K-State Discusses Home Game Against Army at Weekly Press Conference
Sep 01, 2025 | Football
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman and select players met with members of the media on Monday inside the Vanier Family Football Complex to preview the game against Army this Saturday inside Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Links to video and audio of Klieman's press conference – which was streamed live 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. It's a busy day around here with it being Labor Day and having the players around a little bit more. We were able to watch the film this morning. Typically, we don't get a chance to do that because of classes. We made some corrections, a handful of things on both sides of the ball. Then, this afternoon, we'll come back together and have our team meeting and change our focus to Army, which will be a big task for us. They've got a really good team, and (they are) really well coached. I've known Coach (Jeff) Monken for an awful long time and have tons of respect. I've competed against Jeff for a long time. I know how good his teams are. So, I don't have much of an injury report because they didn't come in with Mindy (Hoffman) until 11:00 today. So, I probably will be pretty vague with guys that maybe were nicked up because we haven't seen them at all yet. So, we've got some things we've got to do to clean some things up and get better. It's easier to do that with a win. You have their attention probably a little bit more when you have a win. I was pleased with the way we finished the game, getting a stop on defense and taking a two-minute drive 81 yards. It was a great job by Avery (Johnson) and the offense of getting that done and then getting the stop on defense. So, in the end, I'm obviously disappointed like we talked about on Saturday, but happy that the guys had resolved to find a way."
CHRIS KLIEMAN, HEAD COACH
Opening Statement…
"Good afternoon, everyone. It's a busy day around here with it being Labor Day and having the players around a little bit more. We were able to watch the film this morning. Typically, we don't get a chance to do that because of classes. We made some corrections, a handful of things on both sides of the ball. Then, this afternoon, we'll come back together and have our team meeting and change our focus to Army, which will be a big task for us. They've got a really good team, and (they are) really well coached. I've known Coach (Jeff) Monken for an awful long time and have tons of respect. I've competed against Jeff for a long time. I know how good his teams are. So, I don't have much of an injury report because they didn't come in with Mindy (Hoffman) until 11:00 today. So, I probably will be pretty vague with guys that maybe were nicked up because we haven't seen them at all yet. So, we've got some things we've got to do to clean some things up and get better. It's easier to do that with a win. You have their attention probably a little bit more when you have a win. I was pleased with the way we finished the game, getting a stop on defense and taking a two-minute drive 81 yards. It was a great job by Avery (Johnson) and the offense of getting that done and then getting the stop on defense. So, in the end, I'm obviously disappointed like we talked about on Saturday, but happy that the guys had resolved to find a way."
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