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it up at 7-7 on a 1-yard quarterback sneak. Baylor found a way to top their opening two-minute drive with a 56 second, four-play blur featuring a 55-yard touchdown pass from Stidham to Baylor wide receiver K.D. Cannon to give the Bears the lead once again at 14-7. The Wildcats once again mounted a drive similar to their first, running all the way down to Baylor’s 22-yard line before a Hubener fumble gave the Bears the ball. The turnover bug wouldn’t leave the Wildcats anytime soon, as Hubener would throw his first interception of the evening to Bears corner Ryan Reid. The Baylor offense would find a way to top their two previous, already impressive drives as Stidham found a wide open junior Corey Coleman for a 81yard touchdown pass, burning all of 10 seconds off of the game clock. The Wildcats would not find more points in the first half until a fizzled-out drive resulted in a 36yard field goal from senior kicker Jack Cantele to cut Baylor’s lead to 11 points at 21-10. After opening the half with a punt, the Bears would find their offensive mojo on their next drive, doing their most damage on a 38yard reception by Coleman on fourth down after freshman cornerback Duke Shelley whiffed on an interception attempt, leading to wide open spaces for Coleman.
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Junior quarterback Joe Hubener pushes Baylor defender Travon Blanchard aside as he rushes for a considerable gain in the first half of the Wildcats’ 24-31 loss to the No. 2 Bears Thursday night in Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
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marked the Wildcats’ fifth-straight loss, the defensive effort held Baylor’s high-flying offense to their lowest point total of the season. The Bears came out of the gate quickly, completing 3-4 passes out of the gate to make their way down to K-State’s 11-yard line. The Bears freshman quarterback Jarrett Stidham called his
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The United Nations General Assembly 68th Session declared 2015 to be the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. The worldwide initiative stresses the significance of “light and optical technologies in citizens’ lives, for their futures and for the development of society.” According to K-State Today, K-State’s physics department hopes to connect the International Year of Light concept to the Manhattan community as part of this global celebration. The department will host a free event that’s open to the public during which K-State Physics Club members will conduct “hands-on light and optics activities” and Chris Sorensen, university distinguished professor of physics, will give a teaching demonstration. The event will be held in Cardwell Hall Saturday at 11 a.m. The demonstration by Sorensen will take place in Cardwell 101 at noon.
own number then and ran in it for a Baylor touchdown before two minutes had run off the clock. The Wildcats, however, would start the game with the opposite. Draining over nine minutes off the game clock, K-State junior quarterback Joe Hubener orchestrated a 17-play drive – with 14 of those being running plays – to tie
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ERIN POPPE The Collegian is hosting a live, online Q&A series called Ask Me Live. The AML chat allows anyone to ask questions of notable local and national individuals. On Thursday, K-State Provost and Senior Vice President April Mason logged on to answer your questions. Here are some highlights: CJ: You recently considered leaving K-State for another university. Are you actively looking for another opportunity at another institution? Mason: I did recently apply for the position of chancellor at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. I did not receive that position. I have not decided what my next steps will be, but I certainly found out how hard it would be to leave Kansas State University during that application process. wildcat256: What inspired you to want to work in education/ academics? Mason: Good question. I’m from a long line of education professionals; my mother and my grandmother were both teachers. Of the five children in my family, all have gone into some type of
THIS DAY IN HISTORY Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three other candidates: Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for Illinois
educational work; middle school teacher, high school teacher, three college professors. I went into higher education administration. I think I always knew I wanted to be in education and discovered higher education administration as a faculty member. What can I do to help move Kansas State University to be a stronger institute of higher education? That’s what I see my goal as while working as a team with the president, the other vice presidents, our deans and department heads. How do we become a top 50 public research university? How do we do the best work we possibly can as the land-grant university of Kansas? Those are exciting things to work on. I derive a great deal of satisfaction from being in higher education.
tacular. Hardest, but most satisfying ride: Beartooth Pass, it’s right between Montana and Wyoming. Did that this past summer on a beautiful day. It was probably the most fun I’ve ever had on a motorcycle. I always wear a helmet and I always wear protective clothing.
had me as the provost, believe it or not. Now that I am the provost, I’m not done with my career. So I’m thinking, what is the next step? Is there a next step? I’m not quite done. I’ll keep you posted!
