According to SuperBookSports, odds are 80 to 1 that Kansas State wins the Big 12 conference this fall. Those are the seventh best odds in the league, tied with Baylor and Texas Tech. Is that worth placing a bet? I think I’d save my money. Kansas is 2,000 to 1. Yikes!
Chris Klieman, Skylar Thompson, and Jahron McPherson participated in Big 12 media days on Wednesday. I listened to all of the interviews and here are the quotes I found most notable. “We’ve had a really good spring and exceptional summer. We have a new strength and conditioning staff led by Tru Carroll who has an unbelievable impact on our football team and our football players and helped enhance the already good culture at Kansas State to another level. “…Chris…
Full disclosure: David Allen is one of my favorite Kansas State football players. I own way too many K-State football jerseys, but the first one I bought was number 32 because of David Allen. He was added to the K-State football ring of honor in 2008. Writing this article was a lot of fun, especially watching the video of all of his touchdown returns. To this day, he remains near the top of the college football’s all-time punt return touchdown…
Frank Stallone posted a picture of himself, his brother Sylvester, and K-State incoming freshman quarterback Jake Rubley on social media today. I didn’t know Sylvester Stallone is Jake’s uncle. Sylvester’s wife and Jake’s Mom are sisters. This was very cool to see! It’s also neat that Frank called Jake the “number one high school quarterback in the nation.” We won’t tell him that’s not entirely accurate, but we’ll take it anyway!
Have you ever placed a bet in Vegas just for the fun of it? In 2017 I was at a Sportsbook in Las Vegas and on the board behind the counter they had the college football odds to win a national championship. K-State was listed at 60 to 1. It was worth 10 bucks to me to buy a ticket. And with Bill Snyder as your coach there’s always a chance, right? Wrong! This year the significant betting number to…