A Kansas State Wildcats Blog -- Carrying the Banner High
We’re here. One more time (at least) for your Kansas State Wildcats to take the field in 2025. It’s been a rough season. We all had lofty expectations headed into the season, with dreams of a shot at the Big 12 championship running through our minds. But the Wildcats stumbled and bumbled through 2025, and […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
October 24, 2009. That was the last time the Colorado Buffaloes visited Manhattan for a game of American football. The good news is that K-State won that game, 20-6. The bad news is that K-State did not go to a bowl game that year, finishing 6-6. We don’t mean to alarm anyone, but there’s a […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
The Kansas State Wildcats came to historic Assembly Hall hoping to get back on the winning track against Indiana. Instead, they started slowly, recovered, then fell back again, losing 86-69. The final score does not fully indicate how badly the Wildcats (5-2) were outclassed by the Hoosiers (6-0) through much of the game, nor how […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Some of the greatest minds in human history have struggled with the question of why good things happen to seemingly (or actually) bad people and bad things happen to seemingly good people. I’ll save y’all save y’all the Philosophy 101 explanation of the “Problem of Evil,” but it’s a question I’ve been pondering this football […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
Football Kansas State lost 51-47 to #12 Utah on Saturday. The loss drops the Wildcats to 5-6 on the season, 4-4 in the Big 12. As Jon Morse said in his recap, the star of the game was RB Joe Jackson, who set a new single game rushing record with 293 yards on a day […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
Records fell like dominoes in a wild contest, and the Utah Utes scored a final-minute touchdown to come back from a 12-point deficit to keep their playoff hopes alive with a 51-47 win over the Kansas State Wildcats at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. K-State set a school record for single-game rushing yardage with […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
What a weird, ugly season this has been for the Kansas State Wildcats. From the loss in Ireland, to one of the most disappointing home losses in at least two decades (but maybe school history) to Army, and now we’re coming off what could easily be argued as one of the worst wins in over […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
The Kansas State Wildcats, vying for a NABC Hall Of Fame Classic championship, made a furious comeback to overcome a lackluster first half, but ultimately fell short on a last-second play by the Nebraska Cornhuskers, dropping their first game of the season 86-85 in front of a packed house at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas […]
2 months ago | 1 read
The Kansas State Wildcats are officially entering the “pay-attention” neighborhood. After a 98-77 drubbing of a decent Mississippi State squad last night, the 5-0 Wildcats are starting to appear like a legitimately solid squad…one that could be capable of fun things if they can keep things rolling into the heart of the season. They’ve got […]
2 months ago | 9 reads
After last week’s performance, there probably aren’t too many people optimistic about this week’s potential. But it all depends on which team shows up: the one that fought Texas Tech, or the one that played with its food in Stillwater. The Game The Kansas State Wildcats (5-5, 4-3 Big 12) visit the Utah Utes (8-2, 5-2 […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
The Kansas State Wildcats blew out the Mississippi State Bulldogs 98-77 Thursday evening in the first round of the Hall of Fame Classic at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. K-State (5-0) trailed by four early in the contest, and the Bulldogs (2-2) stayed within arm’s reach until 8:46 remained, when a pair of free throws […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
The Kansas State Wildcats haven’t been perfect, but they’ve managed to open the season 4-0 against some teams with a pulse. It came down to the wire against both Cal and Tulsa, but the crew that Jerome Tang has put together managed to keep their edge down the stretch and find ways to win games […]
2 months ago | 6 reads
If you’re reading this article, I don’t need to tell you that things haven’t gone according to plan for the Wildcats this season. The heady summer days of pumping sunshine and writing things like “The Window is Open for K-State!” did not prepare me for this slog to the finish. I thought I would be […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
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Down 83-78 with 49 seconds to play, K-State staged a 6-0 rally to defeat Tulsa 84-83 Monday evening in Bramlage Coliseum. The Wildcats (4-0) did it with—of all things—defense. After PJ Haggerty knocked down two free throws to get K-State within 3, Nate Johnson pressured a point-to-wing pass in front of the Golden Hurricane bench. […]
2 months ago | 1 read
Well, despite some struggles late with a hot-shooting Cal team, your Kansas State Wildcats have managed to open the season at 3-0, scoring over 90 points in each of the first three games for the first time in over 30 years. It’s been an incredible offensive display, led by transfer PJ Haggarty’s 24.3 points per […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
Football Kansas State beat Oklahoma State 14-6 in Stillwater. Despite being on the correct side of the scoreline, this was an embarrassing display of college football prowess. I don’t envy at all the fact that Jon Morse had to write about this debacle. I’m going to let the defense off this time. The unit did […]
2 months ago | 0 reads
It was ugly, painful, and embarrassing, but the Kansas State Wildcats escaped Stillwater with a win for only the second time this century in a 14-6 win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Boone Pickens Stadium. Despite having an opportunity against arguably the worst team in the Power Four, K-State’s offense was on life support […]
2 months ago | 1 read
After yet another in-season break, your Kansas State Wildcats return to the field today to begin the final stretch of the season. It’s been a particularly rough 2025 for the Wildcats. Between player injuries, a tough transition in scheme on offense, and all the scheduling quirks associated with the opening trip to Ireland, things have […]
2 months ago | 1 read
The final two weeks of the season will be extremely trying for the Wildcats as they attempt to reach bowl eligibility. But the one thing they cannot afford is a loss to the worst team in the Big 12, and that’s going to be the issue this week. The Game The Kansas State Wildcats (4-5, 3-3 […]
2 months ago | 1 read
The previous game against Texas Tech was the first game of the season where I felt the other team was simply better than Kansas State. The Wildcats fought hard, Avery played a gutsy game under constant pressure from the Texas Tech front, and the defense did enough to keep the team in the game early. […]
2 months ago | 1 read
The Kansas State Wildcats came out of the gate early, weathered an early second half lull, then methodically sped away from the Bellarmine Knights 98-71 in Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday. K-State never trailed in this one, and we saw some things that invoke more…satisfaction…than in the previous game. The Cats got the start they were […]
3 months ago | 0 reads
After a rough go of exhibition play, your Kansas State Wildcats opened the 2025 regular season with a big dud….before turning things on in the second half to beat UNC Greensboro 93-64 back on Tuesday night to start the season 1-0. The Wildcats showed they are capable of losing to anyone, but also that they […]
3 months ago | 1 read
Football is on their third bye weekend of the season thanks to the scheduling quirks associated with the game in Ireland to open the season. So let’s take an opportunity to get caught up. Football The big news to end the week wasn’t really all that surprising if you’ve been paying attention. It was first […]
3 months ago | 1 read
I wasn’t able to catch the game in real time last night, but I was able to keep up with the live box score. I’m not going to lie, at halftime, I was writing, shall we say, a colorful critique of the coaching staff. As things started rapidly shifting in the ‘Cats’ direction, I filed […]
3 months ago | 0 reads