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Tag: Kansas State Wildcats

  • Cy the Numbers: Kansas State

    Cy the Numbers: Kansas State

    Do you like meaningless stats, trends, and talking points? I do. So much so that I’m going to bring a handful to you each week this football season in a blurb titled “Cy the Numbers” because the best way to introduce pointless stats is with corny puns. Check back each week for updated stats and […]

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  • What’s the Ceiling for the KliCats?

    What’s the Ceiling for the KliCats?

    Year two under Chris Klieman was always going to be a “down” year for the program, but I think it’s safe to say that the vast majority of K-State fans were more than a little concerned with how this season would ultimately turn out after a seemingly disastrous loss to Arkansas State on September 12th. […]

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  • Adopt The Big 12: A Guide for Displaced Football Fans

    Adopt The Big 12: A Guide for Displaced Football Fans

    So, your college football team/conference decided against playing football this year, huh? That sucks. Like, really sucks. I’m sorry. And if you came here hoping for commentary on COVID-19, the safety of players, conference commissioners’ decisions to play or not play football, or the likelihood of a complete fall season being played, you can stop […]

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  • Time to take the next step to make Farmageddon great

    Time to take the next step to make Farmageddon great

    Iowa State and Kansas State have played 99 times in football. The 101st game will be played this Saturday in Bill Synder Family Stadium. They have the 8th longest continuous streak of games played. Iowa State owns the all time record 49-47 with four ties, And there is no rivalry trophy. We live in an […]

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  • It’s Time, Bill

    It’s Time, Bill

    It’s time.

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  • Snyder’s Top Ten wins: #10

    Snyder’s Top Ten wins: #10

    With a fair amount of static that this could be The Legend’s final season, I felt it appropriate to take a look at what I feel are the 10 biggest wins between both of his tenures. I tried to choose the best games that both had a significant impact on the program and in Bill’s […]

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  • How to create a new rivalry

    How to create a new rivalry

    Over the last decade in college athletics, numerous shifts in the landscape have caused a much different college football world in which we now live. As a result of this shift, many teams now play schedules against new teams or in entirely new conferences. As a result, new rivalries can emerge over time as teams […]

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  • The Mount Rushmore of College Football Stadiums

    The Mount Rushmore of College Football Stadiums

    As we celebrate Mount Rushmore week at The Tailgate Society, here are the four stadiums in each Power 5 League which would be immortalized if such a monument to cathedrals of the sport were created. Stadiums were given their spot atop college football’s Mount Rushmore of stadiums based upon quality of facilities and overall environment […]

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  • An Open Letter to the University of Arizona

    An Open Letter to the University of Arizona

    Fans, students and faculty of the University of Arizona, I am writing to you today amidst news that you have scheduled a football home game against the Bison of North Dakota State.  The North Dakota State Bison have a very good football team which plays incredibly physical and smart football which often grinds even the best […]

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  • To storm or not to storm?

    To storm or not to storm?

    Editor’s note: The events surrounding this weekend’s St. Bonaventure/VCU game brought back a debate which is all too familiar to college basketball fans. Home fans of the Bonnies stormed the floor on what appeared to be a game winner, however, the game wasn’t over. St. Bonaventure was assessed a technical foul, VCU made the free throw […]

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