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On paper, Kansas State finished the football season one game better than it did a year ago under Ron Prince.

Any minute, Bill Snyder's BlackBerry could ring. Another phone call or two, Snyder said, and Kansas State's 2010 recruiting class will be complete.

After starting 3-1 in the Big 12, playing Oklahoma tough on the road and beating Kansas at home, it's hard to believe the season is already over for the Kansas State football team.

It wasn't a great way to end the season. With a Big 12 North championship on the line and within its grasp, Kansas State lost back-to-back games to Missouri and Nebraska and won't play in a bowl game for the third year in a row and fifth time in the past six years.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. The Kansas State Wildcats need just one more win in the final two games of the season to qualify for a bowl game.

Grant Gregory is learning that sometimes the best thing he can do as Kansas State's quarterback is simply get out of the way.

Perhaps strategically located near Lawrence, Kan., a billboard on Interstate 70 depicts the image of Kansas State coach Bill Snyder with text that reads, "Because the Hall of Fame can wait." Snyder's name is attached, too, to Highway 177 into Manhattan and affixed to the KSU stadium itself.

A year ago, Daniel Thomas and Emmanuel Lamur were in junior college, and Grant Gregory was a backup at South Florida.All three transferred to Kansas State, but none was in Manhattan for spring practice.

Every Monday, win or lose, Kansas State splits practice, going over the previous game the first half, preparing for the next opponent the second.

Kansas and Kansas State face each other Saturday in one of college football's longest-running rivalries, 107 years and counting.

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

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin I'm hoping for a little better luck this week after having gotten stung by Texas A&M, losing out on Nebraska and not having the guts to pick Colorado to beat Kansas, even though I had an inclination the game would be closer than the prognosticators thought.

After upsetting visiting Kansas on Oct. 17, 34-30, the Buffs head to the road to play Kansas State Saturday.

It's not often in the Big 12 Conference these days when not just one, but two coaching staffs enter the same game with the mindset of forcing the opposing quarterback to be the difference maker.

This opinion by CU Independent Sports Editor Cheng Sio is part of a column swap leading up to the Colorado Buffaloes vs.

When Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder talks about Nick Stringer, it sounds like he's reciting lyrics.

Kansas State running back Daniel Thomas leaps into the end zone to score a touchdown during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game against Texas A&M Saturday, Oct.

At least Texas A&M accomplished one thing Saturday night at Kansas State. "We certainly did our best to give Texas Tech an opportunity to be overconfident," coach Mike Sherman said Monday.

A few things to keep an eye on starting at 6 p.m. tonight in Bill Snyder Family Stadium, where the Aggies have won their last two games dating back to 2001.

Daniel Thomas ran for four touchdowns in the first half alone as the Kansas State Wildcats crushed the Texas A&M Aggies, 62-14, in Big 12 Conference play at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.