K-State Football

K-State has promoted Tom Hayes to defensive coordinator. Mike Cox, who was part of Washington's debacle of a defensive effort against Baylor in the Alamo Bowl, will be hired as a linebackers coach.

K-State Women's Basketball

Texas A&M got revenge and then some for K-State's upset win in Manhattan earlier this year. The Aggies beat K-State by 31 in College Station last night.

#RonP4Jags

The Jacksonville Jaguars hired Ron Prince as an assistant line coach.

Big 12 Basketball

KU overwhelmed Baylor with a 37-7 run that spanned the middle 20 minutes of the game and rolled to a 68-54 win over the Bears in Waco.

College Football Playoff

SB Nation's Jason Kirk takes a look at the Big 10's four-team playoff proposal and concludes that it's good for everybody.

K-State Basketball

In one of the ugliest and least entertaining basketball games I've ever seen, K-State beat Texas Tech, 65-46. Between the poor shooting (the teams had six field goals apiece in the first half, Tech had five in the second), inability to hold on to the ball (the teams combined for 36 turnovers, with Tech accounting for 22 of those) and the look-at-me officiating (John Higgins FTW), all involved did everything in their power to make sure the game had no flow at all.

Tech threw a triangle-and-two defense at K-State in the first half and the Wildcats did not respond well. Fortunately, Tech responded even more poorly to K-State's pressuring man defense.

Jamar Samuels won't be sad that there are no more games with Texas Tech. His season stats against the Red Raiders are nine fouls and one point.

K-State Football

Rob Cassidy tweeted last night that K-State will promote Tom Hayes to defensive coordinator to replace Chris Cosh.

Big 12 Basketball

Oklahoma State got a 69-67 win in Stillwater over Iowa State behind the late-game heroics of Le'Bryan Nash. K-State is now just one game behind the Cyclones in the conference standings.

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K-State gets a home game against Texas Tech, who is winless in Big 12 conference play this season. After this, the Wildcats face a murderous stretch that includes games at Texas, KU at home, at Baylor and at Missouri.

With Will Spradling breaking out of his slump, Angel Rogriguez finding his confidence, and Rodney McGruder getting healthy K-State should have three guards ready to go against Tech tonight.

SB Nation's Bracketology has K-State in the field and seeded eighth. We'll take an NCAA Tournament appearance any way we can get it at this point, but Notre Dame in the first round followed by Kentucky in the Round of 32? Yikes.

Big 12 Basketball

Missouri got a 71-68 win in Norman after Steven Pledger missed a three pointer that would have tied the game at the buzzer ... Texas won the final Lone Star Showdown when it picked up a 70-68 win over Texas A&M in College Station.

Speaking of Texas and basketball, Peter Bean has an excellent article for Basketball Prospectus looking at the Big 12 race as it enters the final stretch.

Big 12 Football

West Virginia is buying out of its game against Florida State this September. Yet another sign that the Mountaineers have every intention of being in the Big 12 for the 2012-13 season.

K-State Basketball

Angel Rodriguez led K-State past Texas A&M on Saturday in Manhattan. Rodriguez and the Wildcats turned a one-point deficit at halftime into a 64-53 win behind Rodriguez's fearless drives to the basket and a full-court press that led to a turnover barrage from the Dash Harris-less Aggies.

Among the better news to come out of Saturday's game was that Will Spradling finally broke out of his shooting slump. The sophomore had 19 points on 4-5 shooting from three-point range.

An injured toe limited Rodney McGruder's effectiveness, as the junior went 1-9 from the field and scored only five points.

K-State Women's Basketball

After the Wildcats took an early lead, No. 1 Baylor roared back and rolled to a 70-41 win in Manhattan.

Big 12 Basketball

In the game of the weekend, KU couldn't hold an eight-point lead in the last three minutes against Missouri and lost to the Tigers, 74-71 ... Iowa State shot the cover off the ball in Norman and took a 77-70 win over Oklahoma ... It wasn't quite as easy as last time, but Baylor swept Oklahoma State with a 64-60 win ... Texas Tech is still winless in conference play after a 74-57 loss to Texas.

