Colorado led Oklahoma State 24-23 at halftime Saturday in Stillwater. Then Drew Mestemaker took over, and the Cowboys scored the final 34 points to win 57-24.

Mestemaker finished 21-of-36 for 386 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions. The game turned on the first drive of the second half, when he hit Morgan McPhaul for a 3-yard touchdown to make it 30-24. Colorado never scored again.

• Mestemaker: 386 yards, 4 TD, 0 INT
• Justin Bowick: 5 catches, 138 yards, 1 TD
• Caleb Hawkins: 120 rushing yards
• LaDainian Fields: 2 interceptions
• Oklahoma State 598 total yards; Colorado 3 turnovers

Oklahoma State is 5-2. Colorado drops to 2-5.

Best quarterback in the Big 12 right now? Our answer: Mestemaker is on the short list, and on Saturday nobody in the league played better. When your quarterback can turn a one-point halftime deficit into a 33-point win without throwing a pick, you’ve got something.

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Jeremy Durham is a sports columnist for TriStar Daily and the founder of Five and a Fade.