With the 24 Hour Rule, K-State Moves on to OSU
Oct 24, 2022 | Football, Sports Extra
By: D. Scott Fritchen
Kansas State has a 24-hour rule. Coaches and players can choose to relax and celebrate after a win. Coaches and players can choose to regroup after a setback. But it all comes down to 24 hours. Then it's a new day. And, frankly, it's a great rule that can apply to everyone.
No. 22 K-State, 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the Big 12 Conference, is tied with No. 9 Oklahoma State, 6-1 and 3-1, for second-place in the league standings after a 38-28 loss at No. 8 TCU. K-State, which was picked fifth in the Big 12 Preseason Poll. K-State, which was picked below Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas. K-State, which at one point on Saturday led the nation's eighth-ranked team by 18 points on the road.
Today, K-State is 17 points from an unbeaten record, and it maintains a pathway to a Big 12 Championship Game berth, and, yes, there are no moral victories in sports, but backing away after the 24-hour rule, things generally have a way of piecing together in proper perspective.
"We still have all our hopes and aspirations in front of us," K-State senior nose tackle Eli Huggins said. "We still control our own destiny, which is awesome."
K-State passes the midway point of the Big 12 season when it meets No. 9 Oklahoma State in Saturday's 2:30 p.m. (FOX) kickoff in front of a sellout crowd at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
Coupled with TCU, this marks the first time since 2012 that a ranked K-State team has faced back-to-back Big 12 opponents ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll.
The Wildcats then face Texas (3-2 Big 12), and then travel to Baylor (2-2) and West Virginia (1-3), before finishing out the regular season against Kansas (2-3) in Manhattan.
As K-State head coach Chris Klieman put it last week, "The stakes keep getting higher."
As we've seen through these weeks of intrasquad play, there are no gimmies in the Big 12. Consider 14 of 21 Big 12 games have been decided by 10 or fewer points. Competition appears as fierce as ever in recent memory.
"This is an incredibly tough league," Huggins said. "There are so many good teams. It's going to be very tough for anyone to go undefeated."
Yes, the Wildcats fell 10 points short against a very good Horned Frogs team in Fort Worth, Texas.
There are still more chapters to write about this K-State squad.
"We didn't get the job done and lost and it's disappointing, but it is not the end for this team," K-State junior quarterback Will Howard said. "This team is going to bounce back and this team is going to be better from this and I know that for a fact. We control our own destiny going forward.
"I'm excited to see what kind of fire this brings for this team."
K-State is banged up. No doubt about it. Seems every year, there are a few Big 12 teams that truly suffer from the injury bug. K-State appears to be one of those teams this year. Yet the Wildcats continued to fight through it in Fort Worth.
"Injuries are a part of (the game)," Klieman said. "It's OK. That's why you have 85 (scholarship players). The other guys have to come up and play. We'll be OK. The thing about it is our kids knew they had an opportunity to win the game — no matter who was playing we had an opportunity to win the game. We just didn't make plays.
"We're not going to make excuses on who's playing, injuries or not, we're going to get them ready, and we've got a tough one against Oklahoma State, but we're going to be ready."
Added Howard: "The rest of our season is in front of us. We're excited because we feel like we have a heck of a ball club, and I know we'll bounce back from this well."
K-State seeks its first victory over Oklahoma State since 2018. The Cowboys, too, apparently are dealing with some injuries of their own ahead of this top-25 matchup.
"We have a really good Oklahoma State team coming in this week," Huggins said. "We have 24 hours to think about TCU and then we have to move on and start preparing for Oklahoma State."
Today is a new day.
Kansas State has a 24-hour rule. Coaches and players can choose to relax and celebrate after a win. Coaches and players can choose to regroup after a setback. But it all comes down to 24 hours. Then it's a new day. And, frankly, it's a great rule that can apply to everyone.
No. 22 K-State, 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the Big 12 Conference, is tied with No. 9 Oklahoma State, 6-1 and 3-1, for second-place in the league standings after a 38-28 loss at No. 8 TCU. K-State, which was picked fifth in the Big 12 Preseason Poll. K-State, which was picked below Baylor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas. K-State, which at one point on Saturday led the nation's eighth-ranked team by 18 points on the road.
Today, K-State is 17 points from an unbeaten record, and it maintains a pathway to a Big 12 Championship Game berth, and, yes, there are no moral victories in sports, but backing away after the 24-hour rule, things generally have a way of piecing together in proper perspective.
"We still have all our hopes and aspirations in front of us," K-State senior nose tackle Eli Huggins said. "We still control our own destiny, which is awesome."
K-State passes the midway point of the Big 12 season when it meets No. 9 Oklahoma State in Saturday's 2:30 p.m. (FOX) kickoff in front of a sellout crowd at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
Coupled with TCU, this marks the first time since 2012 that a ranked K-State team has faced back-to-back Big 12 opponents ranked in the AP Top 25 Poll.
The Wildcats then face Texas (3-2 Big 12), and then travel to Baylor (2-2) and West Virginia (1-3), before finishing out the regular season against Kansas (2-3) in Manhattan.
As K-State head coach Chris Klieman put it last week, "The stakes keep getting higher."
As we've seen through these weeks of intrasquad play, there are no gimmies in the Big 12. Consider 14 of 21 Big 12 games have been decided by 10 or fewer points. Competition appears as fierce as ever in recent memory.
"This is an incredibly tough league," Huggins said. "There are so many good teams. It's going to be very tough for anyone to go undefeated."
Yes, the Wildcats fell 10 points short against a very good Horned Frogs team in Fort Worth, Texas.
There are still more chapters to write about this K-State squad.
"We didn't get the job done and lost and it's disappointing, but it is not the end for this team," K-State junior quarterback Will Howard said. "This team is going to bounce back and this team is going to be better from this and I know that for a fact. We control our own destiny going forward.
"I'm excited to see what kind of fire this brings for this team."
K-State is banged up. No doubt about it. Seems every year, there are a few Big 12 teams that truly suffer from the injury bug. K-State appears to be one of those teams this year. Yet the Wildcats continued to fight through it in Fort Worth.
"Injuries are a part of (the game)," Klieman said. "It's OK. That's why you have 85 (scholarship players). The other guys have to come up and play. We'll be OK. The thing about it is our kids knew they had an opportunity to win the game — no matter who was playing we had an opportunity to win the game. We just didn't make plays.
"We're not going to make excuses on who's playing, injuries or not, we're going to get them ready, and we've got a tough one against Oklahoma State, but we're going to be ready."
Added Howard: "The rest of our season is in front of us. We're excited because we feel like we have a heck of a ball club, and I know we'll bounce back from this well."
K-State seeks its first victory over Oklahoma State since 2018. The Cowboys, too, apparently are dealing with some injuries of their own ahead of this top-25 matchup.
"We have a really good Oklahoma State team coming in this week," Huggins said. "We have 24 hours to think about TCU and then we have to move on and start preparing for Oklahoma State."
Today is a new day.
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