After losing to #12 Oklahoma State by 2 points and #3 TCU by 7 points in the most recent consecutive weeks, Kansas State lost to #15 Oklahoma 55-0 at home yesterday.
The previous close losses were all mirage. Nothing is salvageable for the Wildcats. Their team is awful. Their cupboards are bare. They'll never win a conference championship again. Their 76 year old hall of fame head coach must go.
FUN FACT: In 2009, the Bill Snyder coached Kansas State Wildcats lost to Texas Tech 66-14. The very next week they beat a Texas A&M team that would finish with 6 wins and a bowl appearance 62-14.
For OHIO's loss to WMU to be similar to your thesis, OHIO instead of playing Akron and Miami would have lost painfully close to Toledo and BGSU and then thrown 3 picks vs WMU in the route (no turnovers for OHIO which is unusual in a blowout butt kicking). Perhaps the close losses by KSU took a lot out of them going into the Oklahoma game. OHIO however, had it easy going into the WMU game.