Yeah, me neither. But after taking a closer look, this game is more intriguing than one would think. Eastern Michigan currently sits at 5-2, with its only losses coming at Missouri, a game in which the Eagles were just simply outmatched, and a 35-20 loss against Toledo. Eastern Michigan’s X-factor lies in its wide
receivers. So far, the Eagles have four receivers with three touchdown receptions in juniors Sergio Bailey II, Antoine Porter and John Niupalau and freshman tight end Nigel Kilby. Having that much talent all over the field makes any quarterback’s job just a little bit easier. The other Michigan team, Western Michigan, has been unblemished this year, winning its first seven games to start the season. Granted, the Broncos haven’t really played anyone that good, but winning seven games in a row is impressive nonetheless. The force behind the Broncos’ winning streak is due in large part to senior quarterback Zach Terrell. Terrell has thrown for 1,597 yards and 17 touchdowns. What’s more impressive is that he has yet to throw an interception this year.
Terrell has also ran for five touchdowns, which is tied for second on the team. This MAC showdown will kick off at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
NO. 6 TEXAS A&M VS. NO. 1 ALABAMA
This game features two undefeated top-10 teams that are somewhat polar opposites. Texas A&M started the season unranked, but has worked all the way up to No. 6. On the other hand, Alabama started the season at No. 1 and hasn’t moved since. Texas A&M has knocked off three top-20 teams this year in No. 16 UCLA in overtime, No. 17 Arkansas and most recently No. 9 Tennessee in double overtime. see page
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Homecoming 2016: The battle of inconsistent offenses SHELTON BURCH THE COLLEGIAN
The Wildcats have been the exact opposite of nearly every Big 12 team they have faced so far this season. They’ve brought a savage defense to the table against strong offenses like Texas Tech, West Virginia and Oklahoma. But as the Wildcats prepare to play the Texas Longhorns in Saturday’s Homecoming game, those watching will see two teams who are actually quite similar in one key characteristic: Both teams are maddeningly inconsistent. Both teams enter Saturday’s game with identical records: 3-3 overall, 1-2 in the conference. Playing in the purple will be the Wildcats, who at times have shown signs of offensive potential, only to turn around and squash any sprouting hopes
of seeing such performances very often. The quarterback situation, and junior quarterback Jesse Ertz, are perfect examples of this inconsistency. Ertz played decently at best against West Virginia in his first conference game as a starter, completing 33 percent of his passes with no touchdowns and one interception. Then he played fairly well against Texas Tech, completing 50 percent of his passes with a touchdown and no interceptions, before just playing OK against Oklahoma, completing 57 percent of his passes for no touchdowns and no interceptions. That number is possibly skewed in his favor, though, because Ertz had to leave the game right before halftime with an injury to his throwing shoulder. Ertz would come back and throw one pass in the third quar-
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Junior quarterback Jesse Ertz looks to throw downfield during the K-State game against Missouri State on Sept. 24 in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. ter, before removing himself for the remainder of the game. Immediately behind him is senior quarterback Joe Hubener, who has completed 57 percent of his passes this season
but whose 1-1 touchdown to interception ratio is about on par with what he did last season when he threw nine touchdowns to 10 interceptions. Hubener’s thing, however,
is that he can add scores on the ground. Last year, he accounted for 13 of Kansas State’s 29 rushing touchdowns. That makes him a decent dual-threat quarterback. Ultimately, K-State has an OK, older dual-threat quarterback backing up a younger passing quarterback who is the better of the two, but is also coming off an injury. And sure, the Wildcats have a powerhouse defense, but as we saw against Texas Tech, even a good defense needs offensive support against the juggernaut offenses ruling the Big 12. The Wildcats’ offense has been inconsistent to the point of possibly being infuriating, but Texas’ offense has as well. If you happen to be a K-State fan who is irked by the offense’s inconsistency, and you’re looking for someone outside your own team’s fanbase to vent to, allow me to introduce
you to someone who can empathize: Texas fans. Like the Wildcats, the Longhorns start a younger quarterback with a better arm over a senior quarterback with better rushing ability. In their first game against No.10 Notre Dame, freshman quarterback Shane Buechele threw for 280 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. The game included one of the weirdest turns of events in a decade of watching college football. Down 35-31 with under four minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Longhorns scored on an 18-yard rushing touchdown by junior running back D’Onta Foreman to go up 37-35. The extra point, however, was blocked by Notre Dame and returned for 2-point score, which tied the game 37-37. see page
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Students at Kansas State are paying more for goods and services than they did last year, according to the Student Price Index. The Student Price Index, which was calculated by the Economics Club, shows the cost of living for students at K-State experienced 2 percent inflation from last year. The SPI has been calculated by the Economics Club since 2002 and is similar to the Consumer Price Index, which is calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Both indexes are tools that measure yearly inflation. Comparatively, inflation for students at K-State was higher than inflation for the country. The Student Price Index was 2 percent while the Consumer Price Index was 1.5 percent. The 2 percent inflation for students was not as high as it has been in previous years. Since 2002, 7 percent has been the average rate of increase. “Overall, I’d have to say it was kind of anticlimactic,” Paige Porter, junior in economics and vice president of the Economics Club, said. “The prices have stayed the same, which is good for us.
