Big 12 Notebook: Boykin tops on Holgorsen’s list

Dana Holgorsen was highly impressed with Baylor’s Corey Coleman.

Enough so that the West Virginia coach called the wide receiver the best player in college football. That was on Oct. 3, immediately after Coleman torched the Mountaineers for 10 catches for 199 yards and three touchdowns.

Less than four weeks later, after a Thursday prime-time game at TCU, Holgorsen had a change of heart.

“With all due respect to Corey Coleman, Trevone Boykin is the best player in college football,” Holgorsen said.

Add yet another nugget to the build-up for the TCU-Baylor matchup on Nov. 27 in Fort Worth. Each team is riding along an undefeated rail and awaits the first release of the College Football Playoff ratings on Tuesday.

The No. 2 Bears (7-0, 4-0 Big 12) observed a bye on Saturday before getting their own opportunity to make a national impression at Kansas State on Thursday night.

The No. 5 Horned Frogs (8-0, 5-0) claimed their 16th straight win by downing West Virginia 40-10 as Boykin generated 472 total yards and accounted for four touchdowns. His favorite target, wide receiver Josh Doctson, caught 11 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns.

With Baylor soon to insert a true freshman, Jarrett Stidham, at quarterback after Seth Russell suffered a season-ending neck injury, doubt is beginning to set in as far as the Bears’ fortunes. TCU had previously been the team on edge much of the season after early injuries derailed the defense and forced the Frogs to pull out tight wins against Minnesota, Texas Tech and Kansas State.

Now, TCU appears to be sailing behind Boykin, a senior who impressed Holgorsen so much on one improvised scramble that the West Virginia coach offered a high-five after Boykin went out of bounds along the Mountaineers sideline.

The play happened in the third quarter after Boykin left West Virginia linebacker Jared Barber in the dust to pull out an 11-yard gain.

“I can’t get No. 2 out of my mind making everybody on the field miss,” said Holgorsen, explaining his congratulatory gesture.

“It’s probably the most respect that you can give someone in that time and moment,” Boykin said.

Well that, and calling the TCU standout the best player in college football — a label previously reserved for a key player at Baylor, the Frogs’ arch-rival.

BAYLOR (7-0, 4-0)

Game: Idle.

Next: at Kansas State, Nov. 5.

IOWA STATE (3-5, 2-3)

Game: Iowa State 24, Texas 0. RB Mike Warren carried 32 times for 157 yards and a 3-yard touchdown, the fifth time in the last six games the Iowa State freshman has rushed for 100 yards. Sophomore Joel Lanning drew his first start at quarterback. He completed 19-of-37 passes for 188 yards and a touchdown and added 64 yards rushing. The Cyclones defense allowed 204 yards and a 3.8-yard average per play while recording their first shutout since 2013. The Longhorns crossed midfield twice.

Takeaway: While much of the attention prior to the Texas game was thrust on the departure of offensive coordinator Mark Mangino over a dispute with head coach Paul Rhoads and also the promotion of Lanning, the Iowa State defense turned out to be the story.

The Cyclones came in allowing 465 yards per game yet had no trouble stuffing the Longhorns’ ground-based attack. The shutout defeat against an unranked opponent was the first for Texas since 1961. While a move to a 3-4 alignment under defensive coordinator Wally Burnham had drawn criticism after Iowa State allowed 156 points over a three-game losing streak, that package worked fine against Texas, which gained 77 of its 204 yards on the final drive.

“(This shows) that the 3-4 is an OK defense,” said Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads, “That Wally’s a pretty sharp coach, that the rest of the staff knows what they’re doing and we got kids that play with an unbelievable work ethic and passion.

“They made plays. They tackled better. They pursued. They put pressure on the quarterback and they got what’s been coming to them, a shutout, and they played really good football.”

Excuse Rhoads for being a bit defensive himself. Criticism has come hot and heavy for the seventh-year coach. While the outcome reversed a spiraling trend, Iowa State closes with three road games and plays two teams that have combined for just one loss, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, the next two weeks.

So, live for the moment.

“We need to win on first down,” said LB Levi Peters. “That was important for us because they like to run the ball. We knew if we won first down they might have to pass a little bit, and they didn’t like that. That was our key.”

