Oklahoma football: Spencer Rattler will do obscene things to Kansas State

Spencer Rattler shone brightly in his debut as the starter for the Sooners and he’ll get a chance to do big things this Saturday when Oklahoma hosts Kansas State. 

Spencer Rattler has been a big name prospect since his high school days in Arizona and it only made sense for him to want to play for Lincoln Riley and the Oklahoma Sooners. Since Riley has taken over in Norman, he’s had two quarterbacks win Heisman trophies and go No. 1 overall in the NFL Draft and another be up for the Heisman award and go in the second round of the draft.

Rattler had to sit for a year behind Jalen Hurts, but it likely didn’t hurt him much at all, as he looked poised in his first start and was already looking the part of the next sensational quarterback at Oklahoma. Even in limited appearances last season saw Rattler look pretty good and gave Sooner fans something to be excited about.

Rattler finally got his chance to be the starter in Norman and kicked things off by torching the Missouri State Bears, throwing for 290 yards and four touchdowns on just 14 completions (out of 17 attempts). As a result of this dominant outing, Rattler was able to sit out the second half due to such a dominant showing in the first half.

Next up for Spencer Rattler is a date with the 0-1 Kansas State Wildcats.

For those who don’t remember, Kansas State was one of the few teams able to hand Oklahoma a loss last season. The game took place in Manhattan and was a shocking win for the Wildcats in then-first year head coach Chris Klieman’s inaugural season. The Sooners surely haven’t forgotten about that loss and even though Rattler wasn’t the starter in that one, he’s going to make K-State pay.

Kansas State is already off to a rough start, losing to Arkansas State in their season opener by a score of 35-31 and not looking at all like that fiery team who took down the Sooners last year. A program that was once known for boasting powerful defenses and explosive rushing attacks didn’t have either of those things in week 1, getting gashed in all facets defensively and not being able to move the chains consistently enough on offense.

Rattler will take full advantage of K-State’s shortcomings, as the Wildcats surrendered a total of 330 passing yards and five touchdowns through the air to the Arkansas State Red Wolves offense. Kansas State couldn’t stop a Sun Belt team from tabulating nearly 500 yards of offense against them and that’s not a good sign considering who they’ve got next on the schedule.

The Red Wolves did just about whatever they wanted to against the Wildcats secondary and that’s a Sun Belt team. Spencer Rattler comes from a lethal Big 12 offense led by Lincoln Riley and has the ability to put the Sooners ahead big early on in this one and he might even be able to sit out the second half again.

Rattler threw for 40 fewer yards and one less touchdown in Week 1 compared to what the Red Wolves did to K-State, and he did so on just 14 completions. With him likely attempting more than 17 passes this week, it’s possible he and the Sooners have complete control of this game by the end of the first half.

Yes, it’s against a Power 5 program, but after seeing how lackluster the K-State defense was against a Sun Belt team, it doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence against one of the best offenses in all of college football.

Kansas State struggled on defense and they don’t have many stars capable of handling someone of Spencer Rattler’s caliber. Wyatt Hubert is one of their best players and he had a sack in Week 1, but the Sooners can easily game plan around one guy.

Hubert having a big game is the only way Kansas State really stands chance at slowing Rattler down and even then, it seems unlikely. Rattler probably gets to sit out at least a quarter in this match-up after he has yet another video game-like performance.

Hopefully, the game takes place, as there have been worries that Kansas State might not be able to fill a roster due to COVID-19.

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