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Top Five K-State Football Walk-Ons

Top Five K-State Football Walk-Ons

The topic of Chris Klieman’s ability to get high-caliber recruits, or lack thereof, has been discussed a lot among K-State fans this summer.  For every person that says “we need to secure more four-star players,” there is someone who points to K-State’s successful history of finding “diamonds in the rough.” Since this is becoming Twitter fodder with every commitment, a reader suggested that I rank the top five walk-ons in K-State football history.  I thought it would be interesting to…

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From The Couch: K-State Ring Of Honor Member Veryl Switzer

From The Couch: K-State Ring Of Honor Member Veryl Switzer

I’m a huge K-State sports fan, but if you’re around my age (48) anything K-State football-related pre-1989 is kind of “fuzzy.”  To be honest, the first time I ever heard of Veryl Switzer was when I bought a version of the NCAA football video game in my younger days.  They had an “All-time Kansas State team” and Veryl Switzer was the running back.  Switzer was voted to the Kansas State football ring of honor as a member of the inaugural…

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K-State News And Notes

K-State News And Notes

Summertime is usually a quiet time for K-State sports, but there were quite a few K-Staters in the news last week.  Instead of choosing just one to write about, here is a quick-hitter on each! The 2012 Wildcat football team Chris Harper made waves on Twitter last week when he said that he thinks the 2012 Wildcat football team would have won the national title had K-State beaten Baylor in the second to last regular-season game of that season.  I…

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Top Five Kansas State Football Bowl Games

Top Five Kansas State Football Bowl Games

Last week I ranked the top five regular-season non-conference victories in K-State football history.  This week I’m ranking the top bowl game victories in K-State history.  It was kind of difficult to narrow the list down to five, so I used multiple criteria to choose from, including the quality of competition and how each victory impacted the overall visibility and growth of the K-State football program.  I always find an interesting tidbit or two when researching games from the past. …

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Kansas State Ring of Honor Member Gary Spani

Kansas State Ring of Honor Member Gary Spani

Gary Spani was part of the inaugural class of the Kansas State football ring of honor in 2002.  Spani was born in Santana, Kansas but was raised in Manhattan and graduated from Manhattan High School in 1974.  He was a dominant player not only at K-State but in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs as well…. “Arguably the greatest football player in Kansas State University history”…College Football Hall of Fame website JM:  Spani was inducted into the College Football…

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