K-State Moves Up To Number 15 In USA Today Coaches Poll
K-State football moved up to number 15 in the USA Today Coaches Poll after their 34-27 victory over Tulane on Saturday.
From The Couch: Nail-biter In Nola
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…
Chris Klieman’s Bold Strategy: Kansas Kids Leading the Way
Can Chris Klieman take a roster full of Kansas kids and win the Big 12 conference? While this may have been unthinkable in the past, this season there are 21 players from Kansas on the two-deep depth chart for K-State. Heck, the starting backfield, Avery Johnson, Dylan Edwards, and DJ Giddens, are all from Kansas. Johnson will likely complete passes to tight end Will Anciaux and receiver Sterling Lockett, both also from Kansas, as the season progresses. And three starting…
From The Couch – K-State vs. UT Martin: Reflections on K-State’s First Game of the Season
K-State dominated UT Martin on the scoreboard and in the box score on Saturday, winning 41 to 6. It was a competitive game into the third quarter when K-State finally pulled away. If not for a blocked punt returned for a touchdown in the first quarter, K-State would have only led by a touchdown at half. Instead, they went into halftime up 17 to 3. K-State head coach Chris Klieman challenged the players at halftime, and whatever he told them…
Profiles In K-State Fandom – Tracey Faulkner
The 18th installment of “Profiles in K-State Fandom” features Tracey Faulkner. Tracey and I met through a mutual friend of ours, Scott Thomas, who unfortunately, died of lung cancer a few years ago. I went to school with Scott and Scott met Tracey via one of the K-State message boards. I had different friend that never met Tracey in person, but saw his many posts in a K-State sports Facebook group on social media, who commented “at first, I didn’t…