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Texas begins Big 12 play vs. Kansas State

Sep 29, 2007 - 10:47 AM Kansas State (2-1) at No. 7 Texas (4-0) 3:30 pm EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (Ticker) -- Texas coach Mack Brown wouldn't mind a second straight easy victory.

Brown's seventh-ranked Longhorns open Big 12 Conference play Saturday by hosting Kansas State, which upset them last year.

The Longhorns (4-0, 0-0 Big 12 South) began their season with three straight shaky victories before crushing intrastate foe Rice last weekend, 58-14.

Colt McCoy completed 20-of-29 passes for 333 yards and three touchdowns and Jamaal Charles rushed for three scores for Texas, which scored the game's first 41 points.

Kansas State (2-1, 0-0 North) has not played since trouncing Football Championship Subdivision team Missouri State on September 15, 61-10.

James Johnson rushed for 114 yards and three touchdowns on just 16 carries for the Wildcats, who produced five TDs on the ground.

Last year, the Wildcats stunned then-No. 4 Texas in Manhattan, 45-42. McCoy suffered a shoulder stinger on a TD run in the first quarter and did not return.