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Darrell Stuckey is one of 15 seniors making their final appearance at Kivisto Field at Memorial Stadium.

Kansas State converted a Jayhawk fumble into a 31-yard touchdown pass from Grant Gregory to Lamark Brown with 20 seconds remaining in the half to take a 10-7 lead into the locker room after the first half of play at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

Maybe this was all inevitable, Kansas States emergence as the only team capable of seizing control of the embarrassingly mediocre Big 12 North.In hindsight, there is little reason to be surprised that Bill Snyder would squeeze more out of his collection of two- and three-star recruits than would Mark Mangino, Gary Pinkel, Bo Pelini, Dan Hawkins and ...

Bill Snyder orchestrated a massive turnaround in his first stint at Kansas State's coach, transforming a team with more losses than any other into a national title contender.

Never mind the fact that Kansas State hasn't defeated Kansas in three seasons. Never mind that fact that the Wildcats are in first place in the Big 12 North and that a win over the rival Jayhawks on Saturday would be a giant step toward the conference title game next month.

It's funny how one player sitting on the bench for a minute longer than normal can cause an entire football nation to start questioning his relationship with the coach and status on the team.

As college football programs have evolved, becoming bigger and bigger, a new prevailing image has formed of the modern-day head coach: He is the multimillion-dollar CEO, the steward of the ship, a man with so many big-picture responsibilities that he hardly has time to coach his team.Kansas coach Mark Mangino does not see himself this way.

Todd Reesing is still the starting quarterback at Kansas after being benched during last week's game.

Darrell Stuckey has recorded 258 tackles and eight interceptions in his career. Nov. 4, 2009 LAWRENCE , Kan.

Darrell Stuckey says he isn't going to miss Mark Mangino this week, even though he probably isn't going to be seeing as much of the head man as he's used to.

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Gator is suspended for half a game Top-ranked Florida will be without standout linebacker Brandon Spikes for the first half of Saturday's game against Vanderbilt.

Everyone was a tad bit jumpy, defensive if you will, regarding the current state of this team.

Baron Batch rushed for 123 yards and four touchdowns to help Texas Tech beat Kansas 42-21 on Saturday.

The only reason it feels as if the sky is falling for the Jayhawks is because they messed up and lost a game they shouldn't have at Colorado two weeks ago.

I am not a pessimistic person; I just like being prepared. KU should be prepared, too, because as I've discussed before, Dezmon Briscoe has every reason to make his exit after this season along with Kerry Meier.A That means planning to fill two big holes at wide receiver this summer instead of just one.

Todd Reesing has been recognized by the National Football Foundation. Oct. 29, 2009 LAWRENCE , Kan.

At this time a year ago, Chris Harris was adjusting to a diminished role on Kansas' defense.

After this season, wide receiver Kerry Meier is gone for good.A I assume he will be taking his 1,958 career yards, 16 career touchdowns, and his KU-career-leading 186 catches with him.

Southern Miss gets another chance to knock off a nationally-ranked team when it visits Houston on Saturday.