Not too much changed, and there’s not too much harm either. So that’s good to hear as a student in college, definitely.” The Student Price Index was calculated using data collected by the students in the Economics Club, who checked prices at various locations in Manhattan. Included in the data are prices for gas, groceries, tuition, beer, housing, textbooks, pizza and movies, not including tax. “It’s where we have to spend our money ... it’s all needed necessities,” Porter said. Matthew Zuiss, senior in finance and member of the Economics Club, collected price information and also did calculations with the data. He said he was surprised when he first saw the Student Price Index for this year. “I was kind of surprised,” Zuiss said. “It was mostly flat — it hasn’t really changed that much.” That lack of high inflation, Zuiss said, means student buying power did not decrease. In fact, there were a few areas where students actually saw cheaper prices for goods. For example, the average cost of non-greek housing decreased by $5.50. Porter said it was “shocking” that gas saw no inflation from last year.
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Late-night pizza: Pizza Shuttle vs. Jeff's Pizza Shop JULIA HOOD KELSEY KENDALL THE COLLEGIAN
Late-night pizza is a magical thing, perfect for midnight study sessions or nights of having fun in Aggieville, which is why it is time to figure out the best place to get an after-hours pizza.
PIZZA SHUTTLE’S SMALL PIZZA: HALF CHEESE, HALF SUPREME ($7.50) Pizza Shuttle’s cheese Julia: Cheese may be the greatest invention of all time. So, I was expecting any cheese pizza to have lots of it. First looking at Pizza Shuttle’s cheese slice, I was pretty impressed. There was a good amount of cheese on it with plenty of yummy grease to compliment it. The cheese on this slice tasted delicious and cheesy, exactly how I wanted it. The only take back for me was the crust. It was a tad rough and hard to chew. However, the cheese outdid it, and so did the price. In comparison to Jeff’s, this cheese slice has my vote. Kelsey: Cheese and I have a special relationship. I love cheese with a passion, so looking at that beautiful, greasy cheese pizza made my heart happy. This pizza was perfection with not too much sauce and a wonderful amount a cheesy goodness. I don’t typically eat the crust of my pizzas, though I will admit this was not the greatest crust out there. It was a little tough to chew. Still, out of the two cheese pizzas we tried, Pizza Shuttle was my favorite. Pizza Shuttle’s supreme J: I like my pizza with a lot of toppings. I rarely eat just plain pizza. On Pizza Shuttle’s slice of supreme were A LOT of toppings, all the ones you can expect to find on supreme — peppero-
See full video at kstatecollegian.com. ni, mushrooms, Italian sausage, onions, black olives, etc. The toppings’ combination on the first bite was amazing. The crust still threw me off a tad, but you definitely get enough toppings for your money, but not necessarily a ton of sauce. K: I’m going to have to admit I don’t really care for mushrooms and olives. For the sake of the review, I didn’t act like a toddler and pick off any of the toppings (except for a really big mushroom). All that said, I’m going to have to say this was my least favorite of the pizzas Julia and I tried. There wasn’t enough cheese to make up for the veggies on the pizza, and, like the cheese pizza from Pizza Shuttle, the crust was a little hard to chew. Really, I just didn’t care for this pizza whatsoever.
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Jeff’s cheese J: The best part about this cheese slice wasn’t necessarily the cheese, but the sauce and crust. Compared to Pizza Shuttle, there was not a terrible amount of difference in taste. A better crust and sauce with a higher price tag. In my opinion, not exactly worth it. If you’re going to Jeff’s, make sure to read about Jeff’s supreme, which impressed me more than this slice. K: I was not impressed at all with this pizza. There was definitely more sauce and more spices to said sauce, but when you get a cheese pizza, you expect cheesy goodness. I would ask for at least twice as much cheese as we were given. The only redeeming quality of this slice was the crust, which had a more crunchy texture and a garlic taste to it. Jeff’s supreme J: Everything about this
slice of supreme was perfect. The toppings were about that of Pizza Shuttle, but so much better. In this instance, quality over quantity applies directly. The toppings, all the same as Pizza Shuttle’s (pepperoni, mushrooms, Italian sausage, onions, black olives, etc.) had a more “real” taste, as I mentioned in the video. The mix of these with their delicious sauce, which had 10 times more flavor, definitely got my vote for the best slice of supreme pizza.
