K-State beat Bowling Green 52-0 yesterday in what proved to be quite a mismatch. Bowling Green has played K-State twice in their history and hasn’t scored a point, also losing 58-0 in 1997. Not sure they’ll bother to schedule another match-up with the Cats anytime soon. K-State has gained over 500 yards of total offense in the first two games of the season for the first time in school history. Personally, I think Chris Klieman wanted to make a statement…
K-State’s next opponent is Bowling Green. Here’s 10 fun facts I found about the University and football program. 1) Bowling Green’s sports teams are named the Falcons. Bowling Green’s mascots are Freddie and Frieda Falcon. I found an interesting write-up about the history of the school nickname. They used to be called “The Normals” before it was “The Falcons.” Until 1927, Bowling Green State University was referred to as Bowling Green Normal College, for its teacher training curriculum. The school’s…
K-State beat Nicholls State last night 49-14 in the first game of the Chris Klieman era. It was a dominating performance. K-State rushed for 361 yards and out-gained Nicholls 573 to 276 in total yards. Here’s a summary of the game stats from ESPN: I must admit I was not expecting such a dominating performance, even though Nicholls is an FCS program. They are ranked in the FCS top 25, however, so they’re not exactly a pushover. I was pleasantly…
I tried to pick one photo that would accurately reflect this game and I chose the photo above showing Darren Sproles outrunning the Oklahoma defense, who appeared just a blur in the background. This has to go down as the biggest game in K-State history and my proudest moment as a K-State football fan. My Dad had Chiefs season tickets at the time and season ticket holders got first dibs on the tickets before the season even started. We thought…
My number two great K-State football game is the 1998 K-State/Nebraska game. Kansas State hadn’t beaten Nebraska in football since 1968. 30 years! K-State entered the game ranked number two in the AP poll and Nebraska number 11. This game was very much in doubt until the very end. K-State scored a touchdown with 5:25 to play to go ahead 34-30. Jeff Kelly returned an Eric Crouch fumble 24 yards for a touchdown with three seconds left for the final…