Well, that's one Big 12 game in the bag, and thank goodness we don't have to deal with Farmageddon in Ames until 2016.

It was not an easy victory by any means, but it was also exactly the sort of hard-fought road win a team needs to set itself up for the rest of the season. This game was a wake-up call. The defense needs work as a unit, and especially in fundamental football skills like tackling. Tyler Lockett was possibly hampered by injury, and if we never see the wildcat formation again, it will be too soon. The special teams were less-than-special, and especially on kick/punt coverage.

But there were also patches of brilliance in this game. The opening drive showed us how impressive this offense can be when it's firing on all cylinders. The two-minute drill at the end of the first half was as brutally efficient a drive as any K-State team has ever put together. The defense righted itself somewhat in the second half, keeping the Cyclones out of the end zone, and the drive that put the game away was fueled by sheer determination more than anything else.

The biggest thing to come out of the game was this: Jake Waters went into the game a quarterback and came out of it a leader. He took the team on his shoulders and he refused to lose, and that is the most Collin Klein thing anyone not named Collin Klein has ever done.

There was more than just K-State football going on this weekend though.

K-State cross country had a strong showing at the J.K Gold classic duals, with Morgan Wedekind taking first overall and notching her first win in competition.

The equestrian team held its Purple-White scrimmage this weekend, with White beating Purple in all but one event. The underclassmen in particular did well at the event.