Candidates for Game Balls

• Jeremiah Hatch, taken off the field on a stretcher the week before when he had no feeling in his limbs, returned to action and never stopped hustling.

• Linebacker Steven Johnson brings it every play.

Candidates for Gassers

• Every player on the field when Kansas State completed the pass that set up the field goal at the end of the first half.

• Every player on the field when K-State opened the second half with Tyler Lockett's kick return for a touchdown.

• Every player on the field when Kansas was flagged for three penalties on the same play.