From K-State Athletics Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman announced Monday that Mike Tuiasosopo has been hired to coach the Wildcat defensive tackles for the 2019 season. The hire allows Blake Seiler to focus on the defensive ends, while Klieman also announced that Chris Dawson – a nine-year member of the K-State staff – will remain in Manhattan as the Director of Strength and Conditioning. “Mike is a veteran coach who has a substantial amount of Power Five experience throughout his career, which includes developing defensive linemen and a strong presence on special teams,” Klieman said. “I also was looking…
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From K-State Athletics At the request of the Big 12 Conference and its television partners, FOX Sports and ESPN, Kansas State and TCU have mutually agreed to move the 2019 football game in Manhattan from Thursday, October 17 to Saturday, October 19. The game against the Horned Frogs is one of seven home games for the Wildcats in 2019. K-State opens the season on August 31 against Nicholls State and hosts Bowling Green on September 7. The Wildcats open Big 12 home play against Baylor on October 5 before the TCU game on October 19. The other three Big 12…
K-State is now 2-2 in conference play after beating West Virginia and Iowa State last week. Derek Young, from K-State Online, calls-in to discuss KSU recruiting. Early today, Coach caught up with Shane Southwell. Plus, a look around the Big 12. 0:00 – K-State hoops is clicking now 13:12 – Dean Wade is back/Injuries/Big 12 standings 24:04 – Interview with Derek Young 33:18 – Possible football coaching staff change 39:21 – FB coaches/Barry Brown is a legend 56:08 – Interview with Shane Southwell 1:05:48 – Preview of Oklahoma 1:13:37 – Kyler Murray declares for NFL Draft
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs’ defense had heard the chorus of critics all season long, the ones that claimed their sieve-like line and shaky backfield would spoil young superstar Patrick Mahomes and cost them a chance to chase their first Super Bowl appearance in decades. Well, that defense is a big reason why the Chiefs are one step away. With persistent snow turning Arrowhead Stadium into a winter wonderland, the Chiefs successfully shut down Andrew Luck and the potent Indianapolis Colts on Saturday. Mahomes and the rest of their own high-powered offense took care of the…
Senior Barry Brown, Jr.’s driving lay-up with 4 seconds helped lift Kansas State past No. 20/21 Iowa State, 58-57, on Saturday before a sold-out crowd of 14,384 at Hilton Coliseum. It marked the second consecutive game that Brown has delivered the game winner after his lay-up with 29 seconds gave K-State the lead for good in the come-from-behind victory over West Virginia on Wednesday night. Almost mirroring his performance against the Mountaineers, he poured in 18 of his game-high 23 points in the second half against the Cyclones after scoring 20 of his game-high 29 points against WVU after halftime.…
K-State pulls off the 21 points comeback, the largest in program history, and beat West Virginia last night 71-69. Bruce Weber delivered big news about Dean Wade today. “Voice of the Chiefs” Mitch Holthus calls in. Plus, You Can’t Be Serious. 0:00 – K-State hoops surprised us all 12:44 – Real reason KSU won last night/Dean Wade news 23:08 – Interview with Mitch Holthus 33:00 – Attitude change with KSU football recruiting 37:30 – Interview with KSU o-line coach Conor Riley 54:13 – Cartier Diarra having an off year 1:04:32 – Weber and Huggins from last night 1:14:27 – You…
From K-State Athletics Kansas State overcame its largest deficit ever when senior guard Barry Brown, Jr., laid in the go-ahead bucket with 29 seconds remaining to cap a 50-point second half by the Wildcats in a 71-69 defeat of West Virginia in front of 9,590 roaring fans at Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday. K-State (10-4, 1-2 Big 12) trailed by as many as 21 a little more than a minute into the second half before spouting off a 17-0 run to bring the margin to 42-38 with 13:07 left in the game. A 4-point play by junior Xavier Sneed gave the…
From K-State Athletics Facing its fifth Associated Press top-25 opponent this season, Kansas State looked to spring the upset but (4/4) Baylor defended the Ferrell Center with a 65-50 win on Wednesday night. Baylor (12-1, 2-0 Big 12) used a 10-0 run midway through the opening quarter to capture a 16-7 lead. Peyton Williams ended the run with her second jumper of the quarter and Kayla Goth added a pair of free throws to bring K-State into a seven-point deficit, 18-11, at the end of the first quarter. Kansas State (10-5, 1-2) was strong in the second quarter and kept…
K-State basketball has dropped two straight to start conference play and now a must win comes in conference game number three against WVU tomorrow night. Kellis Robinett joins the show in hour two as well as Kliff Kingsbury is poised to be the next HC for the Arizona Cardinals and Mason has some things grinding his gears. 0:00 – BW and season expectations 14:04 – Kamau/Same page for injuries 24:30 – What’s grinding Mason’s gears? 33:34 – Kliff in the NFL 39:24 – K-State struggles with Kellis 49:21 – Football updates 1:07:04 – Staci’s hot take and JB vs JT…
From K-State Athletics Kansas State head women’s basketball coach Jeff Mittie announced today that sophomore center Maary Lakes has been dismissed from the program for a violation of team rules and conduct detrimental to the program. “This is a very disappointing outcome as Maary was a student-athlete with so much potential,” Mittie said. “But, we have certain standards and expectations that all of our student-athletes must meet and when those standards are not met, there are consequences. Maary was someone we thought deserved a second chance, but unfortunately, it is time for us to both move on, and we wish…