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OSU already has lost one football game in large part because of a kickoff return – D.J. Monroe’s 100-yard return in the second quarter that gave Texas a 21-14 lead en route to a 41-36 victory.

Now to Stillwater comes another superb kick returner, West Virginia’s Tavon Austin on Saturday, a week after the Cowboys gave up another 100-yard return, to Kansas State’s Tylen Lockett. Lockett’s TD didn’t cost OSU the victory — the Wildcats won 44-30 – but it didn’t help.

West Virginia's Tavon Austin (1) rounds the corner on a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Kansas State in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Christopher Jackson)

And that leads to some trouble for OSU. Quinn Sharp has kicked off 59 times this season and produced 47 touchbacks. But two of his 12 non-touchbacks have been returned for touchdowns.