Joe On K-State Sports

Potential First-Team All-Big 12 Football Players for K-State’s 2024 Season

July 24, 2024 Joe Mathieu Comments 0 Comment

The media preseason all-Big 12 football team was voted on and published a few weeks ago, and I was surprised to see that not one K-State Wildcat was selected. It is odd, considering K-State is one of the contenders to win the league this fall. Curiously, the following programs had more than two players selected: Oklahoma State: 6Arizona: 5Iowa State: 3Colorado: 3Utah: 3Texas Tech: 2UCF: 2Cincinnati: 2The University of Kansas: 2 Hopefully, K-State’s players take it to heart and try…

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Rapid Fire – K-State Football, Basketball, and Baseball In The News

July 17, 2024 Joe Mathieu Comments 0 Comment

There has been K-State news in multiple sports this week, so let’s do a round of Rapid Fire. Here we GO! -EA Sports College Football 25 is out. I liked playing the NCAA football video game back in the day, but I’m pretty sure I’ve outgrown video games. One of the interesting things to me is how the developers rated the players. Who would you guess is the highest-rated K-State player in the game? Avery Johnson? Dylan Edwards? Jacob Parrish?…

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ESPN Writer Bill Connelly Is Way Off Base

July 10, 2024 Joe Mathieu Comments 0 Comment

The time has come to write an article that I never thought I would have to write. In the past few months, I have read and heard from K-State fans comparing Chris Klieman and Bill Snyder from a historical perspective. They are asking, “Who is the better coach?” I have dismissed questions like that as ridiculous. It is too early in Chris Kleiman’s tenure to have a discussion comparing him to one of the best coaches in the history of…

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K-State Football 2024 Road Schedule Ranking: Matchups, Predictions & Key Tests

July 6, 2024 Joe Mathieu Comments 0 Comment

Last week, I ranked the K-State home football games of the 2024 season from least compelling to most compelling. This week, I rank K-State’s road schedule. Generally, none of these road games scare me too much, so I find all of them winnable. Of course, you never know what might happen. No road game is ever easy, even in the non-conference… 6. At Tulane, September 7Tulane was 8-0 in the AAC and 11-3 overall in 2023. They lost to SMU…

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Profiles In K-State Fandom – Dave Lewis

July 2, 2024 Joe Mathieu Comments 0 Comment

The 15th installment of “Profiles in K-State fandom” features Dave Lewis, who was the K-State public address announcer for 15 years. Dave has nominated some people for this series, but was also nominated by multiple people. I met Dave at a tailgate before a spring football game many years ago. I don’t remember the year. I remember is there were a lot of people there wearing purple, eating food, and drinking beverages. I also remember someone offering Dave a beer…

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