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K: Remember when I said I didn’t like mushrooms and olives? This pizza converted me. Maybe it was because the toppings were chopped smaller or they covered it with cheese so I couldn’t see I was about to take a bite of mushroom, but I actually really enjoyed this pizza. Enough so that I would actually say this was my favorite pizza out of all the pizzas we tried. There were plenty of flavors that made this a pretty darn fantastic slice
of heaven. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Collegian.
Julia Hood is a senior in mass communications and Kelsey Kendall is a junior in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.
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Review: 6 Halloween movies to give you chills ANDREW DODDERIDGE THE COLLEGIAN
It’s October and you know what that means: scary movies. There’s nothing better than watching horror films during the month to put you in the Halloween mood. Being a huge horror fan myself, here’s a small list of some overlooked or forgotten films that I will never forget my reaction toward.
The best horror film of 2014, “The Babadook,” took the genre to a place it needed to go. Way too many times nowadays we get horror films that try to get you with cheap jump-scares and have no real substance. So when a film like this comes around, it must be completely savored. Taking place in Australia, the plot involves a single mother trying to raise her son, who is afraid of a monster he believes is lurking inside their house. This is as real as you can get with horror, and it’s on Netflix right now, so stop what you’re doing and watch it.
lead role in a production of “Swan Lake” but ends up dealing with psychological problems that get in her way. Some might not call it a horror film, but it has so many of those elements that makes it a true horror story. Portman is brilliant and director Darren Aronofsky is at the top of his game with possibly his career-best film.
“HUSH”
“BLACK SWAN”
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I still remember the first time I saw “Black Swan.” It was 1 a.m. during the summer, and I was downstairs sitting there by myself, the only one up in my house and not wanting to go to sleep. It’s really the best way to approach this cinematic experience: Seclude yourself from everyone and everything around you, with all the lights off and get sucked into a hole that won’t spit you back out. Natalie Portman, who won an Oscar here, portrays a dancer that is fighting for the
was what I said after I finished watching it a few years ago, but in all seriousness, in the best way possible. It might not all make sense, but “Donnie Darko” is an unforgettable ride that’ll leave you speechless. Twenty-year-old Jake Gyllenhaal plays a troubled kid who ends up surviving a terrible accident and is haunted by a large bunny rabbit that messes with his mind. The ending is a doozy and will keep you thinking about the whole film for days. I can’t wait to watch it again.
“DONNIE DARKO”
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The surprise hit of 2016 so far, “Hush” is completely captivating and extremely claustrophobic. It’s about a deaf writer who lives out in the woods to live a life of peace, but everything turns to disaster when a masked man appears by her house wanting to kill her. Director Mike Flanagan, who also made “Oculus,” creates these two characters in the best way possible. Anything can happen to this girl because she can’t hear anything and is working on writing her next book, while the masked killer is truly threatening since we
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are unable to see his face. When there is dialogue, though, it is completely captivating, knowing that it is a rarity here. Flanagan does the silent, claustrophobic horror/thriller genre justice. Oh yeah, it’s on Netflix, too, and is a short 80 minutes.
“THE THING”
Very similar to the 1979 classic “Alien,” John Carpenter’s “The Thing” in 1982 is an isolation film about survival. An American Research Base finds an alien force during a blistering winter in Antarctica. This force is capable of integrating itself into anything, even the members of this research group. It’s this simple plot that keeps you on edge during every scene of “The Thing.” I don’t think I’ve ever watched a more suspenseful film before, and it’s certainly one of the greatest remakes ever.
“ZODIAC”
Once again, it’s not really a horror film, but “Zodiac” is basically every genre. If you’ve never heard of this movie, you’ve certainly seen some of director David Fincher’s other work,
like “Fight Club,” “Se7en” and “Gone Girl.” But “Zodiac” is certainly his most overlooked film and maybe even his best. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo, this nearly three-hour endeavor into the unknown is all about the Zodiac killer and the investigation that takes place to find him. Gyllenhaal plays a cartoonist who becomes a new detective for this case, and he scrambles into a deep obsession over it. This killer is a mysterious figure throughout the entirety of the movie and always seems to have the upper hand on everybody, making a normal detective film have the stakes it needs to stand out. Chills went down my spine during the third act. The perfect Halloween film.