K-State Football

Despite the lack of fanfare, K-State signed a solid football recruiting class. The group was heavy on high school seniors, which should help build long-term depth.

Recruiting is just one aspect of running a college football program. Player development is just as important, and Bill Snyder and his staff have made a very nice living by specializing in that aspect.

K-State Basketball

After Tuesday's disappointing loss at Iowa State, the Wildcats need to rebound quickly and get ready for improving Texas A&M, who visits Bramlage on Saturday for the final time.

Big Game Saturday

Maybe you don't give a damn about Saturday's Border War in Columbia. But even if you don't, tthis piece by RMN's Michael Atchison is worth a readd for what it says about all rivalries, not just the Border War.

West Virginia

A West Virginia judge refused to stay West Virginia University's lawsuit against the Big East while the Big East's later-filed lawsuit in Rhode Island is pending. The circumstances surrounding this litigation is just strange.

K-State Basketball

K-State lost a heartbreaker to Iowa State last night in Ames. Royce White hit a baseline jumper with two seconds left to give the Cyclones a 72-70 win after K-State built a double-digit lead in the second half.

From Rob Cassidy's Twitter account, Frank Martin went hard at the game officials in his postgame press conference for the no-call on Rodney McGruder late. This will probably result in a fine imposed by the Big 12, but it doesn't look like Frank cares, and I don't, either. It was a bad no-call, and sometimes you have to stick up for your players. That said, a missed call on McGruder wasn't the reason K-State blew a double-digit lead.

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National Signing Day is here. K-State hopes junior college safety Kent Gainous will be Tysyn Hartman's replacement.

The rest of K-State's commit list is here.

In the rankings, K-State currently leads only KU and Iowa State among Big 12 schools.

Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 has released its 2012 football schedule to its TV partners, and will make the schedule public in the "near future."

The Big 12 is taking steps toward finding its next commissioner.

This Will Surprise Nobody

The Indianapolis Colts fired Ron Prince.

K-State Women's Basketball

My favorite K-State women's basketball player ever, Shalee Lehning, announced her retirement from the WNBA.

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Fred Hoiberg has loaded up on transfers and is starting to see the results. Iowa State is 5-3 in conference play and fourth in the Big 12 standings nearly halfway through the season.

After its second-straight loss to Oklahoma, K-State fell out of the AP Poll.

K-State Football

National Signing Day is tomorrow, and among K-State's signees will be Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) quarterback Tavarius Bender. Bender chose K-State over Nebraska, who wanted him to play defense.

With National Signing Day looming, this is your yearly reminder that while signing a highly ranked recruiting class is no guarantee of success, your odds of winning improve as you move up the rankings.

Big 12 Basketball

Missouri held on for a 67-66 win over Texas in Austin last night. The Tigers led by as much as 13, but Texas took a lead with less than one minute left before Michael Dixon hit the game-winning shot with about 27 seconds to play.

K-State Basketball

K-State couldn't avenge its earlier loss to Oklahoma, as Lon Kruger directed the Sooners to a 63-60 win and a season sweep of the Wildcats.

With four conference losses, K-State is losing touch with KU, Missouri and Baylor at the top of the standings, and now will do well to keep pace with Iowa State, who is next on the Wildcats' schedule.

K-State Women's Basketball

Behind 29 points from Brittany Chambers, the Wildcats got back on the winning track against Oklahoma State.

Big 12 Basketball

Iowa State handed KU its first conference loss of the season ... Missouri played uninspired basketball but managed a home win over Texas Tech ... Baylor weathered a late comeback by Texas to get a win in Waco ... and Texas A&M overcame the absence of Khris Middleton and Dash Harris to beat Oklahoma State in College Station.

We Are HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHZOU

This should make you feel better about some of K-State's video and marketing gaffes in the past.