Out of the next five games for Kansas State they will be going up four top 20 ranked teams, but will have three of those at home.

Kansas State opens Big 12 play at Stillwater, Oklahoma, Saturday against 20th ranked Oklahoma State. The Cowboys are coming off a come from behind win over Texas this past Saturday.

Breaking down Oklahoma State offensively, they played two quarterbacks in last weeks game, which will create more of a challenge for the Wildcat defense.

“You anticipate that #4 (J.W. Walsh) is going to come into the ball game and they are going to run the quarterback run game with him because he can run the ball,” said Snyder. “But you might go back and he completed about 67 percent of his passes against us in 2013 when we played them so he threw the ball around pretty well in that ball game. I wouldn’t preclude him being on the field, and my guesstimate about him, or about anybody else, is he could play one or he could play 80 snaps.”

Oklahoma State’s Mason Rudolph has been the starting quarterback through the first four games and ranks in the top 10 nationally in passing yards and yards per attempt; 13th nationally in yards per completion and 19th in pass efficiency with a 67.7 completion percentage and six touchdowns.

K-State’s Sophomore Linebacker Elijah Lee explained the two quarterback system will keep them on their toes.

“It keeps you on your toes because you do not know who is going to be in or what they are capable of. Both of them can run and pass. We just have to be alert,” said Lee.

Kansas State is coming out of a bye week, which could be substantial for the Wildcats as it gave them time to heal as well as focus on mistakes identified during non-conference play. Fixing those mistakes was a goal for the defense according to Senior Defensive Tackle Travis Britz.

“We had a set of goals that we went over, and as a defense we tried to eliminate those mistakes that we have been making. As a whole, we are steadily progressing toward those goals. We still have some improvement to do, but as a whole we have conquered some of those things that we had issues with earlier in the season,” said Britz.

Saturday’s game is scheduled for a 3 pm kick off from Boone Pickens Stadium. The Wildcats will be looking for their first win in Stillwater since a 44-21 triumph in 1999.