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Ranking The K-State Heisman Vote-Getters

Ranking The K-State Heisman Vote-Getters

Alabama quarterback Bryce Young won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night. I didn’t watch the presentation and, to be honest, I haven’t watched it in years. The last one I watched was in 2012 when K-State quarterback Collin Klein was a finalist. Typically, the award goes to the best quarterback on the best team or the best running back on the best team. It’s a generalization, sure, but in looking at the history of Heisman Trophy winners, it’s not necessarily…

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Deuce Vaughn vs. Darren Sproles: Comparing the Two Through 19 Games

Deuce Vaughn vs. Darren Sproles: Comparing the Two Through 19 Games

Kansas State sophomore running back Deuce Vaughn had another great game Saturday against the Kansas Jayhawks. He ran for 162 yards and three touchdowns on eleven carries and caught six passes for 70 yards. Every week that goes by, more and more people tell me that Vaughn reminds them of Darren Sproles. The comparison is unavoidable since they are very similar in stature, speed, elusiveness, and explosiveness. I was curious to see how Deuce Vaughn is tracking compared to Darren…

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Darren Sproles Still Has It!

Darren Sproles Still Has It!

I am going to guess that whatever you were doing Saturday night after the Oklahoma game was not as cool as what Darren Sproles was doing. Sproles was racing kids in the mostly empty parking lot of Bill Snyder Family Stadium. There is a short video of this online, thanks to Twitter user Coby Sedlacek… I’m not sure of the whole story behind this, but it was so cool to see. What a class act Darren Sproles is!