Social Media was Buzzing During BYU's Win Over Kansas State

Casey Lundquist | Sep 22, 2024

BYU wide receiver Darius Lassiter against Kansas State / BYU Photo

On Saturday night, BYU shocked the college football world with a dominant 38-9 victory over no. 13 Kansas State. With the win, BYU improved to 4-0 overall and 1-0 in conference play. At the end of the first half and the start of the second half, BYU went on a 28-0 run that included two non-offensive touchdowns. Social media was buzzing during the scoring run.

SportsCenter called Kingston's punt return touchdown a candidate for the play of the year.

PLAY OF THE YEAR CANDIDATE FROM BYU'S PARKER KINGSTON 😮 pic.twitter.com/VqvaJPR6ef

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 22, 2024

DraftKings called it the "greatest punt return ever."

BYU WITH THE GREATEST PUNT RETURN *EVER* 😱pic.twitter.com/CWdxkGzDKJ

— DraftKings (@DraftKings) September 22, 2024

Barstool Sports said Kingston "made the impossible possible."

MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE

INSANE 93-YARD PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWN FOR BYU

pic.twitter.com/aCFm4p1lLg

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 22, 2024

One college football fan summarized it best, saying "No one on earth is having more fun than BYU football is right now."

No one on earth is having more fun than the BYU football is right now. pic.twitter.com/DLfYsY4xcG

— Zach Bollinger (@zachbollinger18) September 22, 2024

One college football account said the "stadium was about to explode." They were right - the play could have registered on the Richter scale.

THIS STADIUM IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE

BYU IS UNSTOPPABLE RIGHT NOW pic.twitter.com/37LYEVg3hR

— CFB Kings (@CFBKings) September 22, 2024

BYU's home environment has been recognized as one of the toughest places to play in college football. Especially at night.

PROVO. AT. NIGHT.

— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) September 22, 2024

There were a few Kansas State fans that had a lot riding on Saturday's result. One fan boldly (and jokingly) claimed he would get baptized if BYU won.

https://t.co/PRg8AS1VIK pic.twitter.com/VGS5Rp5Tx8

— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) September 22, 2024

One post on "X", in particular, got a lot of attention this week. A Kansas State fan was confident enough to make an obscure promise about Saturday night's game (language warning):

If Kstate loses to BYU I’ll shove a beefy 5 layer burrito up my ass.

— Saint BILL Snyder (@SaintBillSnyder) September 18, 2024

The Taco Bell post was tallying hundreds of thousands of impressions as BYU started to run up the score against Kansas State. As of this writing, it has 2.8 million impressions. It appears BYU may have even trolled the fan after the game with this post.

Live Más. pic.twitter.com/O5htfC4xwm

— BYU FOOTBALL (@BYUfootball) September 22, 2024

A nightmare night for Kansas State was a potentially season-altering win for the Cougars.

Kansas State and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Book by BYU.

— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) September 22, 2024