I am not a fan of the Colorado Buffaloes. Never have been. Their fans have always been arrogant and condescending. Add Deion Sanders and his spoiled brat kids into the mix, and they are one of the most unlikeable programs in all of college football. No matter what the media wants to spin to all of us. That made K-State’s 31-28 victory over Colorado in Boulder Saturday night/Sunday morning the most satisfying K-State victory in quite some time. I flew…

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The K-State football team returns to action this Saturday night at 9:15 against the Colorado Buffaloes. After the dissolution of the Pac 12 last year, Colorado came crawling back to the Big 12 with their tail between their legs. It’s quite ironic for an institution that gave the most condescending press conference I’ve ever heard in 2010 when they left the Big 12 for the Pac 12. But I digress. This is an intriguing football game. There is future NFL…

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K-State football has two bye weeks this season and the first one comes this weekend. After a 42-20 win over Oklahoma State on Saturday, K-State sits at 4-1 on the season and 1-1 in the Big 12. The Wildcats still have a shot to make the Big 12 championship game, but they might have to win out to do it. In this week’s column, I will analyze the early Big 12 football season and K-State’s place in it. This is…

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Five touchdowns from quarterback Avery Johnson and 187 yards rushing from running back DJ Giddens made it a great day for K-State football and their fans. K-State beat Oklahoma State 42-20 on Saturday in front of another sellout crowd of 51,741. It was a huge victory in the race for the Big 12 championship, as league front-runner Utah lost to Arizona Saturday night. The Big 12 race has gotten much more complicated than I once thought, and K-State still has…

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Is Saturday’s game between Oklahoma State and K-State an elimination game in the race to the Big 12 championship? After both teams lost their conference opener, it may very well be. I know it is still early, as we are only one game into the conference schedule, but I am skeptical that a two-loss team will make the Big 12 championship game. The loser of this game will start conference play 0-2 and have a huge hole to dig out…

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It has been a long time since I have been as disappointed as I was last night watching a K-State football game. A bizarre sequence of events at the end of the first half into the third quarter doomed K-State. BYU won the game 38-9, but K-State dominated the game statistically, out-gaining BYU, 367 to 241 total yards. However, K-State made some huge mistakes turning the ball over in their own territory and BYU took full advantage of them. I…

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K-State football travels to Provo, Utah for a game against BYU on Saturday night. Both teams open conference play with 3-0 records in the non-conference portion of their schedules. BYU beat Southern Illinois, SMU, and Wyoming, and K-State beat UT Martin, Tulane, and Arizona. This game is intriguing for a lot of reasons. Will the altitude affect K-State’s players? Will the late evening start be an advantage for BYU? Is BYU for real or is their undefeated record schedule-driven? We…

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Wow, that was fun! A raucous home crowd watched K-State beat number 18 Arizona 31 to 7 on Friday night behind the right arm and legs of Avery Johnson and a spectacular defensive performance. Johnson was 14 of 23 passing for 156 yards, two touchdowns through the air, and added 110 yards rushing. After allowing an opening drive touchdown, the K-State defense pitched a shutout the rest of the game and suffocated the high-powered Arizona offense most of the night….

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Something strange happened this week after the K-State secondary was torched repeatedly during a 34-27 victory over the Tulane Green Wave on Saturday. Some people focused on the offense. More specifically, many wondered why transfer running back Dylan Edwards wasn’t utilized more often in the game after rushing for 54 yards in only four carries against the Green Wave. Edwards was definitely electric, but I didn’t get the feeling he was underutilized. During his weekly press conference, head coach Chris…

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K-State moved up to number 14 in the AP poll, three spots higher than they were last week.

K-State football moved up to number 15 in the USA Today Coaches Poll after their 34-27 victory over Tulane on Saturday.

You might want to take something to help keep your blood pressure down when watching K-State football this season. The game Saturday was a nail-biter that came down to a somewhat controversial offensive pass interference call on Tulane after what everyone thought was the game-tying touchdown pass from Tulane quarterback Darian Mensah to wide receiver Yulkeith Brown. The call backed up Tulane fifteen yards. Two plays later, K-State safety VJ Payne intercepted a Mensah pass into the end zone, sealing…

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Can Chris Klieman take a roster full of Kansas kids and win the Big 12 conference? While this may have been unthinkable in the past, this season there are 21 players from Kansas on the two-deep depth chart for K-State. Heck, the starting backfield, Avery Johnson, Dylan Edwards, and DJ Giddens, are all from Kansas. Johnson will likely complete passes to tight end Will Anciaux and receiver Sterling Lockett, both also from Kansas, as the season progresses. And three starting…

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K-State dominated UT Martin on the scoreboard and in the box score on Saturday, winning 41 to 6. It was a competitive game into the third quarter when K-State finally pulled away. If not for a blocked punt returned for a touchdown in the first quarter, K-State would have only led by a touchdown at half. Instead, they went into halftime up 17 to 3. K-State head coach Chris Klieman challenged the players at halftime, and whatever he told them…

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The 18th installment of “Profiles in K-State Fandom” features Tracey Faulkner. Tracey and I met through a mutual friend of ours, Scott Thomas, who unfortunately, died of lung cancer a few years ago. I went to school with Scott and Scott met Tracey via one of the K-State message boards. I had different friend that never met Tracey in person, but saw his many posts in a K-State sports Facebook group on social media, who commented “at first, I didn’t…

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“Man, I’m as excited as you guys are.” That was K-State head coach Chris Klieman’s reply to a reporter who asked about quarterback Avery Johnson during Monday’s press conference. The Avery Johnson era is upon us, and even K-State’s head coach cannot wait to watch him on the field against UT Martin on Saturday. While UT Martin is no slouch (they have won three conference championships in a row) I expect K-State to take care of business against this FCS…

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K-State head coach Chris Klieman and selected players met with the media yesterday. If these quotes don’t get you pumped up for Saturday, I don’t know what will. Here we go… JM: Hyperbole? Probably, but I think DJ Giddens is going to have a fantastic season. He’s getting Heisman odds now, so I put a buck on him! JM: Yes, that is correct. Sterling Lockett is listed as a backup receiver and it looks like he and Dylan Edwards will…

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Check out my new podcast partner, Monty Putnam, as we dissect the 2024 K-State Wildcat football season. Available on your favorite podcast platform. Apple podcasts link here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-full-monty-and-a-cup-of-joe/id1763530773.

Chris Klieman, Avery Johnson, Jayce Brown, Marques Sigle, Austin Moore, Carver Willis, and Brendan Mott held press conferences today. Here are all the videos with their comments about the UT Martin game coming up on Saturday.

I’m good with anyone picking Utah, but West Virginia? That’s quite a stretch. Oh, well. Bulletin board material!

Sterling Lockett has received a lot of buzz during spring and fall practice sessions. It sounds like he could have an impact this fall. I can’t wait to see him play in person.

Perfect punt return blocking by K-State! the 52-17 win against Wyoming in the 1993 Copper Bowl was definitely one of the “most fun” K-State games I’ve ever watched.