Daily Archives: Oct. 10, 2012

The Royal Sampler: Iowa State and K-State always play close games, three Wildcats get honored, Willie’s mishap and links

Oct. 10, 20124:08 p.m.

DAILY TAKE

Kansas State is a touchdown favorite heading into Saturday’s game at Iowa State, but one look at the above picture should be all it takes to realize a winner might not be decided until the final seconds at Jack Trice Stadium.

The Wildcats own a four-game winning streak over the Cyclones, but all four games have come by single-digit margins (K-State had to block an extra point in the final moments to win 24-23 in Arrowhead Stadium in 2009) and none of them were played in Ames.

Throw in the fact that Iowa State has proven itself as a giant-killer under coach Paul Rhoads by beating Nebraska (2009), Texas (2010), then No. 2 Oklahoma State (2011) and previously undefeated TCU last week, and this game could turn out to be one of the most interesting Big 12 matchups of the weekend.

Not everyone has respect for the Cyclones, though. Rhoads is 22-21 in the middle of his fourth season. But Missouri receiver T.J. Moe, of all people, did his best to make sure everyone takes notice of them. He hopes his team can follow in the Cyclones’ footsteps when it takes on top-ranked Alabama this weekend.

“For us, the way our season is going, it’s kind of our opportunity to be an Iowa State of last year,” Moe told Missouri reporters earlier this week. “It happens every year. Somebody does it … knocks off the No. 1 team. It would definitely be an upset. There’s no getting around that one.”
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Collin Klein gets a food challenge

Oct. 10, 201210:36 a.m.


First came the nicknames. Now comes the food challenge.

The above picture pretty much says it all. Purple Swirl, a frozen yogurt restaurant in Manhattan, is trying to capitalize on Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein’s popularity with the Honey Badger Challenge. For $15 you get the chance to eat 48 ounces of frozen yogurt in 15 minutes. If you accomplish the feat you get a $5 gift card, a T-shirt, your face on the challenge’s hall of fame and the right to call yourself a bona fide Honey Badger.

The only rule is that you have to remain seated the whole time.

If you come up short, you still get some recognition for coming close.

Though Klein’s name will have to come down from the restaurant’s window (It is against NCAA rules for businesses to profit from a student-athlete’s name or likeness. That’s why college jerseys don’t come with names on the back) it is an interesting challenge.

When I asked about it earlier this week, Purple Swirl employees said it was a new idea and had only been attempted three times. All three challengers ate the required 48 ounces of frozen yogurt, but only two did so in the allotted 15-minute window.

Klein chuckled about the food challenge when I asked him about it yesterday. He didn’t know anything about it, but said he might check it out this week. Why not? He certainly has a Collin Klein-sized appetite.

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