by Kevin Fielder • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheKevinFielder Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman met with the media during the team’s bye week. Although Kansas State will not play this week, the press conference offered an opportunity for Klieman to give additional thoughts on the team’s performance in the conference opener against UCF. Opening Statement: “Good afternoon, everyone. Looking back at the film on Saturday, a couple things really showed up. One, we played really physical, really hard. We competed really well. I thought we did some really good things up front on the offensive line. When a kid rushes for over 200…
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by EMAW Online CHRIS KLIEMAN Opening statement: “A difficult loss last week and we talked on Monday in here as a team that we couldn’t let Missouri beat us twice. Our kids rose up and our captains, our leaders rose up, and we played an excellent football team. UCF is really talented. They’ve been 3-0 and played good football. We knew this was going to be the type of game it was. Back and forth with an explosive offense. Two things we had to do, we had to be able to rush the football, we absolutely had to be able…
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by Kevin Fielder • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheKevinFielder Kansas State offensive coordinator Collin Klein and defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman met with the media on Thursday to discuss K-State’s conference opener against UCF. Here are some key quotes from both Klein and Klanderman. The full press conferences are linked below. Collin Klein On the quarterback position: “I figured I was going to dive into that. It’s been a good week. Will (Howard) has gotten better every day. If he can go and gets cleared and healthy, then obviously he’ll go, but it’s been day to day, and it’ll probably continue that way. Avery (Johnson) and Jake…
by Kevin Fielder • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheKevinFielder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3QGqTZWJ3s Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman met with the media on Tuesday to discuss the Wildcats’ conference opener against UCF. Klieman also offered an injury update on multiple players, including quarterback Will Howard. The full press conference is below. OPENING STATEMENT: “It was obviously a difficult loss on Saturday to lose like that, and it became worse and more expensive on the loss because we did lose Daniel Green for the season. He had surgery this morning. Man, it’s been a tough couple of days around here for myself, for a lot of the sixth-year…
By EMAW Online Staff UCF at KANSAS STATE Date: Saturday, September 23, 2023 Kickoff: 7 p.m. Location: Manhattan, Kan. Stadium: Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,00) Series: K-State Leads, 1-0 TV: FS1 (watch) Eric Collins (Play-by-Play); Devin Gardner (Analyst) THE TOP 5 1) For the second-straight year, Kansas State will open Big 12 Conference play looking to rebound from a close loss, as the Wildcats host UCF Saturday night at Bill Snyder Family in the Big 12 opener for both teams. The Wildcats are looking to bounce back from a 30-27 loss to Missouri last week, while the Knights head into their first-ever Big…
by Kevin Fielder • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheKevinFielder Kansas State will open up their Big 12 Championship defense banged up across the field. After a gritty matchup against Missouri, head coach Chris Klieman offered injury updates on key players, including quarterback Will Howard. Howard was banged up in the middle of the Missouri game but played through it with a noticeable limp. According to Klieman, Howard did not practice on Monday and is “questionable” for the UCF game. If Howard cannot play, Klieman explained that the plan is to start true freshman Avery Johnson, but Jake Rubley will also be ready. Running back Treshaun Ward was also injured against…
by Kamden Tatkenhorst -EMAW Online – Staff Writer Just like he did last offseason, Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang waited until school started to fill his final scholarship. Tang does so by landing Mississippi State and Providence transfer Will McNair Jr. McNair is a 6-foot-11, 265 grad transfer from Philadelphia, PA. He averaged 3.3 PPG, 3.3 RPG, and shot 45 percent from the field, playing an average of 12 minutes per game last season for the Bulldogs. McNair spent his first three seasons at New Mexico State. He followed Chris Jans over to Mississippi State where he played for one…
by EMAW Online Staff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coCRwTI_048 Kansas State offensive coordinator Collin Klein and defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman met with members of the media Thursday at the Vanier Family Football Complex prior to No. 15 K-State traveling to face Missouri Saturday. COLLIN KLEIN, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR On the Missouri defense… “We played them early last season. Kind of watching as their season went, I thought they were very good defensively when we played them, and I thought they were playing better as the season went on. They have good length. I think they run well across the board, and I think they are going to be aggressive.…
by EMAW Online Staff Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman met with members of the media Tuesday at the Vanier Family Football Complex prior to Saturday’s contest at Missouri. The full press conference is below. CHRIS KLIEMAN, HEAD COACH Opening Statement… “After looking at Saturday’s game throughout the day on Sunday, we beat a really good football team in Troy. I thought we did some really good things on both sides of the ball at times. I thought that we are still making some mental errors, making some alignment errors, making some communication errors. Little things that you may or may not…