Mestemaker and Oklahoma State Outlast Oregon 39-31
Drew Mestemaker threw two interceptions, one of them returned 96 yards for a touchdown, and Oklahoma State still won by eight. That is the kind of game it was. The Cowboys piled up 561 yards to Oregon's 281, which explains how a team can hand over a pick-six and not pay for it.
Oklahoma State kicked a field goal first, then watched Devon Jackson take that interception the length of the field for a 7-3 Oregon lead midway through the first quarter. The Cowboys answered with a one-yard touchdown pass to Carson Kolb and a five-yard run from Caleb Hawkins for a 17-7 lead, and after Oregon cut it to 17-14, a 52-yard connection between Mestemaker and Wyatt Young made it 24-14. Oregon trimmed it to 17-24 at the half with a field goal with 30 seconds left, and cut it to 24-27 on a 36-yard Dante Moore touchdown pass to Dakorien Moore in the third.
Then Oregon took its only lead of the second half. Moore found Evan Stewart from 38 yards out early in the fourth for a 31-30 Oregon edge, and that was the last time the Ducks were in front. Mestemaker ran in from 10 yards out with 10:21 left (the two-point try failed, so it was 36-31), and Sam Keltner's 31-yard field goal with 3:11 to go made it 39-31. Keltner kicked four field goals in all, which is a lot of work for a kicker on a day the offense moved the ball this well.
Oregon threw for 191 yards, but ran for just 90 on 30 carries while Oklahoma State got 244 on 37. Both teams sit at 1-1.
Fantasy owners who had Mestemaker are not complaining about the picks. He scored 41.6 Promethium points, more than two and a half times his 15.9 from the opener, and both of his top targets came along for the ride.