It wasn’t so much a punch to the gut as it was a series of body blows that did in Kansas State Saturday afternoon as the Wildcats lost to Tulane 17-10. Michael Pratt’s legs put Tulane in position for the go-ahead score inside of six minutes remaining and his arm delivered the score that quieted Bill Snyder Family Stadium with 4:27 to play. The Green Wave scored on a five play drive when Pratt found Tyrick James at the goal line. K-State had turned the ball over on downs at the 48, one of five times they failed to convert…
Author: Troy Coverdale
Troy Coverdale
Currently the host of "KMAN's Morning News", Troy is a 30 year veteran of radio, nearly 20 in northern Colorado, where he served as the "Voice of the UNC Bears" while serving as the news and sports director for one of the oldest AM stations in the country. No stranger to Manhattan nor Kansas, Troy is an alum of K-State in broadcast journalism and grew up near Circleville. He began his broadcast career with KSDB-FM on campus while working part time at another radio station in town. He's married to the former Monica Haugsness of Seneca, who has patiently put up with his schedule for more than 25 years.
After moving into the top spot in 6A with a blowout win over Topeka High last Friday night, Manhattan puts their 2-0 mark on the line at Hays tonight. The Indians took over the top spot in multiple polls this week after having upset Derby in week one, then besting Topeka High 59-7 a week ago. Previous number one Blue Valley Northwest fell to St. Thomas Aquinas last Friday night. The host team has picked up wins over Junction City and Great Bend to open the year 2-0. Hays moved into KPreps.com’s Top 5 for 5A after the win over…
Four consecutive possessions by Missouri ended with Kansas State intercepting passes and Phillip Brooks returned a punt 76 yards after a nearly hour-long lightning delay Saturday as the Wildcats cruised to a 40-12 win over the Tigers. K-State had already built a 14-3 lead before the delay behind rushing touchdowns from Deuce Vaughn and Adrian Martinez and a defensive unit that didn’t allow positive passing yardage until late in the second quarter. Mother Nature put the game on pause just before a third-and-thirteen snap for the Tigers outside of seven minutes to play in the first half. After Felix Anudike-Uzomah…
Kansas State’s defense dominated and the Cats offense used explosive plays to roll to a 34-0 victory over South Dakota in the season opener Saturday night. It only took one offensive snap for K-State to jump on top. https://twitter.com/KStateFB/status/1566201998093041671 A 75yd run from Malik Knowles allowed the Cats to take the lead ten seconds in. The senior raced down the left sideline after taking a sweep handoff from Adrian Martinez, who was making his first start in a Wildcat jersey. Running back Deuce Vaughn scored on a 39yd scamper late in the first quarter and Martinez added a 6 yd…
A pre-game ceremony Saturday will see six new names added to the Ring of Honor at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. New Cats offensive coordinator Colin Klein is among them and head coach Chris Klieman is happy for one-time Heisman runner-up. Joining Klein will be former teammates wide receiver and 2014 consensus All-American Tyler Lockett and linebacker and 2012 Big 12 defensive player of the year Arthur Brown, Big 12 title winning quarterback Ell Roberson, late-90’s era defensive end and two-time All Big-12 performer Darren Howard and running back Larry Brown, who went from being a high-caliber blocking back at K-State…
Week one of the high school football season includes a showdown between teams from the 6A playoff field of a season ago as Manhattan High visits Derby. The Indians finished last season with a loss in the state quarterfinals to Lawrence, while the Panthers nearly ran the table, but lost in the championship to finish 11-1. Wamego faces NCKL foe Clay Center in the season opener at home, but will be playing without Army signee Hayden Oviatt. The senior suffered a foot injury that prompted surgery last month and will miss the first five weeks of the season. Rock Creek…
Following Wednesday’s announcement by Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark that the conference would be seeking to open media rights negotiations with FOX and ESPN 18 months ahead of schedule, there are reports that those discussions have heated up talk of Oklahoma and Texas exiting for the SEC ahead of the expected 2025 date currently in place. Dennis Dodd at CBS Sports was the first to report on the existence of those talks, as the two schools face payment of $80 million in exit fees to the Big 12, unless that number is negotiated lower. It’s believed that ESPN is open…
The Big 12 has announced it is beginning conversations on new media contracts with Fox and ESPN, making the move to begin those discussions a full year-and-a-half ahead of the expiration of their current contracts. ESPN’s Pete Thamel was first to report the development, confirmed by the Big 12 office. “It is an exciting time for college athletics and given the changing landscape we welcome the opportunity to engage with our partners to determine if an early extension is in the best interest of all parties,” said Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark in a statement issued by the conference Wednesday…
Kansas State men’s basketball continues to build it’s 2023 list of committments, gaining another four-star recruit Sunday as guard RJ Jones of Plano, Texas, announced his committment just days after making a visit to Manhattan. Jones officially visited four programs (Boise State, Cal, Oklahoma and Texas A&M) prior to his trip to Manhattan. Other programs he held offers from included Colorado, Illinois, Notre Dame, Missouri, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech and USC. He is going to play at Wasatch Academy in Utah this coming season and joins fellow four-star guard Dai Dai Ames in having committed to the Wildcats, pushing…
The bracket for the Big 12 baseball tournament starting Wednesday has the Wildcats set to face second-seed Texas Tech in the third game of the day in Arlington. K-State finished seventh despite being swept at West Virginia over the weekend, while Texas Tech finished a game back of TCU for the regular season title and claimed the two-seed based on tiebreakers with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Texas is the five-seed and Baylor is the eighth, while Kansas failed to make the tournament. The Wildcats open the tournament Wednesday afternoon at four at the Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field, with coverage…