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Wildcat Sports => Football => Topic started by: Cole on December 22, 2010, 11:35:00 PM
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is anyone else excited?? the closer it gets the more excited and confident i am that were gonna come away with the Win. we got this!! Get your purple blood flowing!!! :colors: :colors: :JustDance:
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Hellz ya I'm excited! Going to be there Mid-Field.
Also got this tweet last night.
DScottFritchen D. Scott Fritchen
In case you missed it, Syracuse suspends DT Andrew Lewis and LB Brice Hawkes for Pinstripe. Has now lost six players in the past 2 weeks.
We better be able to pull of a win in this one.
Half time show is some broadway musical called Rock of Ages. They are going to play 3 songs.
Here I Go Again," "Wanted (Dead or Alive)" and "Don't Stop Believin'."
So it's going to be like every other K-State Half time show with Don't Stop Believin'.
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Has anyone heard how ticket sales are going?
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Wanted (dead or alive)!!! Not a normal ksu half..... A better ksu half! :Drink:
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Has anyone heard how ticket sales are going?
SOLD OUT!!!!
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Has anyone heard how ticket sales are going?
SOLD OUT!!!!
Really? Read today that kstate sold over 5000 tickets. They were originally alloted 2300
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Has anyone heard how ticket sales are going?
SOLD OUT!!!!
Wow!!!! No kidding???? How many KSU fans are going?
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It actually sold out a couple weeks ago. I am pretty sure that we will be extremely out-numbered but it was good that we were able to show the nation how strong we travel....even up to the NE!
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K-State fans are usually pretty passionate about bowl games. :Drink:
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Good K-State Extra Today. Enjoy
December 28, 2010
NYC - News Flash!!!!
The sun popped out around 12:15 Monday lifting the spirits of all of `us' New Yorkers. More so than K-Staters, it helped the mood of air travelers that were affected by nearly 1,500 NY flights in the city's three airports that didn't open until early evening, and then only on a limited basis.
Oh, and it really, really helped the disposition of over 500 travelers on the "A Train" who were trapped over night for eight to nine hours.
One of the neat sites of the morning was cross country skiers semi-zooming their way down 5th Ave., as pedestrians and a few vehicles shared the streets. While somewhat sunny, conditions were still blustery with 20-plus mile per hour winds.
The nasty elements postponed the Time Square press conference, plus forced the Wildcats from their scheduled practice at Columbia University to the indoor facility of the New York Giants.
The press conference will take place Tuesday, which will include the unveiling of the George M. Steinbrenner championship trophy. The Wildcats, constantly on the move, will stay indoors and practice at the New York Jets training facility, which will make three training sites in three days.
Prior to practice Monday, the Wildcats toured "Ground Zero" and the Empire State Building, and were treated to a feast by the bowl hosts at Yankee Stadium.
"Being atop the Empire State Building gave you a chance to see how beautiful the city is," said receiver Aubrey Quarles. "When you're walking around you just look up, but it gave us a new perspective of the city."
Even in Sunday night's blizzard conditions, the Wildcats hit the streets.
"My group made it all the way down to Madison Square Garden," said quarterback Collin Klein. "I don't know how far we walked ... must have been 20 blocks."
Zach Kendall described his outing as one of "... walking 32 blocks to get to Ray's Pizza, which was only about four blocks away. Needless to say, we got lost, but it was worth it ... great pizza."
Laughing, Kendall added, "It was so cold, and the wind was blowing so hard, it froze one of my eyelids shut."
A product of Hillsboro, Kan, Wade Weibert was quizzed about the skyline in his home town and just what the tallest building in his community would be.
"Do elevators count?" he quipped. "If you don't include Co-op, it's probably two stories."
Highlighting Tuesday's activities will be a breakfast for coach Snyder and the Wildcat captains hosted by the New York Stock Exchange, followed by the ringing of the bell to open trading at 8:30 (central time).
Select members of the team will then go to the Sloan Kettering Children's Hospital for a visit, before suiting up for a bowl press conference and then practice. In the evening, the team will dine on a yacht cruise.
Families have been included in the festivities as some moms and kids hit the Dylan's Candy Bar Monday morning, and can opt for the Sky Rink at Chelsea Pier Tuesday for ice skating and a pizza party, followed by a shopping trip to Lord & Taylor.
