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The Kansas Department of Transportation issued a traffic update Wednesday for fans traveling to Saturday's Dillons Sunflower Showdown football game with KU, detailing the ongoing construction projects from Topeka westward to Manhattan that will impact gameday commuting. KDOT is warning fans to expect delays through the project work zones and to allow extra travel time to Manhattan.

The Dillons Sunflower Showdown on Oct. 6 became K-State’s fourth football sellout this season when athletic department officials announced today that all public tickets to the game against the Jayhawks have been sold. The four sellouts surpass the two that occurred prior to the 1999 season, and with limited tickets remaining for the Miami, Texas Tech and Texas games, attendance figures continue to reach uncharted territory in 2012.

Basketball has a long and rich tradition in the state of Kansas, and it again will be on the national radar in 2011, as ESPN announced Wednesday that the Kansas State-Kansas men’s basketball game will serve as the host for the popular College Gameday Driven by State Farm show on Saturday, Jan. 29, at Allen Fieldhouse. The Dillons Sunflower Showdown will mark a special anniversary for all Kansans, as it will serve to honor the 150th anniversary of statehood and the 271st meeting between the state’s two flagship universities. The teams met three times last season, including in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. It will mark the third time in four seasons that the College Gameday show has featured the rivalry, beginning first in Lawrence on March 1, 2008, and most recently from Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan on Jan. 30, 2010.