Author: Mitch Fortner

The guys are on board with Chris Klieman being the new football coach at K-State. Coach Klieman was officially introduced today in front of a packed Vanier Football Complex. We speak with the “Voice of the Chiefs” Mitch Holthus. Plus, You Can’t Be Serious. 0:00 – Coach Klieman is killin’ it 14:54 – Listener gets blocked/Jumping from NDSU to K-State 28:26 – Interview with Mitch Holthus 41:36 – Fan base now on Klieman’s side 1:01:15 – Alex Barnes and Skylar Thompson 1:13:47 – The future at running back 1:21:41 – Matt’s phone

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From K-State Athletics For the first time in her career, Kansas State senior guard Kayla Goth has been named Big 12 Player of the Week in an announcement from the league office. Goth is K-State’s first Big 12 Player of the Week recipient since Brittany Chambers on March 4, 2013. This was the 27th time that a Wildcat has earned the weekly Big 12 honor and the first time in the Jeff Mittie era. Goth led the Wildcats to a pair of wins last week and extended K-State’s win streak to four games. The product of DeForest, Wisconsin, averaged 17.5…

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From K-State Athletics Kansas State senior offensive lineman Dalton Risner was named one of three finalists for the 2018 Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year – which recognizes exemplary leadership both on and off the field – the organization announced Monday. Risner is joined on the finalist list by Auburn’s Derrick Brown and Wisconsin’s D’Cota Dixon, and all three will be invited to the award ceremony on February 12, at The Star in Frisco, Texas, where the winner will be announced. “I am very proud to announce these three outstanding young men as the finalists for the second annual…

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John Kurtz and Wyatt Thompson breakdown the latest news about the search for a new K-State football coach. It sounds like the search is down to Chris Klieman from North Dakota State and Neal Brown from Troy. Which one would make the better coach for K-State? 0:00 – Coaches still in the running 22:55 – Who is Neal Brown 36:23 – Twitter questions 42:25 – Klieman is a better candidate than you think 58:18 – What kind of staff could Klieman put together? 1:08:45 – We go to the phones

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From K-State Athletics K-State built a 16-point lead early in the first quarter, then held back a furious comeback from Little Rock to secure its first road win of the season, 53-47, on Saturday at the Jack Stephens Center. K-State improved its winning streak to four with the victory. Kansas State (7-2) came out strong in the first quarter, jumping in front of the Trojans with a 12-2 lead in the first five minutes. Little Rock was 1-of-8 from the field in the opening five minutes. K-State continued to lock up the Trojans in the first quarter and held an…

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From K-State Athletics No. 16/15 Kansas State had consecutive shots rim out in the final seconds, as the Wildcats dropped a defensive slugfest to Tulsa, 47-46, in front of 5,719 fans at the Donald W. Reynolds Center on Saturday. K-State (6-2) has now dropped consecutive road games after starting the season with six consecutive wins. In a game where neither team shot particularly well from the field, the Wildcats were notably unproductive on offense, connecting on a season-low 30.5 percent (18-of-59) of their field goals, including 26.3 percent (5-of-19) from 3-point range. The 46 points were the fewest since scoring…

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Still no word yet on who will be K-State’s next football coach. Is KSU getting closer to hiring Seth Littrell? Hear what former Wildcat Nick Leckey has to say about Coach Snyder retiring. Plus, John hates school zones and You Can’t Be Serious. 0:00 – Still no new coach 14:31 – Interview with Nick Leckey 24:46 – Matt Campbell vs. Littrell 33:14 – Mitch looks like a young Littrell 37:21 – Everyone can get on board 49:21 – No socks with shoes and other candidates 1:01:53 – Mitch doesn’t look as good as SL 1:08:10 – YCBS

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From K-State Athletics On the strength of a19-0 run in the second half and three players with double-doubles, Kansas State broke open a tightly contested game to improve its home-court winning streak to five games with a 73-55 victory over Lamar on Wednesday night at Bramlage Coliseum. Kansas State (6-2) featured four of its five starters in double figures on Wednesday, with three registering a double-double. Senior guard and 2019 Lieberman Award candidate Kayla Goth tallied a game-high 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting and 10 assists. This was her fifth career double-double and the seventh time she has handed out…

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It is Matt Hall Wednesday, in the first hour of the show Greg Sharpe calls in to give his memories of Coach Snyder, a look at the timeline for a coaching announcement and much more. 0:00 – How long for Littrell 11:10 – Greg Sharpe 19:10 – Matt is not your dad 40:15 – SL ability to develop players 55:16 – Twitter Pt 2 1:04:37 – More questions from the phone

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John Kurtz and Wyatt Thompson react to Coach Snyder’s retirement. The guys share their person and professional memories about Coach Snyder. Listeners also input their favorite memories of Coach. 0:00 – Bill Snyder retires 18:08 – Snyder was one of the best 28:30 – Gene Taylor/Snyder memories 37:17 – Funny Snyder/Bishop story 40:10 – More Coach Snyder memories 51:57 – Can anyone else win at KSU? 1:01:41 – What happens next? 1:11:03 – More memories

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