KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the second straight year, Kansas State vs. Iowa State at Arrowhead Stadium produced some late-game heroics by the Wildcats.It wasn’t a carbon copy of last season, when Kansas State’s Emmanuel Lamur blocked Cyclones place-kicker Grant Mahoney’s extra-point kick with 32 seconds remaining, enabling the ’Cats to avoid overtime and escape with a 24-23 victory.This time, Kansas State defensive end Brandon Harold snuffed out the Cyclones, coming up with the equivalency of the KC Strip, made famous by the late, great NFL Hall of Famer Derrick Thomas — on the same exact field where Thomas terrorized opposing quarterbacks from his linebacker position for the Kansas City Chiefs during the 1990s before tragically dying from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.Harold’s hat trick — a sack, strip and recovery of Iowa State quarterback Austen Arnaud’s fumble with 1:58 left — propelled the Wildcats to a 27-20 victory before 38,468 fans in the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams.“It was a major play in the ballgame and for me, it kind of reaffirmed his effort at a critical time,” Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder said of Harold, a 6-foot-5, 264-pound junior from East St. Louis, Ill. “He has played well and has not weakened our defense by any stretch of the imagination.“He gives us some range and someone who has the opportunity to get his hands up and challenge the pass sometimes.