AW: What is your ultimate career goal? Mason: AW, you’re asking what I want to do when I grow up. I actually went to a workshop years ago and was asked to construct a career map. My career map
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kstate: How long have you been riding motorcycles? Where are some of your favorite places to ride your motorcycle? Mason: I’ve been riding a motorcycle for probably about 15 years. It started when my husband said he was going to buy a motorcycle and I made him swear he would always wear a helmet and that he would take the safety class. I decided to enroll with him. My favorite highway: The Icefields Highway in western Canada. Oh my gosh, it was spec-
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ESPN executive breaks down sports media barriers JON PARTON the collegian
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eal learning occurs when you step outside of your comfort zone. This was one of the leadership lessons Rosalyn Durant, ESPN senior vice president of college network programming, imparted during the 16th annual Huck Boyd Lecture at the K-State Alumni Center Thursday morning. After working in affiliate sales for ESPN for seven years, Durant said she had the opportunity to take a promotion with the programming department to help oversee the network’s partnership with the NBA. Although she was interested in the job, she said she was unsure about making the move since the network was only months away from negotiating a rights agreement with the league. “That made me a bit nervous,” Durant said. “Not that I didn’t think I couldn’t learn a ton in this position ... but I had grown rather comfortable. The thought of starting over was scary.”
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Durant said it was the thought of leaving her comfort zone that made her hesitate. “I knew the department that I worked in,” Durant said. “I knew the people. I knew the personalities. I came to know this business. This would require me to start all over again. That made me nervous.” She said she put together a list of pros and cons to help her evaluate the opportunity. “What do you think the biggest con was?” Durant said. “It was fear; fear of the unknown. Fear of not knowing what I was doing and trying something very different. Fear was one big (con), but it was just one and my pros list was really long. So I made a decision that day that I would never let fear alone stop me.” Durant applied for the promotion and received it a few weeks later. “It was one of the smartest decisions I ever made,” she said. “It changed my career trajectory ... It taught me that I could indeed thrive outside of my comfort zone.”
CHANGING DEFINITIONS OF SUCCESS, FAILURE
After putting together a new show that had a DJ and comedian for the ESPN U network that was pulled off the air, Durant said she was disappointed because it did not
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Rosalyn Durant, ESPN senior vice president of College Networks programming, listens to a question from Jeff Morris, K-State vice president of Division of Communications and Marketing, at the 16th annual Huck Boyd Lecture in Community Media in the Alumni Center on Thursday. Durant talked on the topic of “Leadership lessons from an ESPN executive” and participated in a panel discussion on social media. work out the way she planned it to. “Did that mean it was a failure?” Durant said. “Did that mean I was a failure? No. That same comedian is serving up great content on SportsCenter. We kept the DJ and brought the DJ onto other studio shows ... That show helped expand our thinking about how we could serve sports fans. It wasn’t a failure, because a lot of good came out of it.” Durant said she believes failure depends on how you view things. “You decide what success looks like for you,” Durant said. “You decide what is failure. You decide what your success specifically looks like and what path you’re willing to take to get there.”
