Wildcats Preview Game at Baylor During Weekly Press Conference
Nov 08, 2022 | Football
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman and select players met with members of the media on Tuesday inside the Vanier Family Football Complex as 23rd-ranked Kansas State travels to Waco, Texas, this Saturday to face Baylor. Links to video and audio of Klieman's press conference – which was streamed live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ – are above in addition to an audio link of player breakout interviews. A transcript of Klieman's opening statement is below.
CHRIS KLIEMAN, HEAD COACH
Opening Statement…
"Good afternoon, everyone. Before we get started on football, I'd like to congratulate Coach (Jeff) Mittie on win No. 600 last night. What a great, remarkable career that Jeff has had, and he's been a great supporter of mine and our football program. So excited for Jeff to be able to get 600. Then, I congratulate Coach (Jerome) Tang on the first of many wins here. Excited for Coach Tang, his staff, his players to get started last night, and he's been a great supporter of ours as well. So, good start by men's and women's basketball, and best of luck to them as they continue early on with their seasons.
"With regard to us, looking back at the film, it was kind of a tale of two halves. In the first half, we couldn't get off the field on defense. Give Texas credit with some schemes that they did, and then we didn't tackle very well at all. When we loaded the box up a little bit more to try, they got some passes on us. We just didn't play very well on defense that first half. Offensively, we moved the ball really well. We answered the first score, drove down the field tried to answer the second score but had to kick a field goal, and then move down the field to answer the third score and that's when we had the fourth down and didn't get it. By that time that it's 21-10. 31-10 at halftime after we gave them a score late, probably could have been worse, but Ekow Boye-Doe made a big time play to come save a touchdown. In the second half, it got a little bit better once Josh Hayes made a big play and got the strip and gave the crowd, gave our team, gave everybody a little bit of life and a little bit of jolt and offense took it in and scored. Then we started to settle in a little bit more in play a really good game. At that time, we were probably down a little bit too much, but all in all, I was pleased with the effort, pleased with the comeback and how the guys stayed in the fight. With two and a half (minutes) to go, it's 34-27 with a chance to tie it or go ahead if we would have gone for two if we had scored, but it didn't happen. We have to learn from it. We've got to own it. Coaches, we talked about it, we need to be better as well. It's going to be another tough battle this week going to Baylor, a great place to play, a really good team. They're playing really well, and we have to have to come up with great plans because it's going to be a big challenge for us."
CHRIS KLIEMAN, HEAD COACH
Opening Statement…
"Good afternoon, everyone. Before we get started on football, I'd like to congratulate Coach (Jeff) Mittie on win No. 600 last night. What a great, remarkable career that Jeff has had, and he's been a great supporter of mine and our football program. So excited for Jeff to be able to get 600. Then, I congratulate Coach (Jerome) Tang on the first of many wins here. Excited for Coach Tang, his staff, his players to get started last night, and he's been a great supporter of ours as well. So, good start by men's and women's basketball, and best of luck to them as they continue early on with their seasons.
"With regard to us, looking back at the film, it was kind of a tale of two halves. In the first half, we couldn't get off the field on defense. Give Texas credit with some schemes that they did, and then we didn't tackle very well at all. When we loaded the box up a little bit more to try, they got some passes on us. We just didn't play very well on defense that first half. Offensively, we moved the ball really well. We answered the first score, drove down the field tried to answer the second score but had to kick a field goal, and then move down the field to answer the third score and that's when we had the fourth down and didn't get it. By that time that it's 21-10. 31-10 at halftime after we gave them a score late, probably could have been worse, but Ekow Boye-Doe made a big time play to come save a touchdown. In the second half, it got a little bit better once Josh Hayes made a big play and got the strip and gave the crowd, gave our team, gave everybody a little bit of life and a little bit of jolt and offense took it in and scored. Then we started to settle in a little bit more in play a really good game. At that time, we were probably down a little bit too much, but all in all, I was pleased with the effort, pleased with the comeback and how the guys stayed in the fight. With two and a half (minutes) to go, it's 34-27 with a chance to tie it or go ahead if we would have gone for two if we had scored, but it didn't happen. We have to learn from it. We've got to own it. Coaches, we talked about it, we need to be better as well. It's going to be another tough battle this week going to Baylor, a great place to play, a really good team. They're playing really well, and we have to have to come up with great plans because it's going to be a big challenge for us."
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