If you are going to talk smack, you better back it up. Oklahoma allegedly was not able to do that against Kansas State in its 48-41 loss, as the Wildcats described the Sooners as “the worst team ever” when it comes to trash talk.

“If someone is running their mouth 24/7 in your ear, that just makes you want to play harder and go out there and get the win even more.” Kansas State defensive end Wyatt Hubert told reporters.

Hubert and the Wildcat defense kept the Sooners running game in check, allowing just 102 yards. A majority of those yards coming from Jalen Hurts on both designed runs and improvised scrambling, the Wildcats were ready for Oklahoma’s true running backs, allowing just 11 yards not accounted to Hurts.

“They do think very highly of themselves. Rightly so,” said Kansas State quarterback Skylar Thompson. “They’ve earned that.”

“We weren’t scared of nothing. I wasn’t scared of nothing. I’m not going to back down from something like that. That’s the type of stuff that, (when) people talk trash to me, that makes me play better. I love when people talk and say stuff. That just fires me up and brings out the competitive juices even more in me, so I invite that stuff and don’t let it be a distraction, most importantly.”

Thompson also credited his teammates for not taking the bait the Sooners handed out and refraining from retaliating or costing the team a free 15 yards and a new set of downs.

First year Kansas State head coach, Chris Klieman told his players before the game simply that they “belonged on this stage,”

The Wildcats kept the fight after falling behind 17-7, building up a 25-point lead in the second half.

“When we were up by 25 points, they weren’t talking anymore,” Hubert said. “So I was kind of asking them why they weren’t talking anymore. If you’re going to talk the talk, you better walk the walk. That’s just something that they didn’t do today.”

The Sooners clawed their way back to within seven, needing an onside kick to go their way. Initially, Oklahoma got the break they were in search for all game but upon further review the Sooners touched the ball before it reached the 10 yard line.

Hubert believed that the Sooners came in to Manhattan thinking the game should not “be a close game at all,”.

“That’s just something that you cannot do in college football,” Hubert said