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Durant said she believes good leaders make people better, and learned a lot about leadership by watching others. “I study everyone,” she said. “Some of my best leadership experiences have been from people who I did not think were very good leaders. They taught me what not to do.” Surrounding herself with peo-
ple with various views and backgrounds is something Durant contributes to her success as a leader. “I need diverse thinking,” Durant said. “So when we talk about this idea of diversity, it’s not just about what the room looks like, but it’s also about the inclusion. One of my mentors has said, ‘In order to find a good idea, it takes a lot of ideas.’” On women, minorities joining sports journalism business To Durant, part of the appeal of working at ESPN was the amount of women who held management roles within the network. “I looked around at the company and I saw women and I saw people of color who were in higher positions,” she said. “Before me, there was another woman who managed our NBA property. The person in our company who manages our day to day with the NFL is a female.” Although diversity exists at ESPN, it could still be expanded upon at other organizations, according to Durant. “I’ve walked into rooms outside of ESPN, on behalf of ESPN, where across the boardroom I’d be the only woman or the only person of color,” Durant said. “I just
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like to believe that hopefully others seeing the diversity that comes at ESPN will help encourage conversation around diversity at some of the other places.” She said women should take the lead and apply for roles in sports journalism. “I encourage the young ladies just to take a chance, to know that you are good enough,” Durant said. “You are good enough, and to surround yourself with people who are going to encourage you and support you.” While serving as an intern for the network, Durant got her foot in the door by sending a note to the company president asking to meet. He agreed and they met for a great conversation, according to Durant. “He said, ‘What are you doing after graduation?’” she said. “I said, ‘I’m going to work here at ESPN.’ He said, ‘Oh great, so you have it all lined up?’ I said, ‘Nope. So if there’s anything you could do, I would appreciate it.”
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OPINION friday, november 6, 2015
College: educational institute or corrupt business?
RYAN VILLWOCK the collegian
Seventy percent of students who graduated at the end of the 2013 school year did so with nearly $30,000 worth of debt, according to a U.S. News article titled “Average Student Loan Debt Approaches $30,000.” This has caused many people to begin asking, “Why does college cost so much?” In the last decade, the average tuition of every college in the U.S. has increased 5 percent annually; of which 2.9 percent in the last year occurred at public universities, according to collegeboard.com. This increase has affected many universities, such as Cooper Union in New York City. In 2013, a group of students at Cooper Union staged a two-month occupation in the president’s office after the decision to impose a tuition on the students to
help pay for renovations for the school. The college used to provide full scholarships for all enrolled students, according to a Huffington Post article titled, “Cooper Union Occupation Force Ends After 2 Months With Promise Of Task Force.” In the end, the school carried through and was forced to impose tuition on the students beginning in 2014, according to the New York Times article “College Ends Free Tuition, and an Era.” No. The burden of keeping a school operating should never fall in the hands of the students who are attending. This is especially true at a public school. Going public Although the definition of public at the collegiate level is treated differently from high school, the overall idea remains the same. In college, the title “public” means people who have put in the effort have the right to a higher education. This is why colleges can set ACT and GPA requirements, because it forces the effort. In high school, “public” means having the right for all people to receive a basic education. The similarity is the fact that both include the right to an education, something which is no longer being sufficiently provided. According to the Forbes article “A College Degree is the
New High School Diploma,” public high schools are not providing students with the skill sets that employers value. Additionally, Forbes also reported that the Great Recession of 2008 caused an excess of skilled workers in the labor pool, which simultaneously decreased wages and increased the amount of experience needed to stand out to employers. If everyone deserves and needs a higher education, then how can we make it affordable? It’s all business The majority of public college expenses that revolve around education are paid for by local governments, according to an article from Occupy.com titled “The College Bureaucracy: How Education Forgot the Students and Became A Business.” This includes payment for teachers, other staff, construction of educational buildings and most classroom everyday needs. Because of this, the extra items not viable to the education system are what much of the tuition income goes toward. That is not fair to the students. If a school wants to create a new attraction for students and teachers, why should all students pay for that? If there is enough interest in the idea, then the school should be able to receive the funding from either fundraisers or private donors. It should never be the student’s job to pay for the school’s extra amenities. College students should pay for what they use and need for their education, not what the school would like to add. That brings us to the big question: where is all this
