WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

Notes, Quotes

The Sports Xchange

November 20, 2018 at 10:22 pm.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

–QB Taylor Cornelius became just the third player in Big 12 history to record 300 yards passing, 100 yards rushing and five passing touchdowns as he engineered Oklahoma State past West Virginia on Nov. 17. Cornelius threw for 338 yards and five touchdowns on 30-for-46 passing, ran for 106 yards on 13 carries (8.2 yards per carry) and threw a game-winning TD to WR Tylan Wallace with 42 seconds left.

–RB Chuba Hubbard recorded career-bests with 138 rushing yards and 225 all-purpose yards against West Virginia. Pressed into duty because of an injury to RB Justice Hill, Hubbard posted his second straight 100-yard rushing effort after gaining 104 against Oklahoma. The Cowboys trailed West Virginia by 17 points when he scored a touchdown to launch a second-half rally.

–CB A.J. Green continues to improve for the Cowboys. On the final play of the West Virginia win, Green batted down a pass into the end zone and finished with three breakups, the second-best total by a Big 12 defender this season. Green was assigned to West Virginia WR David Sills and limited the Biletnikoff Award semifinalist to four receptions on 11 targets.

–TE Logan Carter earned his first start and snagged a 20-yard touchdown reception against West Virginia. Carter also blocked the Mountaineers’ first punt attempt, enabling the Cowboys to flip the field early in the game.

SERIES HISTORY: Oklahoma State leads TCU 15-11-2. The teams close the regular season this year after opening Big 12 play last season in what was considered an upset for the Horned Frogs as the prevailed 44-31 in Stillwater. The Cowboys committed four turnovers, helping TCU control the clock for 39 minutes while executing 85 snaps.

QUOTE TO NOTE: “To a certain extent, a team can get in a situation and think here we go again, and not come through. Our guys punched through. They broke through that glass. There have been those close calls. It can be a little bit like a disease and our guys just had a resilience about them and they deserve all the credit in the world.” — Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich.