Kansas State Wildcats NCAA Football News

At 6-4 overall and 4-2 in Big 12 play, Kansas State in some ways is a distant perch from Mizzou entering their game at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday.

Kansas State junior running back Daniel Thomas carries for a big gain against Kansas on Saturday.

Maybe this was all inevitable, Kansas States emergence as the only team capable of seizing control of the embarrassingly mediocre Big 12 North.In hindsight, there is little reason to be surprised that Bill Snyder would squeeze more out of his collection of two- and three-star recruits than would Mark Mangino, Gary Pinkel, Bo Pelini, Dan Hawkins and ...

Kansas State forced three turnovers a 17-10 win over Kansas on Saturday. {SLIDESHOW INCLUDED AT BOTTOM OF PAGE} How good does it feel to have Bill Snyder back on the sidelines? No one could have predicted the Wildcats would be leading the North with just two games remaining in the regular seasonespecially after how poor the season started.

Kansas State fans hold of a a oeBeat KUa sign during the Wildcatsa 17-10 win over the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday.

MANHATTAN, Kan. Daniel Thomas ran for 185 yards and a touchdown, and Kansas State harassed Todd Reesing into three turnovers to remain in control of the Big 12 North with a 17-10 victory over rival Kansas on Saturday.

Inside the trophy case at the Vanier Football Complex, there lies an empty space -- a void area collecting dust -- three years worth.

It takes early stardom, plenty of team achievement and a healthy body to present Colt McCoy his opportunity for history in a few weeks.If Texas beats Central Florida on Saturday, McCoy will rack up his 41st triumph as a starting quarterback.

How KU fared last week: The Jayhawks lost their straight game, 42-21 at Texas Tech, and quarterback Todd Reesing was benched.

With a loss to Oklahoma still fresh in his mind, Daniel Thomas didn't feel like standing.

2 Texas clarified the Big 12 South title picture by thumping No. 18 Oklahoma State 41-14 in Stillwater on Saturday night.

In a football season that has defied intuition, this somehow makes perfect sense.

A month remains in the regular season, and the ball bounces funny in the Big 12 North every weekend.

The Oklahoma football team has been especially good in the first quarter this season, and that didn't change tonight against Kansas State.

Tysyn Hartman leads the Wildcats with four interceptions this season. Kickoff: 6 p.m. Location: Memorial Stadium, Norman, Okla.

Tysyn Hartman admits it is fun to be on Kansas State's football roster right now.

Brent Venables has a word for Josh Freeman, the Kansas State quarterback who strafed Oklahoma for 478 yards and three touchdowns last October in Manhattan: "creature." "It was like one of our defensive ends playing quarterback," said Venables, the Sooners' defensive coordinator, "with a huge arm." Now, Freeman gets to unleash his 6-6, 250-pound ...

If Bill Snyder has some pull with the league office, Kansas State might not be in terrible shape.

Junior running back The 6-foot-2, 227-pound Thomas put up the Big 12's second-highest rushing output last week against a stiff Colorado defense, strafing the Buffs for 145 yards.

The riddle is not why Bill Snyder returned to coaching. Returned to Kansas State, where he fashioned the greatest college football story ever told.