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Kansas State kick returner Brandon Banks was named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year, and running back Daniel Thomas was named Offensive Newcomer of the Year in Big 12 Conference awards announced Tuesday.MU defensive end Aldon Smith was selected the league's Defensive Freshman of the Year.Missouri wide receiver Danario Alexander, kicker Grant ...

Kansas' Dezmon Briscoe and four Wildcats, including Kansas State's Daniel Thomas, were named first-team All-Big 12, the conference announced Tuesday.

The junior running back finished with a Big 12-leading 1,265 yards, 135 yards ahead of Oklahoma State's Keith Toston, who plays Saturday at Oklahoma.

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. Attention to coach of the year honors was brought up this week by Kansas State fans, spurred by a poll at coachoftheyear.com . Much of the conversation centered on why K-State's Bill Snyder ranked only 13th overall and fourth among Big12 coaches .

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.

The Wildcats close out thier home schedule against Missouri this Saturday. Come Saturday, 24 seniors will take the field for the final time at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is joined by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Rep.

Quarterback Grant Gregory called Daniel Thomas the best running back in the Big 12, and it is hard to argue.

MANHATTAN, Kan. Daniel Thomas ran for 185 yards and a touchdown, and Kansas State harassed Todd Reesing into three turnovers to remain in control of the Big 12 North with a 17-10 victory over rival Kansas on Saturday.

It took a while to get things going, but once K-State began to challenge the OU downfield, the Wildcats were able to move the ball against the nation's sixth-best defense.

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

Key play: Facing a third-and-long at midfield, Colorado's Tyler Hansen turned a broken play into a first down by scrambling up field.

Although competition itself for the Big 12 North crown seems to be entirely up for grabs, it hasn't discouraged certain individuals in the upper-half of the conference from distinguishing themselves as some of the NCAA's best.

One might think that coming off the loss at Texas Tech would be very emotionally difficult.

Over the years countless Kansas State football players have assembled at midfield to wildly celebrate victories at Snyder Family Stadium.

Your eyes aren't playing tricks on you - that would be Kansas State sitting in first place in the Big 12 North.

It was flashy and workmanlike at the same time, but then with a 62-14 victory you're probably going to get a little of everything.

Kansas State, which currently sits atop the Big 12 North standings after a dominating win over Texas A&M, continues its current homestand Saturday at 11:30 a.m. with a Big 12 North showdown against the Colorado Buffaloes.

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.