BIG 12 White, Oklahoma rally past Kansas St.

The Heisman winner threw four touchdowns as the Sooners won 31-21.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -- Jason White spent much of the week touting a young Oklahoma teammate for the Heisman Trophy.
On Saturday, he played -- with one exception -- like a front-runner for a second straight award of his own.
White threw what could have been a disastrous interception in the third quarter against Kansas State. But he rebounded to toss two clutch touchdown passes to Mark Clayton -- part of a four-TD day for White -- lifting No. 2 Oklahoma to a 31-21 victory over Kansas State.
"I knew I made a mistake but you wanted to make up for it," said White, who also threw two touchdown passes to Travis Wilson in the first half. "The pass game was there all day, and we had to take advantage of it."
Freshman Adrian Peterson added 130 yards rushing -- all but 26 of those after halftime -- and helped the Sooners (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) control the tempo in the fourth quarter. White is among those campaigning for Peterson to get Heisman consideration.
"If you've got a horse, you just keep feeding him," Kansas State cornerback Cedrick Williams said. "We tried to, but we just couldn't get the ball out of his hands."
Struggling
Kansas State, which beat Oklahoma 35-7 for the Big 12 title a year ago, led three times Saturday but dropped to 2-4 overall and 0-3 in conference play for the first time since 2001.
"We are not finished and not focused all the way," wide receiver Jermaine Moreira said. "We're making a lot of little mistakes right now, and it's killing us."
A big mistake with just under 10 minutes remaining in the third quarter could have done in the Sooners.
White, who finished the game 20-for-31 for 256 yards, threw into the left flat on first down from his own 27. The pass went straight to linebacker Brandon Archer, who returned it 27 yards for a touchdown and a 21-17 Kansas State lead.
But White redeemed himself on Oklahoma's next possession, throwing a 15-yard scoring pass to Clayton for a 24-21 lead. Clayton's 8-yard TD catch made it 31-21 midway through the fourth quarter, capping a drive on which Peterson carried seven times for 46 yards.
"I had to be real patient," said Peterson, the only Oklahoma freshman to go over 100 yards in each of his first six games. "The guys kept me going and told me that it would open up."
Running back Darren Sproles was held largely in check both by Oklahoma's defense and Kansas State's pass-first game plan.
Sproles, who ran for 235 yards in the Big 12 title game last year, had 34 yards on only 13 carries. One of those carries was a botched halfback pass attempt in the first quarter, one snap before a turnover that slowed the Wildcats' early momentum.