It looks like Kansas State is the surprise of the Big 12 North. For some, it’s no coincidence the Wildcats’ resurrection is coming under the return of the man who built the program from virtually nothing.
The Wildcats put the hammer down on Colorado, 20-6, Saturday to strengthen their stand as the leader of eroding North Division. K-State has now won two straight and three of its first four in the Big 12 for its first best start in league play since 2000. To think this was to be a rebuilding year with Bill Snyder coming out of retirement to resuscitate his once proud program.
But for those who were expecting to see smiles and hear tear-jerking tirades of returning K-State to its rightful place with a 3-1 league record, you were definitely disappointed.
Old-school Snyder let his team have it in the postgame locker room after they failed to produce a second-half point in the win over the Buffaloes in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. And he was still just as livid taking the postgame podium as reporters tried to elicit feel-good comments about being alone in first place in the North standings on a day when Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri and faltered.
In a span of a week Snyder went from watching his team put up 62 on A&M to bumbling and stumbling in the second half against Colorado. Credit the Wildcats defense for pitching a second-half shutout while the offense fell asleep at the wheel.
“The name of this game for us is trying to get better. We got better on defense and I am proud of that,” Snyder said. “We did not get better on offense. It is all about preparing well and playing well. It is no more complex than that.
“If you finish well, it means you played well and prepared well. If you do not, that means you did not prepare well or play well. Half of our game we did not prepare well or play well.”
Perhaps Snyder’s tirade had less to do with being in the moment of Saturday’s win and more …
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