Here's a little gem I compiled years ago and keep updating, feel free to share.
1980's:
Comparing the Futility U of K-State football in the 1980's to the current Futility U of KU "football" is interesting and not something the KC media even wants to touch. K-State football was horrid during the 1980's and KU was better....BUT there gets to be a revisionist history that because KU was better than K-State in football in the 80's that they were "good"....not the case! K-State was 3-6-1 against KU during the 80's and 21-82-3 overall, KU was 38-68-6 overall. Both schools went to a bowl in that decade (and lost), both teams lost to lowly Wichita State (KU 82' & K-State 85'). K-State had a 3 year streak without winning a conference game (87, 88, 89 snapped in 90); while KU had a 2 year conference winless streak (86-87). During KU's CURRENT streak of losing, K-State football is pretty good.
All-time:
KU fans also love to throw in the "all-time" banter as if it's something a school with a poor football history should take pride in doing. The fact is, K-State holds the all-time lead in the Governor's Cup 27-19-1, and a KU fan would have to be 56+ years of age for their Squawks to even have a single game lead in the all-time series within their lifetime. KU's all-time advantage over the Cats hasn't translated into anything remotely tangible today, and it certainly hasn't prevented K-State from building a consistent Top 25 program over the last quarter century....and it hasn't prevented KU's program from being a perennial cellar dweller. Even if we’re late bloomers…I’ll take fairly consistent, CURRENT success over random, schedule driven anomalies through decades of poor football anyday! Just look at KU's “awesome” consecutive bowl record of 2! Or compare the peaks of Coach Snyder's tenure against the entirety of the Jayhawk football program. Coach Snyder has defeated more final Top25 teams in his time than KU has in the entirety of their program. Coach has been to more bowl games individually than KU has in it's history…not to mention, 7 TopTen BCS finishes, 3 Fiesta Bowls, 3 Cotton Bowls, 3 Heisman finalists, 2 BigXII titles, 73 wins in seven seasons, a victory in all 14 pre/post realignment BigXII stadiums, etc etc etc. Another favorite is when Squawks chirp "wait till Snyder dies", then you'll be terrible again. An objective fan knows that the game has changed since the 1980's, not just at K-State, everywhere. In the old Big8: K-State, KU, oSu, ISU, CU, Mizzou largely ignored football from a financial standpoint...no denying that...facilities and coaching salaries were embarrassing. That is gone....EVERYONE drops major resources into football and clearly understands that football is the key to surviving in today's landscape.
Big XII records
1996 2-6 Mason
1997 3-5 Allen
1998 1-7 Allen
1999 3-5 Allen
2000 2-6 Allen
2001 1-7 Allen/Hayes
2002 0-8 Mangino
2003 3-5 Mangino
2004 2-6 Mangino
2005 3-5 Mangino
2006 3-5 Mangino
2007 7-1 Mangino
2008 4-4 Mangino
2009 1-7 Mangino
2010 1-8 Gill
2011 0-9 Gill
2012 0-9 Weis
2013 1-8 Weis
2014 1-8 Weis/Bowen
2015 0-9 Beaty
0 football victories in Waco, TX (all-time)
0 wins against Bob Stoops
0-13 against the Texas Longhorns in BigXII play
1 win over Oklahoma State in BigXII play
1 win over Texas A&M in BigXII play
1 win over Texas Tech in BigXII play
1 winning BigXII conference campaign
1 .500 BigXII conference campaign
Only team in BigXII history to go winless for an entire season
Joined 2008 Washington as one of only 2 P5 programs to ever lose 12 games in a season
2 consecutive bowl seasons as a school record (tied with Indiana as a P5 low)
3 two-win BigXII conference campaigns
4 winless BigXII conference campaigns
4 total conference wins in the past 7 seasons combined
5 single-win BigXII conference campaigns
8-65 against the South in BigXII play
16 years in BigXII era losing 1 or more non-con game(s)
18 losing BigXII conference campaigns
19 victories over final Top20/25 teams in 107 years of football
27 game conference losing streak (2010-2013)
30 consecutive conference road losses (2008-present)
34 consecutive road losses (2009-present)
38-128 in BigXII play
46 (1968) years since sharing a conference championship (LBJ was President)
84 (1930) years since winning a conference title outright (Hoover was President)
Since 2010, K-State has more conference football wins in Lawrence, KS (4) than KU does (3)
October 19, 1968: To tally up 100 total conference wins (moving forward) for the Hawks, you have to reach back to the 1968 season.
September 12, 2009: @ UTEP: last road victory
November 29, 2008 vs. Missouri (Arrowhead): last time KU defeated an opponent that finished in the final Top 25
October 4, 2008: @ Iowa State: last conference road victory (George W. Bush was President)
September 13, 1997 vs. Missouri: last time KU defeated a conference opponent at home that was currently ranked and finished in final Top 25 (Bill Clinton was President)
October 7, 1995 @ Colorado: last road victory for KU over an opponent that finished in the final Top 25 (Bill Clinton was in his 1st term)
22 years for KU to defeat 6 opponents of any kind (conference, non-con, bowl etc) that finished in the final Top25: 2008 #19 Missouri, 2007 #9 VaTech, 2005 #24 Nebraska, 1997: #23 Missouri, 1995 #5 Colorado, 1991 #21 Tulsa
31 years for KU to defeat 8 opponents of any kind (conference, non-con, bowl etc) that finished in the final Top20/25: 2008 #19 Missouri, 2007 #9 VaTech, 2005 #24 Nebraska, 1997: #23 Missouri, 1995 #5 Colorado, 1991 #21 Tulsa , 1984 #6 Oklahoma, 1981 #19 Missouri (Ronald Reagan was in his 1st term as President)
1980's:
Comparing the Futility U of K-State football in the 1980's to the current Futility U of KU "football" is interesting and not something the KC media even wants to touch. K-State football was horrid during the 1980's and KU was better....BUT there gets to be a revisionist history that because KU was better than K-State in football in the 80's that they were "good"....not the case! K-State was 3-6-1 against KU during the 80's and 21-82-3 overall, KU was 38-68-6 overall. Both schools went to a bowl in that decade (and lost), both teams lost to lowly Wichita State (KU 82' & K-State 85'). K-State had a 3 year streak without winning a conference game (87, 88, 89 snapped in 90); while KU had a 2 year conference winless streak (86-87). During KU's CURRENT streak of losing, K-State football is pretty good.
