Seems this list of conferences on shopncaasports.com is missing a certain conference located in the Great Plains.....

 

 

 

Better late than never. Again, we'll skip the visuals since I'm incompetent and can't find a good Loyola logo. Here's to the start of a successful K-State basketball season.

Yes, it's very freaking early to talk about bowl game considerations. Still, it's fun to guess where K-State may end up for Christmas break. While Stanford isn't exactly an exciting match up possibility, I wouldn't care if we were playing Tennessee Tech again as long as we got the extra month of practice. Now if we can just win one of our next two...

Curtis Kitchen had an excellent analysis of what 5 things need to happen for K-State to reach a bowl game in Bill Snyder's first year back as head coach. We here at BOTC are realists, and we realize things can go wrong, and football seasons that seemed so promising can end as gorey as a Zack Snyder movie. 

I'm not pessimistic by nature. Actually, I consider myself to be an optimist. I try to find the good in most situations. So, don't take this as some pathetic cry that this 2009 season is doomed. However, it is worth taking a look at what issues could turn this season into more of a nightmare than a dream. Hope for the best, but be prepared for the worst.

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Yes, it's summer, which means unless your university is handing out player suspensions or announcing crappy accounting practices, it is slow as hell. But, summer also means it's baseball season, and this sounds like good news for a former Wildcat.

Good luck to Carlos if this rumor turns out to be truth. I hate the White Sox, but I could learn to cheer for them every 5th day or so.

 

In this article about the recent rash of coaching changes in college football, Bob Krause explains why it made economical sense to fire Ron Prince.

Bob Krause explaining economics makes about as much sense as John Goodman teaching an aerobics class.

The dream season for the K-State baseball team continues as the Cats are set to play their first ever NCAA Baseball Tournament game on Friday in Houston at Rice's Reckling Park. KSU will face off against the #3 seed Xavier Muskateers. Game times have yet to be announced.

Check back in the coming days for updates regarding game times and any possible radio or TV schedule.

For a link to the entire NCAA Baseball bracket, click here.

Last season, Jacob Pullen was potentially a lasting bright spot in the afterglow of the Michael Beasley era at K-State. The young point guard from Chicago proved he had the skills to hang with the best athletes in the country. He averaged 9.7 points and 3.3 assists per game while being the spark plug for a Wildcat team that would be the first reach the NCAA Tournament in more than a decade.

Fast forward to this 2008-2009 season, and Pullen is a mystery to many fans. His scoring average is higher (13.4 ppg) and he is dishing the ball to his teammates at a similar pace to last season. Yet, this is not the same Jacob Pullen we thought we would see.

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Clemente will sit out tonight's game against NC Central.

Thank God this schedule worked in our favor.

That is all I will say.

According to the folks at gopowercat.com, Dana Dimel will be hired as the newest offensive coach at K-State. While his role for the Wildcats is yet to be determined, he coached tight ends and running backs at Arizona. Dave Brock's departure to Boston College opened the door for Dimel - a former assistant under Bill Snyder - to return to the place where he started his career.

I know there are many who will not be happy about this, but it's probably the most efficient way to make sure no one cuts the line or "saves a spot" for 30-40 people. I heard from a couple of people that this was a problem last year. I'm sure there will be glitches to work out this first year, but should be good in the long run.

By the way, I wonder why I never got asked to be on the Student Spirit Advisory Committee.

The BCS and NCAA should take this into serious consideration. The MWC is a large step above the next lowest conference, which is probably the Sun Belt or Conference USA.

Unfortunately, "too much money involved" will be the reason the schools in the MWC won't get this to pass.

For the second year in a row, K-State traveled roughly 2 hours north and took a 40-minute nap and woke up on the end of a lopsided loss. Just replace Alecs Maric with Paul Velander (I just heard a collective "who?") and the games are pretty much mirror images.

Except this year's version puts the Cats in an 0-3 hole to start the conference schedule.

Hit the jump to read the recap. (Warning: Due to the graphic nature of horrible basketball, reader discretion is advised.)

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As Panjandrum stated below, it's KU week. So, knowing how much those of us in Purple Nation hate all things Crimson and Blue (copyrighted), the K-State women started our week off nicely by defeating the hated chickenhawks this weekend. Oh, how I loathe thee...

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The last few weeks for K-State fans have been flooded with news and speculation about Bill Snyder's coaching staff and the play of a men's basketball team striving to make back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances. Meanwhile, the women's basketball team has been flying under the radar.

Well, I don't think a 12-0 start that is the best in school history can be considered flying under the radar. But, it's true, our ladies in purple have not gotten the appropriate love from some of us in the blogosphere or other media outlets. No more, I say.

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Sorry to get this up so late. Not sure if any one is going to be around this afternoon to post on the thread, but feel free to do so if your around.

Hopefully we can continue to roll into the holiday break.

We already know Jordy Nelson is a certified, class A bad ass, but now we can choose to see him on a Super Bowl commercial. The NFL is asking fans to vote on which player's commercial they will play during the Super Bowl. Just clink this link and vote for Jordy. Vote as many times as you can/want!

If you don't vote, you will be subjected to watching "Kiss Cam" highlights instead of the Super Bowl.