Kansas State Football: 3 keys to victory vs. Oklahoma State in Week 5

1. Create turnovers

The final thing that Kansas State can do to keep Oklahoma State’s trio in check and win the time of possession is to create turnovers. Of course this will only work if Kansas State takes care of the ball and doesn’t turn it over themselves.

Creating turnovers will shorten the amount of possessions Oklahoma State will have and is another way to keep that high-powered offense off the field and Kansas State’s offense on the field.

As good as Spencer Sanders has been for Oklahoma State, he has thrown three interceptions so far with two of those interceptions coming against Texas. The Texas defense has been the best defense Sanders has faced so far and while he still did some good things against them, the Longhorns were able to make him force some throws he shouldn’t have thrown.

Kansas State’s defense isn’t Texas, but is certainly still a step up from Tulsa, McNeese State and Oregon State, which are the other defenses that Oklahoma State has gone up against.

The Kansas State defense’s toughest test so far was against Mississippi State’s offense. Mississippi State was able to run on the Wildcats, but Kansas State was able to force several turnovers and will look to do the same to Oklahoma State. Kansas State did turn the ball over on special teams several times in that game, but will look to win the battle against Oklahoma State which will increase their chances of winning the game.