After a frustrating loss to the Texas Longhorns 19-14 yesterday, there is more heat on Bill Snyder than I can ever remember. Kansas City Star columnist Sam Mellinger summed it up very well in his column after the game. I’ve been on the fence regarding Bill Snyder for quite a few years. Going between 6-6 and 9-3 every year and making a minor Bowl Game isn’t horrible, but it is wearing very thin. It seems that this is “what we…
Running back Larry Brown played at K-State in 1967 and 1968 after transferring from Dodge City Community College. He didn’t have spectacular numbers at K-State, rushing for 282 yards and a touchdown on 50 carries in 1967 and 402 yards and a touchdown on 111 carries in 1968. It was still good enough to get him drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 8th round of the 1969 NFL draft. Larry played eight seasons in the NFL, cracking the thousand…
In researching Kansas State football players that were selected during the NFL draft streak, I noticed some K-State players from earlier drafts that I had never heard of before. That got me curious about unrecognized K-State players that found success at the next level. Off the top of my head I could think of Lynn Dickey, Steve Grogan, Darren Sproles, Terrence Newman, and Jordy Nelson. When I looked back, I found plenty of other K-Staters that found success in the…
This touchdown pass from Michael Bishop to Darnell McDonald during the K-State/Nebraska game in Manhattan in 1998 gave the Cats the lead over Nebraska for the first time in a game since 1991. The late, great Keith Jackson called this game. K-State went on to win the game 40-30. I was forced to watch this game from my living room, but I will never forget it. One of my favorite K-State victories.
K-State didn’t have anyone drafted in the 1993 draft, but if they had the draft streak would be sitting at 27 right now instead of 25. The Wildcats had three players selected in 1993: Defensive back Rogerick Green, Tight End Russ Campbell and Linebacker Elijah Alexander. Rogerick Green was drafted in the fifth round, number 118 overall, by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played three seasons for the Buccaneers and played his final NFL season in 1995 with the Jacksonville…