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K-State tops Jayhawks; Baylor outguns Mizzou

Missouri's Danario Alexander (left) and coach Gary Pinkel watch the final seconds tick off the clock during Saturday's loss to Baylor. L.G. Patterson/Associated Press

By Associated Press
Published: 11/8/2009 2:31 AM
Last Modified: 11/8/2009 6:08 AM

Bill Snyder orchestrated a massive turnaround in his first stint as Kansas State's coach, transforming a team with more losses than any other into a national title contender.

After a rough start, his second reclamation project seems to be going well, too.

Daniel Thomas ran for 185 yards and a touchdown, and the Wildcats harassed Todd Reesing into three turnovers to remain in control of the Big 12 North with a 17-10 victory over rival Kansas on Saturday in Manhattan, Kan.

Picked to finish at the bottom of the Big 12, Kansas State (6-4, 4-2) has won three straight games against Big 12 North opponents and is 5-0 in the Little Apple since Snyder returned to the stadium that bears his name.

The Wildcats stayed close against Kansas by forcing two fumbles and an interception by Reesing in the first half, then took over in the second behind Thomas' bruising running to end a three-game losing streak to Kansas (5-4, 1-4) in the 107th version of the Sunflower Showdown.

Two games from the finish, Kansas State is inexplicably in position to reach its first Big 12 championship game since 2003.

"It's about trying to build whatever it is you're trying to build, kind of put one stone on top of the other," said Snyder, who is 14-4 against Kansas. "Hopefully, over a period of time, it'll take us where we'd like to be. This is a step."

Reesing had another forgettable game a week after being benched, undone by early turnovers, occasionally wobbly passes and a few drops.

Shipley's record day leads Texas: Jordan Shipley set a Texas record with 273 yards receiving, including an 88-yard touchdown, and the No. 2 Longhorns shook off a slow start for a 35-3 win over Central Florida in Austin, Texas.

The sixth-year senior broke the previous best of 242 yards set in 1987 by Tony Jones. The touchdown came early in the fourth quarter on a drive that started at the 1.

Colt McCoy passed for 470 yards with two touchdowns. He was just shy of current Texas running backs coach Major Applewhite's school-record 473 yards in the 2001 Holiday Bowl.

Texas (9-0) led 14-3 at halftime on two touchdown runs by Cody Johnson. McCoy hit James Kirkendoll with a 14-yard TD pass in the third before the big strike to Shipley, who also shattered the previous regular-season mark of 198 set in 1979 by Johnny "Lam" Jones.

Central Florida (5-4) managed just 151 total yards.

Texas established the McCoy-to-Shipley connection as one of the country's best long ago, but seldom have the two been as in sync as Saturday.

Long passes to Shipley kept Texas' two scoring drives moving in the first half. And when pinned on the Texas goal line early in the fourth, a pass to John Chiles got the ball to the 12 before Shipley made a double move to slip behind coverage and snared the ball from McCoy in stride.

Those two had to keep connecting on a day the Longhorns seemed to struggle on offense.

Colorado bounces back, beats A&M: Tyler Hansen overcame his second-straight eight-sack game to lead Colorado to a 35-34 win over the Texas A&M Aggies in Boulder, Colo.

Patrick Devenny's one-handed grab from 22 yards out tied it and Aric Goodman's conversion sailed through to put the Buffaloes ahead by a point with 2:04 left.

After defensive back Anthony Perkins picked off Jerrod Johnson's pass at midfield, the Aggies forced a punt, but Terrence Frederick muffed it and Buffs linebacker Marcus Burton recovered with 23 seconds to ice it.

Rodney Stewart ran 20 times for 118 yards and two touchdowns and Markques Simas caught seven passes for 135 yards for Colorado (3-6, 2-3 Big 12), which got the ball back with 3:53 left trailing 34-28.

Hansen had a delay flag and then was sacked for the seventh time, bringing up a second-and-25 from his 24. He was nearly dumped again but got off a shovel pass for 9 yards, then hit Simas for 45 yards to the Aggies' 22. On the next snap, he threw over the middle to Devenny for the score.

Then, their defense and special teams came up big.

The Aggies (5-4, 2-3) looked like they were about to become bowl eligible when Cyrus Gray, whose 99-yard touchdown on a kickoff return helped them take a 21-10 halftime lead, returned a kickoff 45 yards to midfield in the fourth quarter. Cornerback Jalil Brown shoved him late out of bounds, tacking on another 15 yards.

Florence's passing helps Baylor top Missouri: Freshman Nick Florence passed for a school-record 427 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a fourth as Baylor beat Missouri 40-32 in Columbia, Mo.

Kendall Wright set career highs with 10 receptions for 149 yards and two touchdowns as the Bears (4-5, 1-4) ended a 13-game Big 12 road losing streak and beat Missouri for the first time in eight tries in conference play. Baylor, worst in the conference against the run, rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit and held Missouri to 10 yards rushing on 25 carries.

Danario Alexander had a career-high 13 receptions for 214 yards and two scores for Missouri (5-4, 1-4), which has lost three straight at home for the first time since 2004. Alexander's 84-yard reception in the second quarter, the last 65 yards after bouncing off a tackler, was the Tigers' longest play of the season.

Missouri's Blaine Gabbert passed for the second highest total in school history, going 30 for 51 for 468 yards and two touchdowns. But he was shut down along with the rest of the MU offense in the second half. The Tigers made it to the Baylor 16 in the final minute before running out of downs.

Baylor had been allowing 179.5 yards rushing per game, and the lowest opponent total before Saturday was Wake Forest's 126 yards in the season opener.

Baylor averaged 8.5 points in its first four conference games and went without a first-half touchdown three straight games before embarrassing Missouri behind Florence, who began the year as the third-string quarterback and moved up due to injuries. By Associated Press

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