Doomed to attend K-State in the years which directly led to the hiring of Bill Snyder, Jon joined the BotC staff in 2010 and provides national coverage and commentary. In addition to his beloved 'Cats, Jon is also a champion of small college athletics, and blogs about them at Those Other Guys. He's trapped in Oklahoma with his cats and his daughter, and one day hopes to dig his way to freedom.
K-State completes the treble, winning the Big 12 in football, men's basketball, and baseball in the same academic year. It's not historically rare -- but it's extremely so in today's climate.
We've got Arthur Brown headed to Baltimore and Chris Harper off to Seattle, which is a good start to the day. But that's about the past, and this afternoon is about the future.
Jon started pondering where this year's darlings belong in the Cinderella Pantheon, and discovered some neat stuff. Are the Eagles the NCAA Tournament's greatest Cinderella story ever?
IT'S ALIVE. Jon finally finds some free time and explains that there's really only one revenue sport now, at least if your school plays big-boy football.