Mark
P.S. - K-State President Kirk Schulz and Dr. Noel Schulz made it into NYC via a train from Richmond, Va. But, the Schulz's had to navigate nearly eight blocks with their luggage to find transportation to the Sheraton Hotel. Oh, rest easy, the trip by train was planned.
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http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/28/doh-winter-storm-sidelines-practices-for-pinstripe-bowl/ (http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/12/28/doh-winter-storm-sidelines-practices-for-pinstripe-bowl/)
Syracuse is having more trouble than K-State getting to practice.
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Good reporting Lynch....
:popcorn:
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls10/news/story?id=5963902 (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls10/news/story?id=5963902)
Field is good to go. Seats are still being shoveled.
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K-State is All Business
K-State treats this road trip with business-like attitude
By Arne Green - Special to The News
MANHATTAN - Zach Kendall admits he had the time of his life the last time Kansas State ventured to a bowl game.
As a freshman redshirt, he drove three teammates to Houston for the 2006 Texas Bowl in his 1993 Cadillac Sedan de Ville, the ultimate road trip
"It was a blast," said Kendall, now the Wildcats' senior left guard for their return to the postseason in the inaugural Pinstripe Bowl. "Actually, it was one of the best times I've had."
But the game itself - a disappointing 37-10 loss to Rutgers - also was a cautionary tale, one Kendall has shared with his younger teammates as they prepare for Thursday's 2:30 p.m. kickoff against Syracuse (7-5) at Yankee Stadium. "As an outsider looking in, I was also able to see how we didn't take it as seriously," Kendall said. "Granted, we were run pretty thin that season as far as our injuries and stuff like that, (but) we just were happy to be there."
It's a risk with any team experiencing postseason play for the first time as all but a handful of Wildcats are. And none of the ones who made the trip to Houston got on the field.
"You always have that concern, but our players have addressed that, separate from what I might say to them," said K-State coach Bill Snyder, who led the Wildcats to a 7-5 regular-season record in his second season back from a three-year retirement. "One of our players got up and addressed exactly that issue with all of his teammates after a practice.
"I think they have that on their mind. Hopefully they're all responding the right way. I'd like to think they are."
Senior center Wade Weibert, a junior college transfer who was not part of the 2006 team, also felt compelled to stand up in the locker room.
"It's like I told some of my teammates, there are certain places that I'll look back on with a little sick taste in my mouth just because we lost a game, and I don't want my first experience in New York to be that way," Weibert said. "It's not going to be an enjoyable trip and we're not going to look back on it years down the road as a pleasant place to be."
In other words, the Wildcats are in it to win it.
"Coach Snyder's done a great job of just, keep an eye on the ball," said junior safety Tysyn Hartman. "He'll say things about maybe our plane to New York or our schedule and then he'll back that up quickly with, 'We're there to win a bowl game, we better remember what we're going there for."
There's no reason they can't strike a balance, Kendall said. Mixed in with practice during their New York stay, the Wildcats have broken up the practice routine both with scheduled activities and free time to trudge around snow-packed Manhattan (New York, not Kansas).
"We've been able to express to them that this is fun," Kendall said. "You should embrace it, you should enjoy it.
"But at the same time, this is a business trip."
For the Wildcats, who are trying to recapture the success of Snyder's first tenure - 11 straight bowl appearances from 1993-2003 - a victory over Syracuse could go a long way.
"I feel like that's where we dropped the ball the last time we went," Kendall said. "We were more just excited to be there and kind of drinking it all in instead of (treating it like) a business.
"It's nice to be in a bowl game and there's perks and stuff with it, but it's also a chance to get this team better and showcase what we've got and get eight wins. That's the end goal - wed rather be an 8-5 team than a 7-6 team."
Or in the words of senior cornerback Stephen Harrison:
"We set out our goals at the beginning of the year," he said. "Everybody wanted to go to a bowl game and then we said, 'Why not win one?'
"So it is one of our goals to go to New York and win the game."
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Taking over NYC!!
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1335.snc4/162699_819496964521_17001675_43960409_7798594_n.jpg)
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Pleeeeaaaasssseee hold them just ONCE!
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1 down
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2 down
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Nm, normal d on field.... What was I thinking
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I'm watching this Kansas St vs Syracuse Bowl game and the refs just decided the outcome of it! Its a shame what happened! Crazy!! Kids playing their hearts out and the game decided on a terrible yellow flag. SMDH
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Great bowl game and atmospher till refs decided to butt fuck the game and give a late Christmas gift to Scuse.