We’re rolling now! The seventh installment of “Profiles In K-State Fandom” features Kyler Jost. Kyler is the President of the Kansas City Catbackers. I’ve never met Kyler, but he seems like my kind of guy. I think you’ll agree after reading his profile… JM: Tell me a little bit about your background. Where were you born/where did you grow up and how did you become such a huge K-State fan? KJ: I’m a Central Kansas wildcat, born in McPherson, my…
The sixth installment of “Profiles In K-State Fandom” features Lora Watson. I “met” Lora on Twitter/X and we follow each other on there. When I asked for nominations to be featured in this series, Lora was nominated and plenty of people seconded the motion. So I reached out to Lora and she eagerly accepted. Lora’s story of becoming a K-State fan because of her son’s love of K-State is similar to the story of my Mom and Dad becoming massive…
The fourth installment of “Profiles In K-State Fandom” features Bucky Bucholtz. You may recognize Bucky at K-State games wearing his purple cheesehead. I met Bucky at a tailgate many years ago before a spring football game. We have seen each other at football games since, and we got connected on social media. Bucky posts a lot of pictures on his yearly trek to Ireland posing K-S-U with others in front of Irish landmarks. He sure seems like a “bleed purple”…
I am starting a new blog series called “Profiles In K-State Fandom” to highlight some of the great K-State fans out there. I’ve always been intrigued and interested how people discovered K-State and chose to become part of the “K-State Family.” I contacted a few people that agreed to participate to help me launch this idea and I hope to make this an ongoing series. There are a couple more coming soon after this one. Ben Asmann is first because…
With seven games left in the Big 12 basketball regular season, K-State is firmly off the bubble. By that, I mean they are not likely to be in contention to be selected as part of the NCAA tournament after losing to BYU on Saturday night. The Wildcats are 5-6 and tied for ninth in the Big 12 standings, and their remaining schedule is not easy: vs. TCU on February 17th at Texas on February 19th vs. BYU on February 24th…