With first down stops contributing to unmanageable distances, the Longhorns converted just two of 13 third downs. Yet it was the zero on the scoreboard that looked most impressive.

“It’s a defense’s dream,” Peters added. “That’s good football. You played good football if you shut a team out like that.”

Next: at Oklahoma, Nov. 7.

KANSAS (0-8, 0-5)

Game: Oklahoma 62, Kansas 7. The Sooners established control early by outgaining the Jayhawks 248-41 in the first quarter. The lone touchdown for Kansas came after it recovered a muffed punt in the second quarter. The Jayhawks needed to drive just 29 yards and scored on a 17-yard pass from QB Ryan Willis to WR Tyler Patrick. Kansas managed just 216 yards. Of those, 181 came from Willis in the passing game as he went 20-of-34 with no interceptions, though his longest strike was 24 yards. Kansas produced just 35 yards rushing after Willis was sacked five times.

Takeaway: Although the outcome was not in doubt by the end of the first half, the Jayhawks’ fortunes were solidified during one particular sequence.

Facing fourth-and-inches from the Kansas 34-yard line, first-year coach David Beaty elected to punt. Oklahoma then managed a touchdown anyway, driving 80 yards to gain a 38-7 halftime lead.

The loss keeps Kansas spiraling toward the possibility of its first winless season since 1954 as players expressed some despair following yet another lopsided defeat.

“Definitely on homecoming, it’s not good giving up 60 points,” S Fish Smithson said. “That’s not good for Jayhawk nation or anything like that.”

Which is precisely why Beaty should consider gambling for first downs in punting situations, even when facing prohibitive deficits. A first down conversion is something that can give his young, inexperienced team a bit of encouragement. Instead, they were left to dwell on negatives from yet another mismatch.

“We always shoot ourselves in the foot, that’s what I think,” RB DeAndre Mann said. “It’s been a whole season of shooting ourselves in the foot.”

That and allowing 581.5 yards per game, the nation’s worst average. The Jayhawks rank ahead of only one FBS team in scoring defense with their 47.1-point average.

Next: at Texas, Nov. 7.

KANSAS STATE (3-4, 0-4)

Game: Idle.

Next: vs. Baylor, Nov. 5.

OKLAHOMA (7-1, 4-1)

Game: Oklahoma 62, Kansas 7. QB Baker Mayfield completed 27-of-32 passes for 383 yards and four touchdowns as Oklahoma continued an impressive assault that it launched following an upset loss to Texas. WR Sterling Shepard snagged 11 receptions for 183 yards and a touchdown. RB Samaje Perine, who gouged Kansas for an FBS-record 427 yards rushing last season, settled for 90 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries as the Sooners claimed their 11th consecutive win in the lopsided series.

Takeaway: Oklahoma never punted, which was reflective of the ease in which it demolished the winless Jayhawks, though offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley was quick to point out one deficiency.

“We didn’t score the first drive again, which was disappointing,” Riley said. “After that we got on a pretty good roll.”

That’s one way to describe a 710-yard performance, which eventually generated eight touchdowns.

The biggest issue for the Sooners was maintaining incentive. The meat of their Big 12 schedule does not come up until later in November, with games in successive weeks at Baylor, home against TCU and at Oklahoma State.

“One of the hardest things in sports is … (to have) a degree of success and come back and continue being hungry,” Riley added. “We didn’t practice very well on Tuesday of last week and we got into those guys a little bit and to their credit, they responded the rest of the week and responded (against Kansas).”

With the outcome secured, the Sooners allowed twin brothers to hook up for a touchdown pass and also let OT Sam Grant line up at tight end for another score.

Grant initially dropped a pass in the second quarter before grabbing a 1-yard throw for Mayfield’s last passing touchdown.

“(It’s) been a long time since I came here as a tight end,” Grant, a 6-foot-7, 281-pound junior, told the Tulsa World. “This was for my O-line boys. Now I’m an O-lineman so we all shared it as an O-line touchdown. It was something special.”

After the Sooners grabbed a 45-7 lead, backup QB Trevor Knight came on and directed three additional scoring drives, one of which he capped with a 17-yard TD pass to his twin brother, WR Connor Knight. It marked the last TD of the day.

