KSU, 5th worst team in NCAA history!!

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This was posted on ESPN's page 2, as they have dubbed KState as owning the 5th worst team overall in NCAA History.

 

Also a related discussion with a link to the original article is in Eric the Red's forum:

http://www.huskerboard.com/forums/index.ph...hp?showtopic=35

 

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5. Kansas State, 1984-91 (50 letters)

 

 

The "Mildcats" of Kansas State have to warrant a position in the Top 10. Pick any time frame prior to the Bill Snyder era ('92 or so), and you've a fully qualified candidate for the worst teams ever. The list of "accomplishments" is long, but just consider the loss of 28 straight games, only one bowl appearance in over 90 years (a loss to Wisconsin 14-3 in the 1982 Independence Bowl), a PUNTER in their "Ring of Honor" and the fact that they spawned the "Gramatica-nation." This certainly warrants a Top 10 rating any way you slice it.

Matt Akromis

Omaha

 

I can't believe you left out the mid-late '80s Kansas State team. The team Sports Illustrated dubbed "Futility U." Five winning seasons in 54 years. From '84 to '88, they went a combined 4-40-1 ... and were lucky to win those four. They had two very lengthy losing streaks, broken up only by perhaps the most infamous college football game in history -- November 7, 1987 -- a 17-17 tie against equally inept Kansas, known forever to my fellow Kansans as "The Toilet Bowl." What makes the turnaround at K-State so incredible, and so under-reported, is people forgetting how terrible the Wildcats really were. Shame on you for perpetuating that.

Trevin Sandlin

Washington, D.C.