LINCOLN, Neb. - Running back Daniel Thomas and the Kansas State Wildcats found success moving the ball against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday at Memorial Stadium, but not in scoring points. Thomas ran for 99 yards on 19 carries as the Wildcats out-gained the Cornhuskers, but the Wildcats saw their season end with a 17-3 loss to the Huskers]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:13:00 GMT Baseball, not basketball, is Puerto Rico's most popular sport, and following Kansas State's Friday night loss in San Juan, point guard Denis Clemente went all Yogi Berra on reporters. The island-born senior didn't use the term déjà vu, but with a frustrated look on his face, he did acknowledge that the spot in which his team now finds itself is a familiar one, while vowing to do his part to make sure history ceases repeating itself on Sunday night, when K-State resumes tournament play against Dayton]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:46:00 GMT LINCOLN, Neb. -- Kansas State coach Bill Snyder got exactly what he wanted going into the halftime locker room Saturday night at Nebraska's Memorial Stadium. His Wildcats kept the Nebraska Cornhuskers within striking distance with a half of football to go. Then the two teams each had a possession in the second half and the tide turned in Nebraska's favor for good]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:49:00 GMT San Juan - Kansas State's ties to Puerto Rico aren't the only ones on display this week, as Curtis Malone, president of the D.C. Assault AAU program where Wally Judge played his AAU basketball, took time for a very short chat with GoPowercat.com between games about his relationship with K-State and possible future ties between the teams.]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:39:00 GMT LINCOLN, Neb. -- Kansas State squandered a chance to earn bowl eligibility at home. That makes Saturday's nationally televised contest a double-or-nothing showdown for the Wildcats, who must overcome Nebraska's powerful defense and a hostile Senior Day crowd at Memorial Stadium in order to keep their season alive. It's quite simple. With a win, K-State reaches bowl eligibility for the first time in three years and returns to the Big 12 Championship Game after a six-year absence. A loss concludes Bill Snyder's first season back on the sideline]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:08:00 GMT SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- It's not that Kansas State coach Frank Martin entered Friday's Puerto Rico Tip-Off semifinal game expecting to lose, it's just that his team's 86-74 loss to Mississippi didn't shock him in the slightest. See, the third-year head coach knew a sound beating was in his team's immediate future days ago, and by the time he arrived in San Juan on Wednesday, he was simply playing a waiting game.]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:00 GMT LINCOLN, Neb. -- The stakes for the Kansas State Wildcats are now well-storied. Beat Nebraska, and play two more games. Lose, and the season is done for defensive end Jeffrey Fitzgerald and the Cats. Oh, and the Wildcats have to get the job done in Nebraska's Memorial Stadium. Did we mention that Nebraska may have the best defensive player in the country and has rediscovered its ground game]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:00 GMT It's the final week of the regular season and the Kansas State Wildcats are off to Lincoln, Neb., to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers in a game that will settle the Big 12 North division title. Deep Purple, featuring hosts Tim Fitzgerald and Shane Howard, takes an in-depth look at the game and offers a review of what went wrong in the Wildcats' 38-12 home loss last Saturday to Missouri. It's an intense preview of a game that will decide the fate of K-State's season]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:29:00 GMT With bowl season around the corner, the GPC Pick 'Em leaderboard remains a three-way tie for the second straight week. All three leaders went 8-2 last weekend to stay deadlocked at the top, but don't count out Fitz and ALew, who continues her recent tear up the charts, as both used 9-1 Saturday's to very much stay in the hunt. This week promises to be a big one with high stakes on the line]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:06:00 GMT SAN JUAN -- There are two very different versions of Frank Martin. There's the one that hung around Manhattan for the first two games of 2009 downplaying his team's accomplishments following a blowout wins. Then, there's the one that was on display following Kansas State's ugly 80-70 win over Boston University in the first round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:36:00 GMT The situation is unique. In fact, no player or coach in the Kansas State locker room has ever heard of anything quite like it, but nevertheless, with one game left to play, the 2009 Wildcats' season has the chance to go in one of two distinctly opposite directions. Beat Nebraska in Lincoln this weekend, and a chance to play for a Big 12 championship and a bowl berth are theirs; lose, and the season is over. It's as simple as that. K-State fans are in for either a dramatic high or a crushing low on Saturday night, as any emotion in between has checked out for the year.]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:50:00 GMT SAN JUAN -- Forward Jamar Samuels is happy for his two Puerto Rico-born teammates and respects the opportunity each has been allotted this week. He's aware that, for both Luis Colon and Denis Clemente, playing in front of family and friends is a chance as unique as it is rare. Samuels gets that. He really does. It's just that, personally, the 6-foot-7 sophomore has at least two higher priorities than taking in heartwarming moments in the days ahead]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:43:00 GMT To hear junior center Wade Weibert tell it, there's a simple reason, really, why Kansas State has gotten this far. While execution, first downs, red zone production, defensive stops, takeaways and special teams each play their part in why the Wildcats have amassed six wins, or roughly four more victories than many experts predicted during the preseason, this all really goes back to a team meeting earlier in the season. It began with co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Chris Cosh]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:11:00 GMT Bill Snyder insists that he eschews the history and sentimentality that accompanies these Kansas State-Nebraska clashes. The K-State head coach asserts that he hasn't thought back to any of the highs or lows associated with the previous meetings in his first tenure, including five wins in his final eight games against the Huskers. He contends that "all we can prepare for is Nebraska as Nebraska is in the present" as the Wildcats prepare to visit Memorial Stadium on Saturday.]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:51:00 GMT With both a bowl berth and a Big 12 North Championship at stake when Kansas State takes the field against Nebraska this weekend, defensive lineman Zach Kendall is aware of what's expected of him during the biggest game of his career, and accomplishing the task against a nationally renowned defensive front won't be easy]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:09:00 GMT Miami (Fla.) Dade Community College center Freddy Asprilla officially hit the recruiting market in September when he transferred from Florida International. The first official visit for the Colombia native after the transfer was an October 16 visit to Frank Martin's Kansas State program. The visit turned out to not be the last as Asprilla decided to look around for the best place to continue his basketball career]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:34:00 GMT Following Kansas State's disappointing 38-12 defeat to Missouri on Saturday at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, the coach whose name is on the stadium summed up his Wildcats' predicament quite well. K-State is left with one regular season game remaining. Win at Nebraska, and play for the Big 12 title and in a bowl game. Lose next Saturday, and the season is over]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:30:00 GMT The start of Kansas State-Nebraska week saw Bill Snyder discussing many of the same topics that were famous for these showdowns several years ago -- the hostile crowd at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, the Huskers' dominant defense and, of course, Big 12 North Division championship implications. During the coaches' teleconference on Monday, Snyder also said he hadn't spoken with Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini regarding their postgame tiff that followed the Wildcats' last victory in Lincoln in 2003.]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:25:00 GMT Brandon Banks' final game in Bill Snyder Family Stadium did not go as he expected, nor as he hoped. When the Wildcat senior had his name called on Senior Day, he walked down the ramp from Vanier Football Complex for the final time, and then, as he had done many times before, took off running once his feet touched the Wagner Field turf. He was not heading toward the end zone, but to his parents waiting at the opposite 6-yard line. Nonetheless, Wildcat fans could not help but wonder if they would see a similar jaunt later in the game]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:22:00 GMT After connecting on a career high four field goals Saturday against Missouri, Kansas State junior placekicker Josh Cherry was named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference office has announced. The accolade is the first of Cherry's career and the fifth player-of-the-week distinction for a Wildcat this season]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:04:00 GMT