For real, the quarterback stats are sort of mind-blowing. I could have spent more time talking about the Kansas State offense, and in particular Jake Waters, but I’d already written plenty about him.

The Wildcats will spread out their offensive lineman to create creases in the middle, and Waters waits for blockers to block, but they’ll tighten up the offensive line to give running plays a chance to get outside. They line up in power sets and spread sets, but they can run or pass out of both without giving away any clues. Even when the defense is onto something, the play can change. Waters is skilled and selling a run to pull defenders toward him and then throwing a pass to a receiver in open space.

“It’s built into the play where he makes the decision,” Gibson said. “A lot of people do it off the zone read scheme where the tailback’s involved and the quarterback pulls it out and throws a quick bubble (screen). But this is all him.

“They run the quarterback power, the quarterback zone, the quarterback iso and they all have pass options off it, which means we have to get another guy in the box to stop the quarterback run. But then he can catch you in what you’re doing coverage-wise and you’ve got to cover that up. He does it as well as anybody I’ve ever seen do it.”