money being put into? Follow the money The Los Angeles Times recently reported that tuition was not going towards making college education better by creating new opportunities or lowering class sizes. Instead, most of a student’s tuition is being given to tenured professors, sports and clubs, as well as the rising cost in the salaries of administrators. This also includes, as stated before, many extra amenities ranging from new sidewalks and building repairs to new chairs in the teacher’s lounge. If this wasn’t enough, let’s take a look at why exactly colleges have out-of-state tuition and why its two to three times higher than in-state students. The main reason colleges have out-of-state tuition is to bring in people from outside the state who are going to be successful. The idea is that if you can afford the outrageous tuition, then you are more likely to invest in your education and take it seriously. According to a Forbes article titled, “Wealthy Kids 8 Times More Likely to Graduate College Than Poor Students,” students who were raised in a family of wealth have a much higher chance of being successful in college rather then someone of minimal wealth origin. We need to call upon those in government to make the change. If the government wants to make
America “great again,” they need to invest more in its youth education. Our government needs to supply the money to cover all the cost of the education portion of a college. Then it is the school’s responsibility to find donors or run fundraisers to pay for the extra amenities that they would like. There is never an excuse for a student to be denied education because of a source they can’t control. This is especially true with wealth. Some of the world’s greatest minds can come from the poorest of homes. It is America’s job as a country to support all of its people and their right to an education. The solution is simple. Make college affordable by lowering the tuition to a rate in which all people can receive an education. End out-of-state tuition. End the charges for extra amenities. Make America great by educating the youth. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Collegian.
Ryan Villwock is an freshman in mass communications. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.
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Keystone XL Pipeline deserves to die, Earth deserves to win
JONATHAN GREIG the collegian
The doom of the huge energy project known as the Keystone XL Pipeline is seemingly more and more imminent. TransCanada, the energy company proposing the pipeline
stretching across the border from the oil-laden tar sands of Canada to the American Midwest, asked the Obama administration to pause its review of the project on Monday, according to a Politico.com article. The company seemingly hopes that through this hiatus, the pipeline’s fate could be delayed until after President Barack Obama leaves office on the chance that a more favorable-to-its-cause Republican President might be elected. “(The blocking of Keystone) is another consequence of President Obama’s outrageous political decision to block
the Keystone pipeline, which would create thousands of jobs and strengthen our national security,” Brooke Sammon, Sen. Marco Rubio’s press secretary, said in an email to Politico. “Marco has outlined a comprehensive, pro-growth energy plan, and as president, he’ll approve Keystone as soon as possible.” While it would increase the U.S. supply of oil, is it truly such a great job-creating project? The BBC article “Keystone XL pipeline: Why is it so disputed?” which said that “The infrastructure project would create 42,000 jobs over a two-year construction period, the U.S.
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State Department estimates – (35,000) of which would remain after the pipeline is built.” With oil prices already relatively low right now, along with the chance that a Republican president would almost certainly approve the project (all three remaining Democratic candidates officially oppose), it looks like Obama wants to approve or reject the pipeline before he leaves office and as such will not grant the pause. In Politico’s article, “Keystone’s hopes for White House lifeline dim,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest is quoted as telling reporters that “given how long it’s taken, it
seems unusual to me to suggest that somehow it should be paused yet again.” There is a lot of heated discussion from both sides of the proverbial aisle on this issue, but one of the most interesting parts is an interactive documentary-video game hybrid called “Fort McMoney.” According to The Globe and Mail, “players can dig through about eight hours of interviews and conversations with the real residents of Fort McMurray, a city which lies at the heart of Canada’s oil sands. The game asks players to choose whether the city should help crank oil production up to 11, or if it should essentially
shut down the industry.” The winds are blowing (perhaps from those jealous wind turbines) and it looks like the Keystone XL Pipeline is in its political death throes. This could be a win for environmentalists and, more importantly, a win for our planet. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of The Collegian.
