by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV On Thursday afternoon the Big 12 announced the opponents for the upcoming 2023-2024 season for each member school. The format will see a home and home schedule with five schools, and then four schools will only be home games and four will only be road games. For the Wildcats, they will have a permanent home and home opponent in Kansas, meaning every year the Wildcats and Jayhawks will see each other twice. In 2023-2024 the other four schools that K-State will see twice in the regular season are BYU, Iowa State,…
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by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV The reigning Big 12 Champion coach in the conference was the first man to step up to the podium on Thursday. One of the questions he received was about going from the hunter to the hunted, a role that he relishes being in. “But yeah, to be the hunted, the fact that we’re the defending Big 12 champs means nothing when you go into that game. I mean, still, you’ve got to perform. Fortunately, we’ve had past experiences from my previous school that we had to win a championship and then…
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV Last season Brett Yormark made his Big 12 debut and sent shockwaves through college football when he said the Big 12 was “open for business.” Yormark clarified that he was interpreted last season, because the Big 12 is open to adding more members that add value, but the other aspects of business were also important. Those goals are starting to be accomplished, according to Yormark. Yormark noted how the league has successfully lined up their next TV contract while others struggle in the current sports media climate and in the new deal have reached…
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV On Thursday the Big 12 released the 2023 Preseason Media Poll. K-State was picked to finish second, just 28 points behind Texas, who received 41 of 67 first-place votes. K-State, the reigning Big 12 champs, received 14 of the 67 first-place votes. Other teams to receive first-place votes were Oklahoma and Texas Tech with four each, TCU with three and Oklahoma State with one. 2023 Big 12 Preseason Poll 1. Texas (41), 886 2. Kansas State (14), 858 3. Oklahoma (4), 758 4. Texas Tech (4), 729 5. TCU (3),…
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV The Big 12 just released their all-conference preseason team and will soon release the preseason Big 12 rankings, so in honor of “list season” I figured it was time to take a crack at ranking the football coaches in the new 14-team Big 12, as well as putting them in the tiers they belong to. Tip of the cap to our old friend Alec Busse who recently did this on Big Ten coaches for The Hoosier. There are four tiers that the coaches will be grouped into, with the “hot seat” tier being self-explanatory.…
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV It’s the dawn of a new day and a new era in the Big 12. For the first time since 2012, there are new members in the league as BYU, Cincinnati, UCF and Houston join the Big 12 after Texas and Oklahoma fired realignment back up two summers ago. While the Big 12 will change again in one year when Texas and Oklahoma finally leave for the SEC, this is still an exciting time for the league and the new teams that leave behind the American Athletic Conference or Independent ball…
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV K-State added their seventh commit of the 2024 recruiting class and fourth offensive lineman on Thursday night when Lyndon’s Kaedin Massey committed to K-State. Massey was one of the priority targets of the class for K-State, as they continue to try and lock down the top talent in the state of Kansas. The Lyndon offensive lineman had narrowed his recruitment down to K-State, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Ole Miss before announcing his pledge to the Wildcats. In total, Massey had 13 offers. What K-State is getting in Massey is a strong-sized offensive lineman, who…
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV 1. DILLON GABRIEL – OKLAHOMA Dillon Gabriel would have been my second-team Big 12 quarterback pick last season over Jalon Daniels. Although Gabriel had to battle through some injuries in his first season at Oklahoma, the former UCF signal-caller still put up big numbers. Gabriel threw for over 3,100 yards and 25 touchdowns against only six interceptions. Oklahoma found a way to lose games despite big games from Gabriel, who had a QBR over 80 in four of the six losses he played in for Oklahoma. Gabriel is also the most proven…
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV K-State had a mix of commits and uncommitted 2024 targets in town this past weekend for their final big official visit weekend. One of the commits was 2024 offensive lineman and brother of current K-State quarterback Will Howard, Ryan Howard. When discussing his visit to Manhattan this weekend Howard enjoyed his time and also took up the job as a recruiter of the uncommitted players. “The official was really good, it was great to be around the guys, coaches, and support staff. It was nice being around some of the uncommitted kids…
by Mason Voth • EMAWOnline – Managing Editor – @TheRealMasonV On Thursday night, Keyontae Johnson became the first Wildcat selected in the NBA Draft since Wesley Iwundu went No. 33 overall to the Orlando Magic in 2017. Johnson was selected with the 50th overall pick in the 2nd round by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Johnson transferred to K-State and played his final season of college basketball after his first four years came at Florida. A former top recruit, Johnson averaged 14.0 points per game 7.1 rebounds as a sophomore which earned him Preseason SEC Player of the Year honors ahead of his junior season. Just…