NUance Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Legendary Snyder sparking second monumental Kansas State revivalby Stewart Mandel, cnnsi.com But Snyder, who resurrected Kansas State from the dregs of Division I-A in 1989 and led it to three Big 12 title games and six 11-win seasons from 1997-2003, still attended Wildcats games, home and away. He watched as his once-dominant program struggled to a 17-20 record during successor Ron Prince's tenure. More disturbingly, he saw his fellow K-State community members splintering. When it came time to find Prince's replacement, the search "started and ended with [snyder]," said former K-State president Jon Wefald, who also hired Snyder the first time. "We knew he had turned our football program around in a monumental fashion," Wefald said, "so I figured, well, he could do it again." It took some convincing, but Snyder, now 72, eventually signed on. And sure enough, he has done it again. In his third season back, the Wildcats are 7-0 and ranked No. 10 in the country heading into Saturday's home showdown with No. 11 Oklahoma (6-1). The game lost some cachet nationally when Texas Tech upset the Sooners last weekend, but it's still a plenty big deal in Manhattan, where it's been eight years since K-State won its first and only Big 12 title. LINK Pretty good article on Granny Snyder. Love him or hate him, you have to admit he did an incredible job of turning K-State around. Pre-Snyder KSU was one of the worst programs in all of college football. That said, I expect the Sooners to kick them to the curb tomorrow. Right there in the Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 The guy can coach. Makes you wonder why he didn't take another gig when he "retired" from KSU the first time. Also makes you wish (for the Mildcats) that he was 30 years younger. The guy isn't going to be coaching much longer, and once he's gone.... it's back to irrelevance. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted October 28, 2011 Author Share Posted October 28, 2011 Snyder has an impressive coaching tree. The thing is, most of his protegees would be taking a step down to come back to KSU. So the next KSU coach won't be from this list. Hopefully he does better than Ron Prince this time around. Quote Link to comment
jayhawk Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I love to root against him and his team, but he is a GREAT, GREAT coach. One of the best ever. I know he has no title, but to do what he did with th eresources they have is IMPRESSIVE. He deserves all the recognition he gets. Quote Link to comment
Excel Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Great coach, pretty sure I saw him at Wal-Mart yesterday buying stool softners...hard to tell though, I've noticed all old people in Kansas look alike. 1 Quote Link to comment
jayhawk Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Great coach, pretty sure I saw him at Wal-Mart yesterday buying stool softners...hard to tell though, I've noticed all old people in Kansas look alike. That makes no sense unless you live in Manhattan, all that ag research does strange things to a man. Frankly, inbreeding is across the line over in Missouri where the Hillbillies are... Quote Link to comment
Excel Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 Great coach, pretty sure I saw him at Wal-Mart yesterday buying stool softners...hard to tell though, I've noticed all old people in Kansas look alike. That makes no sense unless you live in Manhattan, all that ag research does strange things to a man. Frankly, inbreeding is across the line over in Missouri where the Hillbillies are... Yea forgot to mention I live in Manhattan, right down the street from the "stadium" actually. Quote Link to comment
gratefullred Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 funny how one begins to root for those he once hated. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted October 30, 2011 Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 Legendary Bill Snyder ...took a legendary ass-whoopin today. K-State, your 15 minutes of fame are officially over for this year. Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Q: What is EMAW? A: The sound Granny Snyder made every time the Sooners scored. Quote Link to comment
Malth Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Why do we hate Snyder so much? Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted October 30, 2011 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Great coach, pretty sure I saw him at Wal-Mart yesterday buying stool softners...hard to tell though, I've noticed all old people in Kansas look alike. That makes no sense unless you live in Manhattan, all that ag research does strange things to a man. Frankly, inbreeding is across the line over in Missouri where the Hillbillies are... Yea forgot to mention I live in Manhattan, right down the street from the "stadium" actually. You poor bastard. I lived in Topeka for 4 years after college. The K-Sucks fans were a lot to handle. Quote Link to comment
irafreak Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Damn right! Topeka area for high school! 98 football (the ksu facemask of crouch) was my senior year. They were jerks. Constantly. I never said a thing. Just amazed at how obnoxious they were. Quote Link to comment
beanman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Damn right! Topeka area for high school! 98 football (the ksu facemask of crouch) was my senior year. They were jerks. Constantly. I never said a thing. Just amazed at how obnoxious they were. I made the mistake of making a shirt bet at work in 2004. I had to wear a purple K-sucks shirt all day. I died a little inside. On a side note, I don't know how any grown man can wear purple. Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Damn right! Topeka area for high school! 98 football (the ksu facemask of crouch) was my senior year. They were jerks. Constantly. I never said a thing. Just amazed at how obnoxious they were. I made the mistake of making a shirt bet at work in 2004. I had to wear a purple K-sucks shirt all day. I died a little inside. On a side note, I don't know how any grown man can wear purple. Quote Link to comment
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