“A little telepathy working right there. Absolutely deja vu,” Connor Knight said of a connection that reminded the twins of their high school days in San Antonio. “Flashback to four years and almost exactly the same thing.”

Next: vs. Iowa State, Nov. 7.

OKLAHOMA STATE (8-0, 5-0)

Game: Oklahoma State 70, Texas Tech 53. Starting QB Mason Rudolph and situational backup J.W. Walsh combined for four touchdown passes as the No. 12 Cowboys won their 10th straight. The combined point total (123) was the third most involving a ranked team. Four Cowboys completed passes as they fired for 478 yards. WR James Washington logged 200 yards off four receptions, two for touchdowns. Walsh led Oklahoma State’s rushers with 80 yards as the Cowboys rallied from three 17-point deficits to outscore the Red Raiders 42-15 in the second half.

Takeaway: After taking time to exhale, which seldom happens in the Big 12, Cowboys coach Mike Gundy expressed his satisfaction with a road win that will kept Oklahoma State undefeated as the unheralded team in the league title hunt alongside TCU and Baylor.

“This is an all-timer,” Gundy said. “The truth is, we were behind a bunch, on the road, at a place where it’s not easy to play, and (OSU) just kept rallying back. It’s easy to fold when you’re on the road.”

The 70-point output was the most by Oklahoma State ever in conference play, the most ever surrendered by Texas Tech at home, and boosted the Cowboys’ win streak to seven in the series against the Red Raiders.

“It was just unbelievable that we fight the way we fight,” Walsh told the Tulsa World. “Nobody panicked. It was a heck of a team win.”

The scoring did not conclude until six seconds remained in the game as CB Ramon Richards scored on a 59-yard interception return. That was one play that did not factor into the 1,304 total yards the teams combined to gain, with the Cowboys claiming a slight edge (662-642).

Those numbers do not reflect the two interceptions and one fumble recovery the Oklahoma State defense provided in the second half, proof the Cowboys could produce something on that side of the football.

Still, the game featured offense. Lots of it.

Oklahoma State even sealed the win when Texas Tech was expecting the Cowboys to milk clock. Instead, Walsh fired a 73-yard scoring pass to Washington. Oklahoma State made the most of seven fourth quarter snaps, generating 233 yards. The biggest gains were a 64-yard carry by Walsh, a 75-yard reverse on a shovel pass to Washington and the 73-yard TD strike to Washington.

“That’s a fun quarter,” Washington said.

In large part because it kept the Cowboys undefeated going into their first game against a ranked opponent, a Nov. 7 home game against No. 5 TCU.

Next: vs. TCU, Nov. 7.

TCU (8-0, 5-0)

Game: TCU 40, West Virginia 10. Trevone Boykin completed 32-of-47 passes for 388 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 84 yards and another TD that came as he hurdled a defender at the goal line. Boykin broke TCU’s record for total offense, pushing his career total to 12,041 and topping the mark set by the Cincinnati Bengals’ Andy Dalton (11,925). PK Jaden Oberkrom booted four field goals, including a 57-yarder at the end of the first half. Each program joined the Big 12 in 2012. Their three previous league meetings were decided by five points.

Takeaway: Over the last 10 quarters, beginning with the second half of an Oct. 10 win at Kansas State during which the Horned Frogs rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit, the TCU defense has begun to resemble a typical unit coached by Gary Patterson.

Not that the TCU head coach doesn’t wonder sometimes why he doesn’t tend to other matters.

“The worst job in college football right now is defensive coordinator,” he said. “So I’m trying to figure out why I’m still doing it, why I shouldn’t be just helping with the game plan and blaming somebody else.”

Against West Virginia, the Frogs allowed 327 yards and just five conversions on 20 third/fourth down chances executed by the Mountaineers. It marked the third time in four home games TCU allowed 10 or fewer points. LB Ty Summers, a reserve, led the Frogs with 10 tackles — an indication Patterson is restoring depth within a unit battered by injuries early in the season.

Not only did those injuries deplete TCU of talent, they also forced inexperienced players to log more snaps in this fast-paced era of college football. The slightest mistake on one play — even by one player — can lead to disaster, which is why Patterson adopted his own spread attack engineered by Boykin and lowered his defensive expectations.