Jonathan Grieg is a senior in anthropology. Please send comments to opinion@ kstatecollegian.com.
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Big 12’s scheduling strategy is sure to fail
ANDREW HAMMOND the collegian
One season ago, the Big 12 was left at the College Football Playoff altar like a girl who was dumped on “The Bachelor” or (more appropriately) “Flavor of Love.” Instead of dealing with the fact that the Big 12 set up Baylor and TCU to fail with its hilarious “One True Champion” Ponzi scheme, the conference did something even more hilarious: they gave us a new label for its highly entertaining November slate of games. It’s being titled, “November to Remember.” I just have one question – when did the Big 12 become a middle school dance? If you’ve been under a rock, “November to Remember” consists of a Big 12 “Battle Royal” that involves Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State all playing each other at some point in the month of November. While that’s fine and dandy, it has become clear that this conference is more interested in schedule manipulation than it is in producing one true champion. Games involving the top four contenders in the Big 12 that occurred in October of last year have now been pushed to November, creating schedule imbalances for some of the other teams in the conference. Many teams had
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Baylor defensive coordinator Phil Bennett walks onto the field to talk to players during a time out at the football game between K-State and Baylor on Thursday in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Baylor defeated K-State 31-24. to go through what would be considered a “death march” early on in their schedules, therefore eliminating them from any type of contention for a Big 12 title and possibly much more. From Sept. 26 through Oct. 31, Texas Tech faced off against all four leading contenders and went 0-4. West Virginia faced all four contenders in a row in October, and guess what their record
was? 0-4. Iowa State is in the middle of their five-game death march, as they sandwich Texas in the middle after facing both Baylor and TCU during the past few weeks and now will face both Oklahoma schools in the next two weeks. And now you have K-State, who has reached the end of its rough midseason stretch by facing all four contenders with Baylor.
Is this a coincidence that all four contenders are a collective 31-1 as of this writing and all are still in contention to reach the College Football Playoff? No, this is exactly what the Big 12 wanted. Baylor, TCU, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are the proverbial Big 12 tank while West Virginia, K-State and others are merely the grease used to tread the Big 12 tires.
Zodiac Compatibility with Madam LoCoco: Taurus
IRIS LOCOCO the collegian
WORST: TAURUS + SAGITTARIUS
The amount of rapid adaptation required to sustain this sloppy mess of a relationship would make Charles Darwin balk. You two will either be magnetically attracted to each other or wildly repulsed. Because of your vastly differing temperaments and taste, there really isn’t going to be much middle ground to stand on here. The stubborn Taurus sticks to his boring tastes and simple set of beliefs like a piece of velcro covered in crazy glue, while wild-and-crazy Sagittarius invites a variety of, uhh … eclectic people into their ever-expanding social circle and changes their mind depending on the weather. Sagittarius’ penchant for embracing all that is new, shiny and fashionable will grate on Taurus, who doesn’t feel the need to chat up every stranger they meet in the supermarket checkout line, let alone maintain lifelong “friendships” with their numerous exes (though Taurus certainly knows how to rant about them). Do the both of you have green eyes? You should, considering how full of envy and spite you both are. In order to make this work, you both need to learn to rely on each other’s strengths (note for Taurus: there is a difference between “strength” and “stubbornness,” and you need to learn it fast).
