Week 8 in the Big 12 served up a little bit of everything… Circus catches, throwback quarterbacking, and kickers with ice in their veins. The league split its weekly trophies across Arizona State, BYU, Houston, UCF, and TCU. Proof that parity is the Big 12’s brand.

Offensive Player of the Week went two ways. Arizona State wideout Jordyn Tyson stacked 10 grabs for 105 yards and a touchdown in the Sun Devils’ 26-22 upset of then-No. 7 Texas Tech, including a 33-yard, fourth-down dagger on the game-winning drive.

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He has now scored in eight straight games, the longest active streak by a position player in FBS.

Sharing the honor, Houston quarterback Conner Weigman authored a Kevin Kolb-era throwback. Three touchdown passes, a rushing score, and 98 yards on the ground in a 31-28 win over Arizona. He averaged seven a pop and pushed the Cougars to 6-1.

Defense was defined by volume and violence.

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TCU linebacker Kaleb Elarms-Orr posted 16 tackles in a 42-36 win over Baylor, the most by a Horned Frog since 2019 and tied for the second-highest single-game mark in the Big 12 this season.

BYU safety Tanner Wall nabbed the Cougars’ first defensive weekly nod of 2024, logging 10 tackles and a clutch fourth-quarter pick to sink then-No. 23 Utah.

Special teams? Cold-blooded.

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ASU’s Jesus Gomez drilled four field goals (26, 28, 34, 47) for his third weekly award, becoming the first FBS kicker this season with four makes against a top-25 team. Houston’s Ethan Sanchez stayed perfect on PATs (21-for-21) and buried a 41-yard walk-off to beat Arizona, his second game-winner this year, and already sits top-12 on UH’s single-season field-goal list (15).

Freshman of the Week is again, BYU’s Bear Bachmeier.

That is four straight and five total after he threw for 166 and ran for 64 with two touchdowns, including a ruthless 22-yard, 3rd-and-11 house call.

In the trenches, Houston claimed Offensive Line of the Week after paving 232 rushing yards with zero sacks allowed, while UCF’s front wrecked West Virginia with seven of eight team sacks, holding the Mountaineers to 210 total yards. Parity? No. It’s a street fight.