“When we had the No. 1 defense in the nation, all of the times we’ve been up there in my years here, we averaged about 55 plays a game,” Patterson said of past seasons when TCU competed in conferences outside the Power 5. “That’s how many plays we played on defense. Obviously, yardage-wise, you’re not going to be as good when you’re playing 80 plays.”

Next: at Oklahoma State, Nov. 7.

TEXAS (3-5, 2-3)

Game: Iowa State 24, Texas 0. Texas crossed midfield only twice and did not threaten to score until the end of the game when a 77-yard drive ended with an incompletion on the final play as the Longhorns lost for the third time in as many road games. Starting QB Jerrod Heard and backup Tyrone Swoopes combined for just 85 yards passing on 12-of-22 accuracy as the Longhorns gained just 119 yards through the first three quarters. The shutout defeat was their first against an unranked opponent since 1961. It also marked the first loss ever at Iowa State for Texas.

Takeaway: Texas seemed to be riding momentum after upsetting Oklahoma and then winning at home at Kansas State, but offensive struggles on the road were evident again.

In three road games, the Longhorns have been outscored 110-10. Saturday at Iowa State, they went three-and-out seven times while going 2-of-13 on third down.

“We have to be a better prepared team and a better focused team on the road,” Texas coach Charlie Strong said. “We just have to play better. We thought we were taking steps forward. This was a step back.”

After seemingly finding a mix that could feature both Heard and Swoopes in quarterback roles, Texas was unable to sustain any offense. Heard contributed just 39 total yards.

“There were breakdowns at every position,” Strong added. “When you look at it, it is not just the quarterback position. We have to get better all across the board.”

Meanwhile, Iowa State converted on 62 percent of the third downs it executed while being engineered by a redshirt sophomore quarterback, Joel Lanning, who was making his first start and also playing for a new coordinator on offense.

“On defense, we didn’t help at all, especially on third down,” S Dylan Haines said. “So we just have to continue to play better and execute, and that just comes with preparation.”

Next: vs. Kansas, Nov. 7.

TEXAS TECH (5-4, 2-4)

Game: Oklahoma State 70, Texas Tech 53. WR Jakeem Grant zig-zagged for both a 100-yard kickoff return and a 90-yard reception, but the 642 yards Texas Tech gained while establishing three 17-point leads was not enough as Oklahoma State rallied to score the most points the Red Raiders ever surrendered at home. QB Patrick Mahomes completed 38-of-55 passes for 480 yards and four touchdowns but also threw two second half interceptions that Oklahoma State converted into touchdowns.

Takeaway: The touchdown Oklahoma State scored with 12:01 remaining enabled the Cowboys to erase the last of 17-point deficits it faced. Still, the Red Raiders were trailing by just four points and had moved the ball at will, giving them confidence they too could rally.

Mahomes, however, threw the first of his two interceptions to kill the next drive and Oklahoma State went on to outscore Texas Tech 21-8 down the stretch. The Texas Tech quarterback did not spot the Oklahoma State cornerback after the Cowboys’ Michael Hunter disguised coverages.

It was the mistake Oklahoma State was waiting to force, and for the Red Raiders, a mistake they could not overcome as another upset bid wilted in the fourth quarter, much like a 55-52 loss at home earlier in the season against TCU.

The Cowboys exploded for 42 second half points. It marked the third time in October that Texas Tech allowed 60-plus points in game after falling 63-35 to Baylor and 63-27 to Oklahoma.

“We came out juiced up and made all the plays we were supposed to make,” DT Branden Jackson told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. “The second half for some reason, we’ll see on the film, but we weren’t making plays.”

Grant did makes plays, finishing with 277 all-purpose yards after adding a game-high 13 receptions for 178 yards.

“We have to be an all four (quarter) team,” said Grant, a 5-foot-7, 170-pound senior. “We have to be a second half team in order to come out and go to a bowl game, a really good bowl game. The rest of the teams on our schedule, they’re not just ease-up teams. They can beat us and we can beat them.”

Next: at West Virginia, Nov. 7.

