Like it or not the scholarship limits are starting to take effect and talent is beginning to spread out all over the nation look at the power programs now. Texas, Oklahoma, USC, Ohio State, LSU, and Georgia. All sit on fertile recruiting grounds which leaves mediocre programs like KSU to scramble for what is left. What people forget is that teams like Fresno State and Marshall two examples (I can get you more if you wish) of teams that have been able to grasp some of this leftover talent and when a team plays one of these "cupcakes" as they are so affectionately referred to they are often overlooked considered just another win on the schedule example App. State vs. Michigan that evens the playing field. Snyder had a strategy when he scheduled each and every one of his opponents as he felt they mirrored someone else in the big 12 example USC mirrored Texas in his mind or if you want a lower tiered team he felt like in the year 2003 Marshall would be a good mirror team to Texas A&M, however the more valuable lesson he was trying to teach them was to get up for every game otherwise, you might get beat by someone you don't expect Illinois State for example.
