He's a Texas A&M alum who faced the purple and white as a player and then as a member of the coaching staff, and later he served as defensive coach for four years at Kansas, but today, after a 36-hour whirlwind trip to see current Kansas State players, Jordan Peterson wears a purple quarter-zip with a silver Powercat and a gray cap that reads "CATS" as he sits at a table by Bill Snyder Family Stadum.
Tess Heal had a season-high 17 points to lead four double-digit scorers, and Kansas State used a 28-6 third-quarter scoring run to break a halftime tie and pull away from Cincinnati in a 79-52 victory in the Wildcats' Big 12 Conference home opener on Wednesday at Bramlage Coliseum.
Marcus Woodson is an accomplished defensive secondary coach with 21 years of experience. He made numerous stops along his journey, including Auburn, Florida State, and most recently three years as co-defensive coordinator at Arkansas. Today, Woodson wears a purple quarter-zip and touches the silver Powercat logo on his chest as he talks.
He's taking photo after photo inside the white-walled studio on Monday morning, a parade of head shots in suit attire, in polo shirts and quarter-zips, the Kansas State football team photographer getting every possible angle just to be sure. In a way, the career of Christian Ellsworth, announced on December 21 as new quarterbacks coach under head coach Collin Klein, is like a photo album, with each stop along his journey telling a story of this 28-year-old's quest to one day work alongside his old quarterbacks coach at Northern Iowa.
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