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From The Couch – A Tribute To Jon Wefald

From The Couch – A Tribute To Jon Wefald

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Former Kansas State University President Jon Wefald died of a heart attack on Saturday at the age of 84. Wefald served as President of Kansas State for 23 years, from 1986 to 2009, which is the second-longest tenure in school history. He was the President during my entire time in school at K-State and is most heralded for presiding over the Bill Snyder era, the turnaround of K-State football and the formation of the original Big 12 Conference. The tributes…

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From The Couch – Chris Klieman: “We’re Still Going Play Power 5 Football”

From The Couch – Chris Klieman: “We’re Still Going Play Power 5 Football”

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K-State finished their fifth fall practice today and Coach Chris Klieman met with the media afterward.  Klieman was very upbeat and excited about the upcoming season.  Here are some quotes of note from the press conference. “For us as coaches, we like where we’re at and we think we’re much better than we’ve been here, at least in the last two years.”…Chris Klieman, August 10, 2021 JM:  One of the themes of the press conference was Klieman repeatedly talking about…

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I Lose a Friend and K-State Loses A Superfan Way Too Soon

I Lose a Friend and K-State Loses A Superfan Way Too Soon

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   My friend and K-State superfan Scott Thomas died early this morning after a battle with lung cancer.  He was 50 years old.  A mutual friend and I drove to see him in Hutchinson yesterday.  He was aware we were there, but he could not really speak or communicate with us.  It was hard to see him in that condition, but I’m glad we made the last-minute trip to spend some time with him.  Just hours after we left he…

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Is Art Garfunkel A K-State Fan?

Is Art Garfunkel A K-State Fan?

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    The Peacock Network has a free preview this weekend and I saw that they have every episode of Saturday Night Live on it.  I’m a huge fan of the original cast up until about the mid-1990s and I watched the first couple of episodes because I have never watched them.  The first episode was hosted by George Carlin and the second episode was hosted by Paul Simon.  Simon brought on Art Garfunkel for a Simon & Garfunkel reunion…

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