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K-State might be at peace with letting Klieman walk

Classy Cats are also reigning national champions.
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Soil judging team also two-time defending national champions (edit: a few years ago).
 
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In the past 24 years, K-State teams have won or shared the crops judging national championship 19 times.
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As an actual crops judger, nobody really counts the fall contest as the "real" national championship because only a few schools do it. The real one is in the spring at NACTA where it does usually come down to ISU, KSTATE, and depending on the year UNL
 
As an actual crops judger, nobody really counts the fall contest as the "real" national championship because only a few schools do it. The real one is in the spring at NACTA where it does usually come down to ISU, KSTATE, and depending on the year UNL
Very exciting championships. I hope NIL can help our crop team get back to being a perennial power. Rumor is old McDonald is in line to be the next coach.
 
Consider the Wisconsin situation:
  • fired Paul Chryst, their coach with the highest winning % in their history
  • slow start, wrong side of 50, but still a shocking move to let him go given his success
  • promoted their young, alumnus coordinator as an audition to prevent him being poached
  • being a non-blue blood, its unlikely they'd get him back if he were to go on and have success at a blue blood

Now consider K-State:
  • young, alumnus coordinator in Collin Klein with experience coaching both sides of the ball
  • played and coached under Snyder, is almost like KState's version of Scott Frost without the drinking problem
  • sooner or later, teams are going to come calling, and Klieman will be on the wrong side of 50 as well
  • promote him now, and if he's successful, you're set for the next 30+ years. if you lose him and he finds tremendous success, you probably don't get him back
Klieman has a legit shot at tying Bill Snyder's best win total this year. It's curious that there hasn't been a single beep about him getting a substantial raise if that were the plan. Could it be they view Collin Klein as a more integral piece of their success? Had Scott Frost been OC during some of Bo's better years, I don't think there's a scenario where we would've let him get away, and I have to wonder if K-State money feels the same way.
Lol, idiots talking kitties.
 
Trev definitely has his guy. There is no way he is unprepared at this stage in the game. KSU has potentially 2 more weeks of football, so we could be waiting.

There is a tried and true formula to winning games in this region. Osborne knew it, Snyder knew it and Bohl/Klieman know it. Kudos to you if you nailed this scenario. KSU knows the value of Klein and he is ready for the bump up.
Funny as he..
 
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