A Star is Born

by Panjandrum on May 10, 2009 11:14 PM CDT in Football Comment 4 comments

Some of you have probably seen this already, but this needs to be seen by everyone. If you haven't watched it, spend the full seven minutes. It's worth it.

While I don't necessarily agree with all of the themes of this video (one highlighting the failures while Snyder was gone, which feeds into the theme of the only man able to win here is Bill Snyder...but I digress...), it is the best fan made video we've seen since fatty4ksu put out the fantastic "Birth of Kansas State Football", and it embarrasses a lot of the amateur looking videos our department has put out lately.

A few things stand out when you watch the following video by Ruperman22:

Snyder's teams hit hard. Very hard.
When Coach had this thing rolling in the late nineties and early '00's, there were few teams in this country that were as intimidating as Kansas State.
The man knows how to put together a football program, and in terms of program building, he's essentially the architect that laid the blueprint that nearly every other coach in this conference follows today. Including those bastards in Lawrence.
Someone made a video that actually makes Limp Bizkit's music tolerable.

I hope that this young man decides to continue making videos in the future. I look forward to his contributions to the KSU community because he obviously has talent.

Snyderman Returns (via Ruperman22)

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I finally watched the "Thanks, Coach" DVD today...

Here’s what I noted:
1.) The radio commentators for the spring game of this year pointed out two things that I saw in the 2005 game against Missouri…a) Huddle with the QB facing the opposing team, b) A standing TE. The commentators talked about the standing TE as something used even as early as Iowa. The QB facing the opposing team during the huddle they attributed to a QB for the Chiefs some time ago, but I saw K-State using it in 2005 at the very least (I don’t really recall alot about the huddles during Snyder’s previous tenure). Not that these two things mean a whole lot, but I noticed them.

2.) As bad as I thought the defense was in 2005, I would still take it over what we’ve had for the last 2 years.

3.) Chase Daniel and Chase Coffman both played in that game. Coffman did very well, Daniel played for a series subbing for Brad Smith. The Missouri offense outpaced K-State in this game…the difference being interceptions for TDs and punt blocks for TDs.

As I was watching this video I kept asking myself “Would I rather have the players from 2005 or the ones we have now?” In particular, I meant this in reference to Webb and Evridge vs. Coffman and Klein/Kassanavoid…and to a lesser extent, Clayton and Victor Mann / Ayo Saba vs. Jarell Childs / Keithen Valentine (not a tough decision for me currently).

Hail to the Purple, Hail to the White
Wildcat in spirit, Wildcat in fight
Hail Alma Mater from sea to sea
Onward forever, Hail Victory!

by MadCat on May 11, 2009 12:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yooouuutuuubed...

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Hail to the Purple, Hail to the White
Wildcat in spirit, Wildcat in fight
Hail Alma Mater from sea to sea
Onward forever, Hail Victory!

by MadCat on May 11, 2009 4:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

greatness is taught by great people

while it is true that KU’s football program is similar to the one that the Great Bill Snyder ran all those years ago, you should not over look the fact that Mark Mangino was taught by Bill Snyder, therefore the obvious thing here is that Mark would take what he learned during his coaching at K-State and apply in at KU, so seeing as how mark used to be a wildcat, your comment about THE BASTARDS IN LAWRENCE isnt exactly a correct one, because Mangino was a part of that architectual crew that helped to design K-States program that he still uses today.

by ALM on May 14, 2009 1:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs