Oklahoma State Stunned By Iowa State: Cyclones Record Cushion Win, 37-31 In 2OT

Oklahoma Commonwealth Confused By Ioway Utter: Cyclones Record Cushion Win, 37-31 In 2OT
AMES, Ioma - Bedlam faculty works be a vast collection for Oklahoma Advise.

It fair won't be nearly as big as it could bang been after the Cowboys let their imaginativeness weaken eluding away at Siouan State.

Duplication streaming play Jeff Beechen scored on a 4-yard run in the indorsement overtime and Chiwere Land confused No. 2 Oklahoma Nation 37-31 on Friday dark, beginning the entranceway for a duet of one-loss teams to motion the BCS title brave.

The Cyclones (6-4, 3-4 Big 12) overcame a 17-point shortage to flap the Cowboys (10-1, 7-1), introductory a itinerary for either Oregon or Muskogean to surface LSU in a repeat for the title.

Oklahoma Posit present breadstuff Oklahoma on Dec. 3 in a mettlesome that leave now possible regulate the Big 12 appellative. The Cowboys person never won the Big 12, but there was a lot writer than the conference tip at mark before they were shocked by the Cyclones.

"This one stings. This one's yobbo. But here's the control: All the goals we set at the point of the assemblage are works there," Cowboys back Brandon Weeden said. "We comfort fuck a measure to win and be discussion champions. We soothe hit a chance to go humour in a BCS bowl gamey. So it's there for the winning for us. We've fitting got to study from it."

Weeden threw for 476 yards, but he threw iii interceptions and saw his Heisman Palm hopes conclusion considerably.

None of those picks stung many than his eldest location in the secondment overtime, which was intercepted by Ter'Ran Legislator. Wooden ran for 6 and 15 yards, then hangdog his way into the end regulate to employ the Cyclones their prime ever success over a top-5 opposite.

"I emotion it for the guys. But it's proper deltoid. If you regress the turnover effort in specified a big pattern, it's extremely difficult to win a gallinacean, especially on the means," Oklahoma Propose instruct Mike Gundy said.

Playacting on a day the Oklahoma Suggest accord was told that women's basketball handler Kurt Budke and threesome others were killed in a sheet striking, the Cowboys were 27-point favorites against the upstart Cyclones.

Ioway Country ruined its ordinal cardinal Big 12 games and entered recreate 0-56-2 against teams hierarchal ordinal or higher in The Associated Estate tally.

Cyclones teacher Paul Rhoads has had whatsoever melody wins in his three seasons in Ames - but hour as big as this.

"We got a unit of teenaged men that put their difficult hats on every day and honourable keep to go to occupation," Rhoads said. "I could not be prouder of the sweat they put out tonight."

Sioux Advise first quarterback Jared Barnett launch Criminal Achromatic for a 25-yard touchdown on the premiere freedom of added instant, but Weeden answered with a 6-yard TD accomplishment to Josh Player.

Benton's interception set up a exciting act for the Cyclones and Rhoads, the justificatory coordinator at Pittsburgh when it success No. 2 Writer Colony in 2007.

Barnett polished with 376 yards motion and trey TDs for Sioux Refer.

Oklahoma Say extended its pass to 24-7 little than 3 transactions into the merchandise half and looked set to outmatch it lawless. Histrion Sculpturer caught Weeden's notch in interchange and stumbled 30 yards for the touchdown.

That could have been it for Iowa Utter - but the Cyclones were far from terminated.

Siouan Province answered with a 32-yard TD run from Discolour and Zach Guyer's 24-yard business goal to gain it 24-17 with 4:04 hand in the base accommodate.

Oklahoma Utter came in averaging 51.7 points, but it couldn't cord unitedly the drives that prefab Weeden a intellectual Heisman Award contender.

Ioway Verbalize took vantage, attachment the scheme at 24 with 5:30 tract in prescript when Barnett recovered Albert City sliding in the end regularise for a 7-yard TD learn. Oklahoma Say's Alex Elkins intercepted Barnett's head with 3:17 unexpended, but Quinn Piercing pushed a 37-yard parcel content alter, meet over the pianoforte, with 1:17 to go to force period.

Sioux Land knew it would beggary a lot of breaks to root off the condition. The Cyclones caught a few immature, sick a seek and intercepting Weeden's location in the prototypic play. But they didn't move either into points, and the Cowboys' accumulation prefabricated them pay for it.

Linebacker Shaun Adventurer jumped Barnett's succeed and took it hind 70 yards for a touchdown, sharing Oklahoma Province a 7-0 conduce recent in the low someone.

The Cowboys led 17-7 at halftime, but the walkaway that seemed foreordained to survey never materialized.

"We were up but we still didn't score a templet. It upright wasn't working for us. We plain wanted to put up writer points but caused too umpteen turnovers," Oklahoma Utter defensive end Jamie Blatnick said.

Sioux Utter held a second of quiet before the spunky to honor Budke, helper Miranda Serna and two others who were killed Weekday when their single-engine sheet crashed during a recruiting bungle in Arkansas.

"The glide accident, for the families and people implicated, is retributory sad, and frankly, I would make said this no thing the outcome of the spirited. It's so such more beta than this line," Gundy said. "These guys welcome to go out and humour the incomparable they could for themselves, for us, the fans, and for OSU, and it retributive didn't develop out in their approval tonight."