All-time:
KU fans also love to throw in the "all-time" banter as if it's something a school with a poor football history should take pride in doing. The fact is, K-State holds the all-time lead in the Governor's Cup 27-19-1, and a KU fan would have to be 56+ years of age for their Squawks to even have a single game lead in the all-time series within their lifetime. KU's all-time advantage over the Cats hasn't translated into anything remotely tangible today, and it certainly hasn't prevented K-State from building a consistent Top 25 program over the last quarter century....and it hasn't prevented KU's program from being a perennial cellar dweller. Even if we’re late bloomers…I’ll take fairly consistent, CURRENT success over random, schedule driven anomalies through decades of poor football anyday! Just look at KU's “awesome” consecutive bowl record of 2! Or compare the peaks of Coach Snyder's tenure against the entirety of the Jayhawk football program. Coach Snyder has defeated more final Top25 teams in his time than KU has in the entirety of their program. Coach has been to more bowl games individually than KU has in it's history…not to mention, 7 TopTen BCS finishes, 3 Fiesta Bowls, 3 Cotton Bowls, 3 Heisman finalists, 2 BigXII titles, 73 wins in seven seasons, a victory in all 14 pre/post realignment BigXII stadiums, etc etc etc. Another favorite is when Squawks chirp "wait till Snyder dies", then you'll be terrible again. An objective fan knows that the game has changed since the 1980's, not just at K-State, everywhere. In the old Big8: K-State, KU, oSu, ISU, CU, Mizzou largely ignored football from a financial standpoint...no denying that...facilities and coaching salaries were embarrassing. That is gone....EVERYONE drops major resources into football and clearly understands that football is the key to surviving in today's landscape.
Big XII records
1996 2-6 Mason
1997 3-5 Allen
1998 1-7 Allen
1999 3-5 Allen
2000 2-6 Allen
2001 1-7 Allen/Hayes
2002 0-8 Mangino
2003 3-5 Mangino
2004 2-6 Mangino
2005 3-5 Mangino
2006 3-5 Mangino
2007 7-1 Mangino
2008 4-4 Mangino
2009 1-7 Mangino
2010 1-8 Gill
2011 0-9 Gill
2012 0-9 Weis
2013 1-8 Weis
2014 1-8 Weis/Bowen
2015 0-9 Beaty
0 football victories in Waco, TX (all-time)
0 wins against Bob Stoops
0-13 against the Texas Longhorns in BigXII play
1 win over Oklahoma State in BigXII play
1 win over Texas A&M in BigXII play
1 win over Texas Tech in BigXII play
1 winning BigXII conference campaign
1 .500 BigXII conference campaign
Only team in BigXII history to go winless for an entire season
Joined 2008 Washington as one of only 2 P5 programs to ever lose 12 games in a season
2 consecutive bowl seasons as a school record (tied with Indiana as a P5 low)
3 two-win BigXII conference campaigns
4 winless BigXII conference campaigns
4 total conference wins in the past 7 seasons combined
5 single-win BigXII conference campaigns
8-65 against the South in BigXII play
16 years in BigXII era losing 1 or more non-con game(s)
18 losing BigXII conference campaigns
19 victories over final Top20/25 teams in 107 years of football
27 game conference losing streak (2010-2013)
30 consecutive conference road losses (2008-present)
34 consecutive road losses (2009-present)
38-128 in BigXII play
46 (1968) years since sharing a conference championship (LBJ was President)
84 (1930) years since winning a conference title outright (Hoover was President)
Since 2010, K-State has more conference football wins in Lawrence, KS (4) than KU does (3)
October 19, 1968: To tally up 100 total conference wins (moving forward) for the Hawks, you have to reach back to the 1968 season.
September 12, 2009: @ UTEP: last road victory
November 29, 2008 vs. Missouri (Arrowhead): last time KU defeated an opponent that finished in the final Top 25
October 4, 2008: @ Iowa State: last conference road victory (George W. Bush was President)
September 13, 1997 vs. Missouri: last time KU defeated a conference opponent at home that was currently ranked and finished in final Top 25 (Bill Clinton was President)
October 7, 1995 @ Colorado: last road victory for KU over an opponent that finished in the final Top 25 (Bill Clinton was in his 1st term)
22 years for KU to defeat 6 opponents of any kind (conference, non-con, bowl etc) that finished in the final Top25: 2008 #19 Missouri, 2007 #9 VaTech, 2005 #24 Nebraska, 1997: #23 Missouri, 1995 #5 Colorado, 1991 #21 Tulsa
31 years for KU to defeat 8 opponents of any kind (conference, non-con, bowl etc) that finished in the final Top20/25: 2008 #19 Missouri, 2007 #9 VaTech, 2005 #24 Nebraska, 1997: #23 Missouri, 1995 #5 Colorado, 1991 #21 Tulsa , 1984 #6 Oklahoma, 1981 #19 Missouri (Ronald Reagan was in his 1st term as President)
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