Austin Peay DL transfer Travis Bates has announced he is transferring to K-State.

Bates chose the Wildcats over Wisconsin and Houston.

He will have three years of eligibility left.

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Ever think of the words "thank you"? I use them frequently when someone is kind, holds a door for me, etc....but they became quite inadequate when it came to saying them to the doctor (and staff at Cotton O'Neill Cancer Center in Topeka) for saving my life after colon cancer diagnosis in 2010!

Not in the same context, obviously, but when I think of all that Coach Tang has done (is doing) for our beloved K-State, those words still seem a bit trite. We are beyond fortunate to have Gene Taylor hire Jerome Tang, an outstanding human being in every regard, even aside the basketball court, become our men's basketball coach. Way prior to this recent (totally unnecessary) fiasco, he has demonstrated not only "teaching winning basketball skills", but putting young men together in a most admirable way. Coach truly wants his team members to get their education, win ball games along the way, and become productive adults in life.

Now...."Janitor....clean up in aisle 12"!!! We understand that this could have all been avoided if our team member had not made an unwise choice, that's water under the bridge. The next choice becomes, shall we make this better....or worse? It's become obvious that Coach Tang and AD Taylor made a choice to hit the middle line, not make it easy for Tomlin, but give a reasonable path to productivity. The flip side of the coin is the decision that President Linton chose, override the two people that should be in charge of this, and dismiss him from the team. Can someone tell me what is gained by that, other than an ego trip?

I understand President Linton has a personal battle on his hands with cancer, the treatments really test one's soul, let alone thinking of possible outcome. I wish him well. Maybe, just maybe, a step back to say, "I wouldn't handle a situation like this again the way I just did" would go a very l-o-n-g way in healing this unnecessary "battle". Think of the money the athletic teams generate for the university. I trust the two men, Coach Tang and AD Taylor, to handle these issues properly.

Thank you, Coach....and I WILL "hang with Tang"!!! EMAW (Mrs. Ron)

It’s a big one in Manhattan as the Nebraska Cornhuskers make the trip down south to take on the K-State Wildcats.

The game will tip off at 2:00 on ESPN+.

EMAW Online will be on hand for it all. Tune in for live updates closer to game time as we arrive at the stadium.

by this basketball team. Not worthy of the Purple.

Los Angeles Times is reporting today that Will is visiting USC. Better be aware!!! If he goes there and does not deliver a National Championship in one year, that same LA Times will skewer him.

It's been a busy few days for K-State basketball on the recruiting trail, as the coaching staff has made a handful of in-school visits for 2025 prospects.

Some of the names include:

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Brenden Mott and Austin Moore have announced they are returning next season via social media.

Pretty key for the Wildcats to get these two players back.

Coach Jerome Tang said in his press conference today expect to see Ques Glover return on January 2nd against Chicago State.

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This chart would indicate we have had the second hardest schedule to date in the Big12. That bodes well for future conference play. EMAW! 😈

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Was the starter at Division 2 Washburn in 2022, throwing for 2,393 yards, 25 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. An injury forced him to miss most of this season.

He's the fourth QB on the roster for next season, but Kansas State only has two on an athletic scholarship: Blake Barnett and Avery Johnson. Jacob Knuth is on an academic scholarship.

They might take another QB to make the scholarship numbers work.

McNair, Perry and Glover are 5th year seniors so their college years are done after this year.

N’Guessan is a senior so he can’t come back next year but could play somewhere else as a 5th year senior?

Carter and Kaluma are Juniors so they could test the waters for Pro status and they could come back next year.

The other 6 players are made up of 5 freshmen and 1 sophomore. Colbert is the sophomore and he either transferred in or came through the portal but I don’t know which.

We have one incoming freshman.

Based on the makeup of all the potentially returning players (in this day and age, who knows) we are in dire need of some “bigs”.

the transfer portal. Snyder said money would ruin college athletics, but not even he envisioned the kind of chaos the portal is now creating with a weak NCAA and
unethical schools dangling big bucks.

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Not a surprise, but this makes it officially official.

Just saw a post that indicates the teams in play are Miami, Georgetown, Providence, West Virginia, Oregon and KU.

Some things don’t make sense.

I’m talking going back to Bill Snyder 1.0 almost 30 years ago. I think we had a DB named Camby that was a stud Cornerback. Maybe Terrance Newman? Maybe Darren Sproles? I’m too lazy to Google it. TIA.