Toe Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Love him or hate him, there's no denying what he did for K-State. In case anyone doesn't know just how bad the Wildcats were when Snyder was hired, here's a little refresher. Just before Snyder started his first season, Sports Illustrated ran an article on K-State football titled Futility U, which called the Wildcats "America's Most Hapless Team." After 93 years of playing football, K-State had fewer than 300 all-time wins, dead last in Div I-A. Post-World War II their most successful decade was 1968-77; their record during that time was 38-70. Between WWII and 1988, K-State ranked last in the country in both scoring offense and scoring defense, and they'd had only four winning seasons in that period. In Snyder's first season, they won exactly one game. That was a big deal, because they hadn't won any at all in the previous two seasons. In his second season, they went 5–6 - a win count K-State had only reached only twice in the previous 17 years. By 1993, they made their second bowl game ever, resulting in their first bowl victory. That became the first of 11 straight bowl appearances - one of only seven teams to reach that mark in that period. 1995 was their first 10-win season, and first top ten finish ever (#6 AP, #7 Coaches). 1998 saw their first #1 ranking. In 2003, they won the Big 12 Championship, their second ever and first since 1934 (a record for longest gap between conference titles). https://www.kstatesports.com/news/2018/12/2/football-bill-snyder-announces-retirement-from-kansas-state.aspx 1 1 Quote Link to comment
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mrandyk Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 How many other guys have coached in a facility with their name on it? Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Much respect for the architect of one of the greatest turn-arounds in sports history. It's truly amazing what he did at K-State. It's too bad we won't get to play him again. We'll just have to remember our last game in the Big XII, from 2010. Played on Bill Snyder's birthday. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Kudos to Snyder And K State returns to the cellar of college football, remembering the last time Snyder tired Quote Link to comment
BIG ERN Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 One of the best coaches of all-time. One of, if not thee, toughest P5 jobs in America. Great career Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 One great coach and I always respected him because he stayed at KSU. He could have gone to a major program and he stayed at the school he loved. 1 Quote Link to comment
suh_fan93 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 ^Yeah just read that as well. Quote Link to comment
Notre Dame Joe Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Did he ever beat a good NU team? Quote Link to comment
Ulty Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 7 hours ago, Notre Dame Joe said: Did he ever beat a good NU team? The 2000 NU team was pretty good. But I tend to think that loss was more about Solich's second half playcalling in the snow as opposed to anything special that KSU did. Edit: just looked up the game - we gifted a field goal to KSU after Alexander fumbled an option pitch in the 3rd quarter, and Josh Brown also missed a short field goal in the 2nd quarter. Either of those plays would have made the difference in the game. I remember blaming Solich for calling option pitches in a blizzard, but otherwise it was a good game and Alexander ran really well for the most part. Quote Link to comment
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