2009 NCAA - Kansas State
After a disastrous three-year tenure of Ron Price, longtime KSU coach Bill Snyder returns to coach at a stadium that bears his name. Can he rebuild the program he sent to astronomical (considering the history of Wildcat football) heights in the 1990s and earlier this decade? He won 136 games in 17 seasons, including four Big XII North titles. Rebuilding this mess might not be easy - former coaches like John Robinson and Bill Walsh had trouble duplicating initial successes at USC and Stanford, for example. Don't forget that Snyder went 9-13 in his last two seasons before retiring, as well. |
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Three assistants left before he had even settled into his office. The running backs are untested. The defense was third-to-worst in America, giving up 38 ppg against I-A foes and 500-plus ypg. Losing QB Josh Freeman to the NFL was the last of the bad news. The receiving corps is deep and solid, and there are three returning starters up front. Eight starters return from the youngish defense. Looking at some numbers from 2008, that might not be considered a 'good' thing.
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| ASK the bookie? - Snyder established a formula that worked for years - he scheduled soft out of the league, and counted on those games to get experience for everyone to be ready to play in the league. Gone from future schedules are Miami (Florida), Virginia Tech and Oregon. And this year, the Wildcats have already softened things up, playing UMass, Louisiana-Lafayette, UCLA and Tennessee Tech outside of the league. That means they'll need to win seven games to get bowl eligible... Don't worry, it won't happen. Even with the three winnable non-Big 12 games, it looks like 5-7 is the absolute best Snyder can do with this group this year. |
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