Not a good week for anyone. Chrisle didn't even get his picks in. Anyway....

Kevin Fielder--54 points for 366 total
Carl4KSU--34 points for 348 total
lapper2--56 points for 343 total
a1putter--28 points for 297 total
chrisle--0 points for 293 total
dwb413--50 points for 199 total

The latest on a ton of big names:

Assumptions
(1) Only teams ranked in the Top 20 now have a shot for an at-large bid
(2) The Big and SEC likely to get 5 or 6 of the at-large spots.
(3) The Big XII needs for the ACC or Notre Dame to implode. The Northern Illinois loss by ND is not enough to disqualify them (although it should).
(4) The Big XII at large team can have no more than 1 loss. Thus AT LEAST one team in Arlington must be undefeated.

What the league should hope for
(1) Oklahoma State either beats both KSU and Utah or loses to both. Worst case scenario for Big XII is a split. Best case is for the league is for TWO undefeated teams in Arlington (a guaranteed at large bid IMO). This realistically only happens if OSU loses both games.
(2) Have only one team from the ACC. Every Clemson and Louisville loss helps. Have Miami win the ACC championship.
(3) Eliminate SEC and BIG teams currently behind Utah, KSU, and OSU. Multiple losses for OU, Michigan and Notre Dame.
(4) Have TWO teams from the grouping of Mizzou, Tennesee,,Oregon, Penn St, and USC go into a major swoon. Every loss by teams in this grouping helps the Big XII.

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This weekend Linkon Cure popped up at Kansas for a visit. The four-star tight end told me what stood out about the visit to Lawrence:

"Just getting to watch my brother and catch up with coaches and staff members that I have really good relationships with."

I don't think there is much for Kansas State to worry about with Cure and Kansas. However, Cure is likely to visit Oregon again. No date has been set just yet but it's very likely. That's something to keep an eye on.

He has tremendous speed and can get there quickly. I wonder how much he works at change of direction. I watch some of the pro runners and they have a great change of direction at full speed. Sproles was a nightmare for defenders because he had those moves but he didn’t possess Dylan’s speed.

I haven’t seen enough of Dylan to know if he has those kind of moves.

Hey y'all, since it's a bye week and there won't be any games this week, let's do a mailbag!

If you have any questions about K-State football (or basketball, even), recruiting, the Big 12 or college football, send them here and I'll get to them later this week!

reminded me to ask why KSU was playing a number of starters late in the fourth quarter?

K-State head coach Chris Klieman will meet w/ the media today during K-State's bye week. Here are the notable comments and notes.

Did the defenswive end/tackle that commited from the portal and then went back in the portal and then came back ever get KSU? (Crowder or something like that)

Quote from Huggy:

" ‘Why settle for second when first is available?’

It's early this week, as K-State will welcome Oklahoma State to the Bill. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 AM. Stay locked into this thread for all things Pokes v. Cats.