Opponent watch: Mid-week Kansas State links

As we move closer to No. 24 Oklahoma State’s huge showdown at No. 2 Kansas State Saturday night in Manhattan, here are some Wildcat links from the Kansas City Star, Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital-Journal.

Kansas City Star

Blair Kerkoff takes a look at the most recent BCS mess, with Alabama, Oregon, Notre Dame and K-State all undefeated.

A comparison between what OSU was going through last season — undefeated, Heisman candidate at quarterback, etc. — and K-State’s road this season.

Linebacker and team leader Tre Walker is on crutches with a knee injury. He could miss the game Saturday.

More on K-State’s BCS hopes.

Wichita Eagle

Kellis Robinett’s work also goes to the Star (some of it is linked above), but here is the Eagle’s K-State blog.

Topeka Capital-Journal

Collin Klein’s Heisman run reminds columnist Kevin Haskin of Michael Bishop’s.

How last season’s loss to OSU helped K-State gain confidence.

Mike Gundy talked about this plenty on Monday, but here’s more on the Wildcats’ balanced offense.

More on the BCS, and how it compares to OSU’s run last season.

Here’s the CJ’s college sports blog.

K-State is trying to “avoid distractions.” #Gundyism