by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse Kansas State (7-3, 5-2 Big 12) moved up to No. 15 in the third College Football Playoff rankings of the 2022 season following K-State’s 31-3 victory over Baylor (6-4, 4-3 Big 12) on Saturday. The Wildcats have been ranked in all three CFP polls in the 2022 season. Initially, Kansas State was ranked No. 13 before dropping to No. 19 following their 34-27 loss to Texas (6-4, 4-3 Big 12) two weeks ago. Kansas State plays at West Virginia (4-6, 2-5 Big 12) on Saturday. The Mountaineers just beat Oklahoma last week, and three of their wins this season have…
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by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor -@TheRealMasonV
Gabe Swartz • EMAWOnline – Staff Writer The Jerome Tang Era in Manhattan got off to an encouraging start Monday night with a never-in-doubt 93-59 win over Texas Rio Grande Valley. It was the beginning of a season in which the Wildcats were picked to finish dead last in the Big 12 in a preseason poll voted on by the league’s coaches. Given those expectations and a roster that only returns two contributors from the final Kansas State team coached by Bruce Weber, EMAW Online wanted to investigate what fair expectations should be based on the history of other coaches in their first season in the Big…
Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor -@TheRealMasonV
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor -@TheRealMasonV
by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse There’s a label on Adrian Martinez – a label that says he is often the reason his team has lost a football game. Fair or unfair, the words are scribbled to him, it’s his reputation. Yet, for all but one week of the 2022 season, Martinez has flipped the pencil upside down and used the pink eraser to scratch away at the words he’s been tabbed with. For the first time in 2022, Martinez fell back to the quarterback that many in the country viewed as damaged goods, left to the curb to…
by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse Kansas State remained ranked in the College Football Playoff polls despite losing to Texas 34-27 on Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. After registering at No. 13 in the first rendition of the 2022 CFP polls last week, the Wildcats fell to No. 19 on Tuesday in the second released polls. The Wildcats are 6-3 on the season and hold a 4-2 record in Big 12 Conference play, which has them tied with No. 18 Texas and Baylor for second place in the league. For Kansas State to make it to the Big 12 title game, likely…