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WATCH | Alabama wants TEXAS | Saturday’s matchup quality dependent
5th win over top-20 team continued from page
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Senior quarterback Trevor Knight has been nothing short of a stud for the Aggies. Knight has thrown for an even 1,500 yards this season, and has accounted for nine touchdowns through the air and nine more on the ground. Alabama will look to pick up its fifth win over a top-20 team this year. In the previous two weeks, the Crimson Tide beat No. 16 Arkansas 49-30
and No. 9 Tennessee 49-10, both on the road. Freshman quarterback Jalen Hurts is the catalyst for Alabama’s offense, throwing for 1,385 yards and nine touchdowns this year. He’s also been one of the most dynamic running quarterbacks this year, rushing for 428 yards, including eight touchdowns, which leads the team. These two SEC West schools will kick off at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
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In double-overtime, the Longhorns gave the ball not to Buechele, but to senior quarterback Tyrone Swoopes, their equivalent to Hubener, who rushed six yards for the game-winning touchdown against the nation’s No.10 team. The Longhorns won that game 50-47. Games like that should prove cautionary to the Wildcats. When Texas is clicking
offensively, even through alternating between quarterbacks, few teams have the defensive talent capable of shutting them down. The Longhorns’ problem, like K-State’s, is that they can’t help but lay a stinker every now and then. For example, look at last week’s game against Big 12 bottom-feeder Iowa State. Sure, the Longhorns eventually broke out and won 27-6, but the Cyclones actually led
6-3 at halftime. Let me reiterate, that was against the Cyclones. You know, the ones who went 2-7 in the conference last year, 0-9 in 2014 and 2-7 in 2013. Perhaps even more interesting to me was the fact that Texas started so slowly coming off a loss to bitter rival Oklahoma in the annual Red River Rivalry. Does anyone need a reminder of what happened to K-State last season when the Wildcats played the loser of that game the week afterward?
Does the score 55-0 to an angry Oklahoma team ring a bell? Here’s my point: K-State and Texas both run offenses based on young quarterbacks who can throw, interchanged with older ones who can run, but in both cases fans never know which offense will show up until they do, or don’t. K-State’s game against Texas will likely include some very competitive football, but nobody knows whether that football will be great or atrocious.
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OFFENSIVE RANKINGS | Longhorns
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6. SKYLER HOWARD, SENIOR QB, WEST VIRGINIA
Howard played a very efficient game against Texas Tech, completing 21 of 31 passes for 318 yards and a touchdown. The Mountaineers exploited the Red Raiders’ weak defense all game, putting up big numbers all around. Howard has done a good job leading his Mountaineers to a perfect 5-0 record this year.
7. PATRICK MAHOMES II, JUNIOR QB, TEXAS TECH
Mahomes continues to find his name in the top 10 of Big 12 offensive leaders, but his performances are still not enough to help his team win games. There’s been word that Mahomes has been dealing with a nagging
shoulder injury, which could be a reason he keeps turning the ball over. Mahomes had a solid performance against West Virginia, tallying 305 passing yards, one touchdown and an interception.
8. KD CANNON, JUNIOR WR, BAYLOR
Cannon had a quality game against the Jayhawks Saturday, catching three balls for 75 yards and a touchdown. Cannon continued his success this year with somewhat of a quiet but steady performance. Cannon has found himself as a candidate on the Maxwell, Fred Biletnikoff and Earl Campbell Tyler Rose award lists.
9. D’ONTA FOREMAN, JUNIOR RB, TEXAS
Foreman might be the most underrated player in the country, including where he sits on this list. Foreman
has put up big numbers all season long and has been the workhorse for an under-performing Texas team. Foreman ran the ball an astounding 30 times for 136 yards and a touchdown against Iowa State. Foreman continues to be the lone bright spot on another disappointing Longhorns’ team.
10. SHANE BUECHELE, FRESHMAN QB, TEXAS
In what was a quiet week overall for Big 12 offensive players, Shane Buechele, the freshman quarterback for the Longhorns, had a solid performance against the Cyclones. Completing 26 of 38 passing for 296 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, Buechele continues to have a surprising freshman campaign at Texas. Buechele might be the light at the end of the tunnel for the struggling Longhorns.
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