Joe On K-State Sports

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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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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