College Football Playoff Expansion Idea

College Football Playoff Expansion Idea

Within the last couple of months, college football playoff expansion has once again been a hot topic.  In late April, the College Football Playoff management committee was presented with “some 63 possibilities for change,” with options including from six to 16 teams.  Within the last week, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby has made comments that the committee is considering expansion, but that nothing has been finalized. Late last night, Pete Thamel of YahooSports wrote that multiple sources have told him…

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From The Couch – Kansas State Ring of Honor Member Sean Snyder

From The Couch – Kansas State Ring of Honor Member Sean Snyder

  Sean Snyder was a member of the inaugural class of the K-State football ring of honor in 2002.  He was also inducted into the K-State athletics hall of fame in 2016. Here’s a little bit of information I found about his career as a football player and as a coach. “Born Sept. 21, 1969 in Anaheim , Calif..”…www.kstatesports.com JM:  Sean was born when his Dad, Bill Snyder, was coaching at Foothill High School in Santa Ana, California. “Earned first-team…

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Top 5 Big 12 Games 2015 to 2020

Top 5 Big 12 Games 2015 to 2020

From 2015 to 2020, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Iowa State, Oklahoma State, TCU, Baylor, and Texas all had teams ranked in the top six in the country at some point during those years.  They entertained us with some great games.  Once again it was very hard to narrow down the top games of this time period.  Whether you agree or disagree, I hope you enjoy taking a look back at some of the best Big 12 games of the last six…

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From The Couch – K-State Ring Of Honor Member Jaime Mendez

From The Couch – K-State Ring Of Honor Member Jaime Mendez

K-State great Jaime Mendez was inducted into K-State’s Ring of Honor in 2002 as part of the inaugural class with Lynn Dickey, Steve Grogan, Sean Snyder, Gary Spani, and Veryl Switzer.  Mendez is also a member of the K-State Athletics Hall of Fame and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.  He still holds the K-State record for interceptions in a game (4) and career (15). There is not a lot of information out there about Jaime Mendez, but here are…

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Top Five Big 12 Games 2010 to 2014

Top Five Big 12 Games 2010 to 2014

The five years from 2010 to 2014 were not only entertaining on the field, but conference realignment affected the Big 12 conference in a big way.  2010 was the last year that all of the original Big 12 teams played in the conference.  Nebraska and Colorado left after the 2010 season and Missouri and Texas A&M played their final Big 12 schedules in 2011.  TCU and West Virginia joined and began playing in the league in 2012, which is the…

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