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The Kansas State Wildcats packed a game's worth of activity into one quarter - a seemingly interminable first quarter - against Montana State.

Key play: K-State's defense started the 2008 season on the field first, and it was quite the debut -- a penalty-plagued three-and-out for the Mean Green.

The Wildcats go to battle with a number of junior college transfers in 2008. Not to get all pop culture-y, but it's still preseason, and Kansas State's football team adheres to that axiom of Andy Warhol's about ...

If the addition of 19 JUCO transfers infuses new life, energy and talent into the program, then third-year coach Ron Prince could look like a genius.

Per the Kansas State sports information office: " Kansas State senior Deon Murphy was named a preseason first team All-American at punt returner by Phil Steele's 2008 College Football Preview and was one of six ...

The carnival rides were fun for the kids. The auction netted some nice proceeds. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

“I wish you guys could have seen the stuff we were doing in closed practices”

Ron Prince said his Kansas State team adopted a "Cold War mentality" this spring. via Topeka Capital-Journal

The four consecutive defeats to end the 2007 season, when just one victory was needed to obtain a bowl bid, was difficult to watch. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

Kansas State landed three players on the first-team All-Big 12 list and swept the offensive and defensive newcomer of the year awards, the league announced today. via Topeka Capital-Journal

Kansas State's bowl hopes, if they really existed before Saturday, are over. No postseason for the Wildcats after being kicked 45-29 by WAC member Fresno State to finish the season 5-7. No bowl for the third ... via Topeka Capital-Journal

“I really haven't taken much heat”

Go ahead and try, you're not going to talk Lew Perkins out of Arrowhead Stadium. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

“I didn't want to have a bunch of ifs and buts”

Brooks Rossman surely knows it was nothing personal, and Kansas State fans would have cheered him enthusiastically under different circumstances. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“I'm not disheartened in any way, neither is anybody on our team”

MANHATTAN, Kan. | He wants to serve as a symbol of hope in these dark days of Kansas State football.

Wildcats senior defensive tackle Steven Cline was supposed to be done for the season after suffering a knee injury Nov. 3 at Iowa State. But there he was Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, taking Senior Day to a whole new level.

Sure, No. 6 Missouri disposed of the Wildcats 49-32. But Cline remains determined in this time of despair to prove that cashing in is not an option.

'Pretty much my whole reason for playing is to show the Wildcat nation we don't give up,' said Cline, who did not record a tackle. 'We're not giving up. There's still fight left in us.' Read more

Jeremy Maclin made sure Missouri didn't look past Kansas State.

Maclin scored three touchdowns and had 252 total yards to set the NCAA single-season freshman record for all-purpose yards, helping the No. 6 Tigers rally from a sluggish first half for a 49-32 victory over Kansas State on Saturday.

Maclin returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown and caught two touchdown passes, giving him 2,201 all-purpose yards for the season _ 175 more than Terrell Willis of Rutgers had in 1993. Maclin finished with nine catches for 143 yards. Read more

“Jordy Nelson vs. MU secondary.”

It seems like fortune has smiled on a lot of teams this year, and now it's Missouri's turn. via STLtoday

“I lost my breath going off the field”

Issue date: 11/12/07 Section: Sports Media Credit: Chris VanKat Nebraska senior receiver Frantz Hardy dives into the end zone during the first quarter of Saturday's 73-31 win over Kansas State. via Daily Nebraskan