A Kansas State Wildcats Blog -- Carrying the Banner High
Soccer It’s been milestone after milestone in Colleen Corbin’s first season in Manhattan leading the Wildcats. The first-year head coach directed her squad to the best start in school history, the most consecutive wins, and now has set new program benchmarks for overall wins in a season and home wins in a season after her […]
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Football Well, that was fun. In a game that lasted almost four hours (and somehow felt even longer), Kansas State beat TCU 41-28 to improve to 3-4 in a season that has fallen well short of expectation. As others at BotC have noted, this win owed a lot to the defense, and well, maybe some […]
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You can parse the numbers, question the play calling, and look for ancillary reasons why Kansas State currently sits 3-4 despite their lofty preseason expectations, but sometimes football isn’t all that complicated. For the first time this season, the offense and defense made winning plays when the opportunities arose. I’ve never seen a team with […]
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Desmond Purnell had two interceptions, one a pick-six, Wesley Fair had a scoop-and-score, Joe Jackson got his first 100-yard game, and Garrett Oakley caught two touchdown passes to become K-State’s career leader among tight ends as the Kansas State Wildcats exploded for a 41-21 win over the TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday at Bill Snyder […]
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What a weirdly terrible season it’s been so far here in 2025. Your Kansas State Wildcats enter the second half of the season at 2-4 overall and 1-2 in (official) Big 12 play. The season isn’t over, and there is still a legitimate path to bowl eligibility. But it’s not going to be easy despite […]
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This is going to be bare bones this week due to Circumstances. Apologies. The Game The Kansas State Wildcats (2-4, 1-2 Big 12) host the TCU Hypnotoads Horned Frogs (4-1, 1-1 Big 12). K-State holds an 10-8 lead in the all-time series, despite losing three times during your Benevolent Despot’s time in Manhattan. When TCU joined […]
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Football I don’t have much to say about the game this past Saturday. You already know how it went down, you’ve heard what the coaches and players had to say, and you’ve read Jon Morse’s thoughts on the whole debacle. The tagline for this season should be “not when it matters.” Case in point: the […]
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An absolutely inexplicable pair of plays as Kansas State was in position to salt the game away utterly backfired, and the Baylor Bears defeated the Wildcats 35-34 at McLane Stadium on a final-minute 53-yard field goal by Connor Hawkins followed by a blocked field goal attempt by Luis Rodriguez The loss overshadowed what had been […]
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Your Kansas State Wildcats finally looked like a competitive football team in 2025 during their 34-20 win over UCF in Manhattan last weekend. It certainly wasn’t perfect, and they still have a ways to go to get back on track for preseason goals, but it was a significant step in the correct direction. Now the […]
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