The 16th installment of “Profiles in K-State Fandom” features Katie Porter! Katie and I “met” on Twitter/X and she was nominated by a previous honoree. Katie has met and been pictured with many K-State sports figures and head coaches over the years, as you’ll see in the slideshow below. She claims that 90 percent of her wardrobe is purple. She’s barely got me beat. I am sure you will enjoy learning about this K-State super fan! JM: Tell me a…
Perusing the annual K-State media guide probably sounds boring to most people, but I love reading it when it is released. I’ve always loved numbers and statistics, so my favorite sections of the guide are the individual player records. As a little preview of the upcoming season, I like to check it out and see if any players on this year’s football team might be positioned to break some school records this fall. K-State has a pretty young roster right…
Football season is 27 days away and the hype is starting to pick up, but there is plenty of basketball news to share as well. Let’s get right into it. JM: The commitment of Collins will likely turn out to be an underrated one. He is a three-star player, but a speedy one… “Collins, 5-foot-11, 175-pound defensive back from Staley High School in Kansas City, won the 200-meter dash with a Missouri Class 5 record time of 21.23 seconds and…
Thirty days until K-State kicks off the 2024 football season against UT Martin at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. K-State is one of the favorites to win the Big 12, but their work is cut out for them to make it a reality. Since it is officially August, it is time for my official K-State football schedule preview with predictions for every game and my best-case and worst-case scenarios for how the season might play out. Let’s GO! UT Martin August…
The media preseason all-Big 12 football team was voted on and published a few weeks ago, and I was surprised to see that not one K-State Wildcat was selected. It is odd, considering K-State is one of the contenders to win the league this fall. Curiously, the following programs had more than two players selected: Oklahoma State: 6Arizona: 5Iowa State: 3Colorado: 3Utah: 3Texas Tech: 2UCF: 2Cincinnati: 2The University of Kansas: 2 Hopefully, K-State’s players take it to heart and try…