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Grant Gregory has experienced the worst of senior day. That shouldn't be the case Saturday, when he joins 23 other Kansas State seniors at Snyder Family Stadium for a farewell appearance against Missouri.

They are a dynamic team, especially in the first half. If you look at the tape, regardless of which half it is, you can tell that they are a pretty good team.

In light of Baylor scrub Nick Florence looking like freaking Dan Marino in Columbia on Saturday , I can only cringe when I think about lightning fast Brandon Banks going up against the sieve that is Mizzou's secondary on Saturday in Manhattan.

Todd Reesing kept giving, and Kansas State finally took advantage. Reesing's third turnover of the first half set up a 31-touchdown pass to Lamark Brown to give K-State a 10-7 halftime lead that the Wildcats eventually turned into a 17-10 victory over Kansas in Saturday's Sunflower Showdown.

It wasnt that long ago that the Governors Cup lived in a Kansas State trophy case on a year-round basis.Like he is now, Bill Snyder was the Kansas State football coach back then, and he recalls winning the hardware so many times that the award presentations following all those victories against cross-state rival Kansas became matter of fact for his ...

Key play: Emmanuel Lamur intercepted a Todd Reesing pass on Kansas' second possession near the end zone and helped keep the first quarter scoreless.

Kansas kicker Jacob Branstetter is not known for backing down from collisions. It has gone well past the point of KU coach Mark Mangino trying to get his kicker to stop flying in for tackles on kickoffs.

What happens when a Wildcat Marries a Jayhawk? Snyder: "Well, I'm quite certain that the vast majority of our players would like to bring the Governor's Cup back to Manhattan.

It takes early stardom, plenty of team achievement and a healthy body to present Colt McCoy his opportunity for history in a few weeks.If Texas beats Central Florida on Saturday, McCoy will rack up his 41st triumph as a starting quarterback.

Brandon Banks is one of the new additions and reasons Kansas State is a success story this season.

Brandon Banks and the Wildcats will look to snap a three-game losing streak to the Jayhawks this weekend.

Landry Jones , Baron Batch , Jared Crick and Brandon Banks have been named Big 12 Conference Football Players of the Week as selected by a media panel.

For the third time this season, Kansas State's Brandon Banks has been named the Big 12's special teams player of the week.

2 Texas clarified the Big 12 South title picture by thumping No. 18 Oklahoma State 41-14 in Stillwater on Saturday night.

Landry Jones threw four touchdown passes Saturday, leading No. 23 Oklahoma to a 42-30 Big 12 Conference win over Kansas State.

Landry Jones has parlayed his symbolic role as stoic-faced backup to last year's Heisman Trophy winner into the honorary title of Oklahoma Sooners' Quarterback.

Tysyn Hartman leads the Wildcats with four interceptions this season. Kickoff: 6 p.m. Location: Memorial Stadium, Norman, Okla.

Brent Venables has a word for Josh Freeman, the Kansas State quarterback who strafed Oklahoma for 478 yards and three touchdowns last October in Manhattan: "creature." "It was like one of our defensive ends playing quarterback," said Venables, the Sooners' defensive coordinator, "with a huge arm." Now, Freeman gets to unleash his 6-6, 250-pound ...

Junior running back The 6-foot-2, 227-pound Thomas put up the Big 12's second-highest rushing output last week against a stiff Colorado defense, strafing the Buffs for 145 yards.

The 22nd-ranked Oklahoma Sooners begin the post- Sam Bradford era this weekend at home against Kansas State in Big 12 Conference action.