WEST VIRGINIA (3-4, 0-4)

Game: TCU 40, West Virginia 10. Skyler Howard completed 16-of-39 passes for 160 yards with one touchdown and one interception as the Mountaineers were outgained in yardage, 616-327, while slipping to 0-4 in league play for the first time in history. RB Wendell Smallwood added 113 yards on 20 carries. West Virginia managed its lone touchdown on a 31-yard pass from Howard to WR Shelton Gibson, then added a 51-yard field goal from Josh Lambert to slice TCU’s lead to 17-10 in the second quarter before the No. 5 Horned Frogs closed with 23 unanswered points.

Takeaway: One issue to the Mountaineers’ lopsided defeat at TCU was that the balance of power between the Big 12’s latest additions has shifted in favor of the Frogs since the programs were admitted in 2012.

The first three league meetings were decided by a total of five points before TCU’s Trevone Boykin took over so effectively this time that WVU coach Dana Holgorsen gave the Heisman Trophy hopeful a high-five following an 11-yard scramble to the Mountaineers sideline.

Granted, West Virginia was handed a front-loaded schedule. Its four conference defeats were to No. 15 Oklahoma, No. 21 Oklahoma State, No. 2 Baylor and No. 5 TCU. At the time of the TCU defeat, those four teams had combined to lose just one game, with OU climbing to No. 10 and OSU to No. 13. The last string of games that imposing for West Virginia came in 1992 when it went 0-3-1 against No. 22 Boston College, No. 14 Syracuse, No. 14 Penn State and No. 1 Miami.

Still, the Mountaineers are 11-20 in Big 12 play and have not exceeded the seven-win mark overall since joining the league. That development stirs pressure on Holgorsen, who took over WVU at the same time it became a member of the Big 12, a league he worked in as an assistant at Texas Tech and Oklahoma State.

Against TCU, the game plan was to run the ball consistently while trying to attack with deep passes. Several passes thrown by Howard were dropped. Defensively, the Mountaineers continue to miss their spirited leader, S Karl Joseph, who is out for the year. CB Terrell Chestnut also had to leave after again aggravating a shoulder injury.

“Our guys are hurt, they’re beat up, they’re disappointed and I don’t think we played our best,” Holgorsen said. “I know we’ll keep fighting and I understand what the situation is and we understand no one is going to feel sorry for us and we don’t want anyone to. But I know our guys will keep fighting and we’ll get back to work … and get prepared for Texas Tech. The season is long from over.”

Next: vs. Texas Tech, Nov. 7.

NOTES, QUOTES

–Iowa State had a midseason shakeup of its coaching staff as Mark Mangino was fired after apparently differing with coach Paul Rhoads on the direction each wanted for the Cyclones offense.

Mangino was in his second year as offensive coordinator, his first FBS position since he was pressured out at Kansas in 2009 following accusations he mistreated players.

“Mark and I couldn’t get on the same page on a few important items,” Rhoads said. “We tried to talk that through again in an effort to get us moving in a different direction. In the end, Mark was not interested in that. I wish that wasn’t the case, but I respect and understand his conviction. I’d like to thank Mark for all that he’s done for our football program and wish him well.”

The move came after Iowa State announced sophomore Joel Lanning would become the starting quarterback ahead of senior Sam Richardson. Lanning replaced Richardson in an Oct. 24 defeat at Texas Tech. The Cyclones handed the Longhorns a 24-0 upset for their second win in the last 13 Big 12 games.

Before the Cyclones played Texas on Oct. 31, Rhoads added another coach with experience directing a Power 5 program, Paul Wulff. Wulff, who served as head coach at Washington State from 2008-11, joined the Iowa State staff as a volunteer assistant after passing game coordinator Todd Sturdy was promoted to offensive coordinator.

Rhoads is in his seventh season at Iowa State and stands 32-51 overall. Even before the season the ISU coach was under fire from critics and that flame was burning hot before the Texas win.

“Sometimes I wish it was a realistic opinion,” said Rhoads, whose 3-5 team is 3-2 at home and overall has four losses against ranked teams. “They’re going to be critical, they’re going to be happy and (critics) will be quiet. There certainly won’t be an admissions of wrong and that Wally (Burnham, defensive coordinator) can coach, but we don’t let them detract from us.”