Taurus is practical, grounded and sophisticated, and can help tether the more air-headed and flighty Sagittarius firmly to the earth when they inevitably start to drift off into the atmosphere in search of some cockamamy adventure. Taurus also has a strong business sense, and can teach the ever-silly Sagittarius a thing or two about hard work and its rewards. On the flip side, you do both have a boisterous, flirty side that makes misbehaving together a total blast. You both have tempers like Mt. Vesuvius, and even though Taurus is more slow to anger, things can go from zero to 60 in the blink of an eye and your arguments have explosive fallout potential. Just make sure that there are no bystanders nearby who might get hit by flying rubble, and when it’s all over sign your peace treaty at the dinner table of an expensive bottle of wine. The wine is essential too, because that way by the second course you’ll be too occupied with tearing each other’s clothes off to circle back to the previous argument with, “... and another thing!” Overall: A 2/5 star match. You theme song should probably be: “Don’t Go Away” by Oasis
BETTER: TAURUS + CANCER
Paging the Cleavers! You two are an old-fashioned throwback, acting like high school sweethearts at your first sock hop at any age. There isn’t a match around that’s more sappy, traditionally-minded and domestically-centered. All the saccharine sweet nothings you’re constantly whispering at each other can be enough to make every dentist within a 50-mile radius cringe. It’s likely that the both of you will emulate your parents in your relationship (or depending on how you were raised, mimic all of their shortcomings) and because of this, your moral compasses are probably pointed in roughly the same direction (even if it isn’t quite
due north). You both share a deep appreciation for the fine arts, classic music and good food. You can make a good team as a family and there are probably no better parents around. Taurus knows how to dole out tough love that would make a high school football coach green with envy, and the more nurturing Cancer has a special talent for kissing away boo-boos. Framed family pictures adorn every flat surface of your home like a miniature urban sprawl. Like a bull in a China shop, however, Taurus’ “angry voice” and blunt criticism can wound the gentler Cancer’s little fee-fee’s. Taurus needs to realize his own size, strength and intensity or else risk crushing Cancer beneath the immense weight of their own rage. At the same time, Cancer must learn to overcome some of the major highlights on their likely mile-long list of personal insecurities and toughen up, since no matter what, Taurus will probably never learn to tiptoe through the tulips and sugar-coat their words. There are sure to be lots of tears, misunderstandings and threats of divorce papers – but there’s nothing any recipe calling for eight tablespoons of butter can’t fix. You both love to pamper each other by preparing feasts of sweets and if your waistlines expand along with the longevity of your relationship ... oh well. Overall: A 4/5 star match. You theme song should probably be: “Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line
BEST: TAURUS + VIRGO
This is one sophisticated pair that goes together as well as cashmere and wool, with Taurus adding that refined touch of luxe to the more solid and practical Virgo. You are the quintessential “beautiful couple,” complete with champagne taste, social graces to put the royal family to shame and good
old-fashioned ‘Merican values. Though you both might be a bit earthy at heart (I bet you were hippies at one point in your lives – don’t lie), you both tend towards the traditional and like to have quality things in your life that last a long time. No one will ever see the two of you shopping at Wal-Mart, that’s for sure. If you decide to cohabitate, your home will be impeccably kept – even though Taurus may have to do battle with anal-retentive Virgo to keep the plastic slipcovers off of the furniture and fancy doilies off of the expensive living room table. Virgos are primarily intellectual eggheads and Tauruses are feisty pleasure-seekers, which can offend Virgo’s straight-laced sensibilities. The strength in this relationship lies in Taurus’ ability to convince Virgo to loosen their shirt collar and learn to laugh at themselves every once in awhile, since everyone else already does pretty much constantly. It’s also to Taurus’ benefit to have Virgo around to pull back on the throttle of Taurus’ runaway spending habits and tendency to gorge themselves on a fourth trip the buffet table. In private, you’re both highly sensual and emotional people that can spend endless hours wrapped up contentedly together in your $800 Egyptian cotton sheets, although you both also share a judgmental streak as wide as the Sahara and likely fancy yourselves vastly superior to the rest of the world’s plebeians in every way. It can be a real adventure when you both learn to hone your minds and are willing to try something “lowbrow” like craft beer or chocolate that costs less than $8 a bar, but if you limit your horizons it doesn’t really bother either of you. For you, your partner is more than enough to keep life interesting. Overall: A 5/5 star match. Your theme song should probably be: “Feeling Good” by Michael Bublé
