This is exactly what the NFL planned … like decades ago when Pete Rozelle was commish. With two weekends left in the longest regular season ever, 12 of the NFL’s 32 teams are floating along with seven or eight wins.
This year saw an attempt to get back to normalcy in sports as fans returned to arenas after seeing the coronavirus pandemic shutter sports altogether. It also made teams and leagues think differently about the way they operated.
MANHATTAN — Kansas State’s football and basketball coaches sent their players home for Christmas as scheduled this week, but not without some trepidation. COVID-19 outbreaks have wreaked havoc with sporting events nationwide in recent days, forcing postponements and cancellations across the college and professional ranks.
LAWRENCE — Kansas men’s basketball will no longer face Harvard on Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse, as the Ivy League team announced Sunday the contest had been canceled “due to COVID-19 concerns and safety protocols within” the Crimson program.
MANHATTAN — With the early Signing Day in the rearview mirror and the Texas Bowl nearly two weeks away, one question that remains largely unanswered for Kansas State is which of the current seniors will be back next year.
Rutgers will be given the opportunity to fill in for Texas A&M in the Gator Bowl against Wake Forest after an NCAA committee decided Thursday to adhere to an existing policy for making teams with 5-7 records bowl eligible.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The postseason is arriving early for the AFC North.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Steelers coach Mike Tomlin called Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce the “best in the business.” He talked about about how wide receiver Tyreek Hill can create “unbelievable issues.” He waxed poetic about defensive tackle Chris Jones and his rare “ability to disrupt an overall offensive game.” Well, there’s a chance Tomlin won’t see any of them Sunday.
MANHATTAN — Bruce Weber had toyed with the idea for some time, and on Sunday at Nebraska the Kansas State basketball coach decided it was time to pull the trigger. Point guards Nijel Pack and Markquis Nowell were simply too valuable to keep one of them on the bench.
MANHATTAN — It appears Skylar Thompson is on track to lead Kansas State’s offense in the Texas Bowl. K-State coach Chris Klieman stopped just short Tuesday of guaranteeing that his sixth-year senior quarterback will be ready to go when the Wildcats face LSU on Jan.