I’m a huge K-State sports fan, but if you’re around my age (48) anything K-State football-related pre-1989 is kind of “fuzzy.” To be honest, the first time I ever heard of Veryl Switzer was when I bought a version of the NCAA football video game in my younger days. They had an “All-time Kansas State team” and Veryl Switzer was the running back. Switzer was voted to the Kansas State football ring of honor as a member of the inaugural…
Summertime is usually a quiet time for K-State sports, but there were quite a few K-Staters in the news last week. Instead of choosing just one to write about, here is a quick-hitter on each! The 2012 Wildcat football team Chris Harper made waves on Twitter last week when he said that he thinks the 2012 Wildcat football team would have won the national title had K-State beaten Baylor in the second to last regular-season game of that season. I…
Last week I ranked the top five regular-season non-conference victories in K-State football history. This week I’m ranking the top bowl game victories in K-State history. It was kind of difficult to narrow the list down to five, so I used multiple criteria to choose from, including the quality of competition and how each victory impacted the overall visibility and growth of the K-State football program. I always find an interesting tidbit or two when researching games from the past. …
Gary Spani was part of the inaugural class of the Kansas State football ring of honor in 2002. Spani was born in Santana, Kansas but was raised in Manhattan and graduated from Manhattan High School in 1974. He was a dominant player not only at K-State but in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs as well…. “Arguably the greatest football player in Kansas State University history”…College Football Hall of Fame website JM: Spani was inducted into the College Football…
Kansas State is playing Stanford in the college football Kickoff Classic in Dallas, Texas on September 4, 2021. This is an important game for both teams and it reminds me of some similar “kickoff” games that K-State has played in the past. I thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of the biggest regular-season non-conference victories that Kansas State has had in the past. I narrowed it down to the top five. Enjoy! 5) Kansas…