After Oklahoma State was wrongfully screwed out of the BCS title game back in 2011, it has been an uphill climb for this conference to gain respect once again. After its latest failed attempt to bring the conference a national champion for the first time since the 2005-06 season, it’s apparent that the conference is going all in this season with its four jewels at the expense of the rest of the conference. Instead of a more balanced schedule that would see the conference contenders face each other over the entire length of the season, the Big 12 is pushing all of its chips in hoping that this is the year that they can say, “We’re in.” Maybe this works; maybe the conference figured out that backloading your schedule works better instead of a conference championship game since the Big 12 does not have one. In this fatal four-way, however, things could get very messy very quickly. Oklahoma State gets TCU, Baylor and Oklahoma all at home in the last half of the season. Baylor gets to face Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and TCU in November. TCU ends its season with the competing trio and Oklahoma has the same fate. Can someone emerge from the rubble and reach the college football playoff? It’s possible; however, the Big 12 has an active grenade in its hand that can blow up at any moment, leaving only mangled bears, horned frogs, covered wagons, cowboys and no national championship in its wake. Andrew Hammond is a sophomore in mass communications. Please send comments to sports@kstatecollegian.
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Acceptance of each candidate’s application, as well as interviews and background checks, are all included in the KASB search team’s selection process. The school board has decided to meet with the KASB search team again on a later date for a deeper discussion about the search process.
RCPD INVESTIGATES RENTAL VEHICLE THEFT
Riley County police officers filed a report for the theft of a Hertz Rental vehicle that occurred in the 5500 block of Skyway Drive. According to RCPD’S report, the Hertz Rental vehicle, a 2015 Chevy Traverse, was not returned to Hertz Rental by a customer. The vehicle is valued at around $29,000 and was rented sometime in October of this year. The vehicle was recovered Wednesday after it was reported missing to police. There were no arrests made or citations issued for this case at the release time of the report. The investigation of this incident continues.
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Coleman would not have to wait long for his next reception as he caught a miracle of a pass from Stidham from 3 yards out to give him his second touchdown of the night. K-State’s defense would rebound though, stopping a promising Baylor drive on the next possession and forcing them to kick a field goal from 39 yards out, extending their lead to 31-10. K-State would have an answer in the form of their first touchdown of the second half. After a 19-yard run by freshman running back Justin Silmon followed by 21-yard completion from senior wide receiver Kody Cook to junior running back Charles Jones, Hubener broke free and rushed
for a 34-yard touchdown to bring the game within two scores. Defensively, the Wildcats had their best outing of the game containing that Baylor run attack the way they’ve done all game, forcing the Bears into their first three and out of the ballgame. With the momentum seized, the Wildcats set their sights on cutting the Baylor lead to seven. After connecting with Cook for a 7-yard pass, Hubener found freshman fullback Winston Dimel wide open down the field for 46-yard pop pass reception. Five plays later, Hubener found junior wide receiver Deante Burton for a 10-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead to seven.
With a tie score within the Wildcats’ grasp, Baylor took to field with a little over four minutes to play in the game. Stidham connected with Cannon on the first play of the drive for 40 yards to get the Bears well within field goal range. After driving the ball within the 20, a Baylor hold and and a 6-yard sack by senior defensive tackle Travis Britz set up a 41-yard field goal for the Bears. Sophomore kicker Chris Callahan’s kick sailed wide right, breathing new life into this Wildcat team. The turnover bug would end the Wildcats hopes of a upset as a flee flicker pass from Cook was intercepted, thus ending all chances of a remarkable comeback by the Wildcats.
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Head coach Bill Snyder walks along the sideline during K-State’s matchup against Baylor University in Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Thursday.
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Students celebrate as the Wildcats make their second touchdown.
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K-State senior defensive back Morgan Burns pushes Baylor junior cornerback Xavien Howard toward the sidelines. Baylor defeated K-State 31-24.
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