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It’s Time

It’s Time

After a frustrating loss to the Texas Longhorns 19-14 yesterday, there is more heat on Bill Snyder than I can ever remember.  Kansas City Star columnist Sam Mellinger summed it up very well in his column after the game.  I’ve been on the fence regarding Bill Snyder for quite a few years.  Going between 6-6 and 9-3 every year and making a minor Bowl Game isn’t horrible, but it is wearing very thin.  It seems that this is “what we…

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Does Bill Snyder need NFL talent to compete?

Does Bill Snyder need NFL talent to compete?

What does recruiting NFL talent have to do with results on the field?  Apparently a lot, according to the numbers I compiled.  I decided to look at the entire Bill Snyder era to get the complete picture.  I left the Ron Prince years in there because Snyder had at least a small role in recruiting the players that Ron Prince coached.  I broke it down by the year of the NFL draft, the number of K-State players selected that year…

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