Next year’s Kansas State football schedule looks different than any the Wildcats have had in a while under coach Bill Snyder.
What does that mean? Plenty.
Let’s start with what’s good about it. First off, K-State will have a bye week next season. The Wildcats went without a week off last year, and that was not to Snyder’s liking. This time it comes in Week 5, right before a nationally televised Thursday home game with Nebraska.
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Before the Kansas State football team traveled to Los Angeles to take on UCLA in the Rose Bowl, a hot topic of conversation was how excited the Wildcats were about playing in such a historic stadium.
Just about everyone on the roster admitted they were very much looking forward to the trip. But their words were nothing compared to what they had to say about playing in Arrowhead Stadium this week.
Everyone is thrilled about it.
“I’m very excited,” senior offensive lineman Nick Stringer said. “I’ve been to quite a few football games there growing up. I’ve always dreamed about playing in that stadium. To be able to play there with this team is something really special.”
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PASADENA, Calif. — The shovel pass was working, the Wildcats were moving and for a while the Kansas State football team threw a real scare into UCLA at the Rose Bowl.
But even with K-State’s offense going up and down the field better than it had all season, and its defense playing fairly strong too, it wasn’t enough to grab a road victory.
Kansas State marched into UCLA territory all night long, but was able to capitalize on only two of those good situations. UCLA won 23-9, and thanks to a 51-yard touchdown stroll from Terrence Austin in the final 7 minutes the score didn’t end up looking all that close.
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UCLA 23, K-State 9; Final
PASADENA, Calif. — That will do it here from the Rose Bowl. UCLA just picked off a Coffman pass and is running out the clock.
Check back later for a postgame report.
UCLA 23, K-State 9; 1:30 4th
PASADENA, Calif. — Kansas State hung tough with UCLA for most of the game, but it looks like the Bruins are going to move to 3-0.
The Bruins have shut down the Wildcats’ offense ever since that nice 80-yard drive in the third quarter and have scored 10 points of their own.
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PASADENA, Calif. — For the first time this season, the Kansas State Wildcats are underdogs.
Going up against UCLA (a 2-0 team that just won at Tennessee) in the Rose Bowl (one of the most picturesque and famous stadiums in America) the Vegas odds makers are predicting K-State to lose by about two touchdowns.
I doubt that matters to anyone on the Wildcats’ roster. They were favorites last week at Louisiana-Lafayette and that didn’t work out so well for them. Their goal this week is to simply put that out of their minds, ignore a large baby-blue clad crowd and try to stay focused all the way through the game, which doesn’t start until 9:15 tonight.
That means they will likely be taking snaps after midnight, and that will be a new experience.
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This is an important game for Carson Coffman.
Kansas State needs better production out of the quarterback position, and the junior quarterback knows it. Completing barely half of his passes won’t be good enough against a tough opponent like UCLA. He knows that, too.
But even though Coffman will be under more pressure than he has been so far this season, and the opposing defense will be much improved from Louisiana-Lafayette, he is trying to take a more mellow approach to his game.
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