The K-State football team travels to Norman, Okla., Saturday and may find themselves wishing they were out trick-or-treating instead of playing football.

However, the Wildcats will take the field Saturday against a Sooner team that has not lost at home since 2005. Does that make the game unwinnable? Certainly not. Does it hurt their chances? Quite a bit.

In order to win this game, the Wildcats will have to find some offense. Against Texas A&M two weeks ago, the Wildcats piled on the points en route to a 62-14 win against the Aggies. The next week, against Colorado, the Wildcats scored just 20 points, with none of those points coming in the second half.

Junior running back Daniel Thomas has carried the offense on his back throughout the season, gaining 145 yards Saturday against the Buffaloes. However, he needs help from the rest of the offense, namely senior quarterback Grant Gregory.

In the win against Colorado, Gregory threw for just 80 yards. He was sacked twice and threw zero touchdowns. Defenses are quickly learning that shutting down the Wildcats offensively means stopping Thomas and the running game. The key to opening things up is throwing downfield, but Gregory's skill set is more suited for scrambling and creating with his legs rather than with his arms. Making this process tougher is the proficiency of the Oklahoma defensive unit.

The Sooner defense has played excellently all year. The Wildcat offense will need help from the defense and special teams, similar to the help they received against Texas A&M. If the offense can start in Oklahoma territory after a turnover or a big special teams return, they have a much better chance of finding the end zone. But even then, they do not have a great chance.

No team has scored more than 21 points against the Sooners so far this season. The Wildcats will be hard pressed to score even that, which puts the defense in a tough position. Realistically, the Wildcat defense will need to hold the Sooners to less than 20 points if they want to win.

If the defense can come up with some big turnovers and force the Sooner redshirt freshman Landry Jones into some bad throws, the Wildcats have a chance to keep this game close. In a 14-13 loss to Brigham Young earlier this season, Jones threw two interceptions. Against Texas, he threw two more. If the Wildcats can make him pay for his mistakes, they will have a chance.

Unfortunately, recent history suggests that the Wildcats will not be able to beat the Sooners at home. Even Coach Snyder seemed at a loss when asked how to beat the Sooners in Norman, Okla.

"We might just stay home," he said.

- Grant Guggisberg is a senior in print journalism. Please send comments to sports@spub.ksu.edu.