–TCU invited Iowa State fan Abby Faber and her family to the Oct. 29 game against West Virginia. Abby was diagnosed at the age of 3 with a form of cerebral palsy and was designated a kid captain for the Oct. 17 game TCU played at Iowa State. After the pregame coin toss, QB Trevone Boykin kneeled to speak to Abby and the picture became an online sensation.

“She’s a strong little girl and she’s blessed with the type of family she has,” Boykin said. “She’s powerful in her own way. She’s always smiling, and it was just a blessing to have her here.”

TCU flew Abby, 7, and her family to the game in a private jet and coach Gary Patterson called the girl the team’s “guest Frog.” The family was introduced during the first half. After the game, Abby was presented an autographed picture of the coin-toss conversation with Boykin after TCU toppled West Virginia 40-10.

The photo first appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Boykin then tagged the photo to his Instagram account. An online fundraiser was then launched by TCU fans to help the Faber family offset medical expenses. The effort had raised $30,000 over a 12-day period when Abby, dressed in TCU gear, attending the Frogs’ game against West Virginia.

–Oklahoma State turned to an unlikely offensive source in the second half. RB Raymond Taylor had played some this season, but was still listed as a fourth-stringer when he came on and gained 58 yards on just five rushes, with touchdowns of 4 and 28 yards.

Just as critical was a fumble recovery the junior walk-on managed with more than four minutes remaining and the Cowboys clinging to a three-point lead. Oklahoma State went on to tack on an offensive and defense touchdown to remain undefeated.

Taylor’s 28-yard TD burst in the third quarter gave Oklahoma State its first lead.’

“I kind of go into this little euphoria where I don’t even know where I’m running until I get into the end zone,” said Taylor, who transferred to Oklahoma State after initially attending Kansas State, where he did not play football. Once he arrived at Oklahoma State, Taylor decided to give football a shot after playing in high school in Wichita, Kan.

“I came here expecting to work my way up. I love the game so much that I really wanted to play. So, I came here to play,” Taylor told The Oklahoman. “It’s been a great experience. … Whenever I could or had the extra time to, I would put in a little bit more work. I never felt complacent. I just kept working.”

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy noticed. After his team struggled on the ground much of the season and had to tend to injuries to backfield regulars Chris Carson and Rennie Childs, others were auditioned at practice. Even then, backup QB J.W. Walsh was as effective as any of the Cowboys rushers, and often used situationally in short-yardage and red zone opportunities.

“We need to use (Taylor) more,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. “He’s earned his stripes, for lack of a better term. We need to work him in. When he’s carrying the ball, he’s been effective. He’s shown toughness, durability.”

QUOTE TO NOTE: “When you play (Texas Tech), it’s going to be a long game and you’re going to have a lot of plays and (Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury) does a great job with them on offense. He’s very intelligent in how he spreads people out and gets the ball in space. But when you do that, the clock stops a lot.” — Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy.

STRATEGY AND PERSONNEL

FIVE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM WEEK 9 IN THE BIG 12:

1. TCU throttled West Virginia after three previous meetings since the rivals joined the Big 12 in 2012 resulted in a collective margin of five points. QB Trevone Boykin enhanced his Heisman Trophy candidacy and the Horned Frogs continued to show defensive improvement while remaining unbeaten.

2. Oklahoma State rallied from three 17-point deficits and ran away from Texas Tech and eventually won by 17 points as the Red Raiders wilted at home. Three second half turnovers provided some defensive heroics for the Cowboys in a matchup in which the two teams combined for 1,200-plus yards.

3. Oklahoma had little trouble with motivation in spite of the sparse homecoming crowd attracted by winless Kansas. Sooners QB Baker Mayfield completed all but five of his 27 first half passes for 332 yards with 10 of those receptions corralled by WR Sterling Shepard. OU eventually unloaded its bench.

4. Iowa State bristled at any heat coach Paul Rhoads was feeling by allowing just 119 yards through the first three quarters in its shutout of Texas. QB Joel Lanning drew his first start and engineered the upset. RB Mike Warren posted another 100-yard rushing performance and is emerging as one of the Big 12’s top freshmen.

5. Texas cannot generate any kind of offensive attack on the road. The Longhorns have been outscored 110-10 in three road games. The 24-0 shutout loss at Iowa State marked the first time Texas was blanked by an unranked opponent since 1961. The Longhorns crossed midfield on just two possessions.