CU was coming off of consecutive North titles.
KSU was coming off of consecutive last place finishes.

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I agree, CU is no better than they were when he took over but I still think they are a year away.
KSU is about the same overall. what happened was the 2005 suckiness on offense interchanged to the defense and the decentness on defense interchanged to the offense. I mean, that pretty much sums up what has occurred since Snyder retired. Personally, I liked the defense being better with the offense sucking..gave us a chance in every game. Special teams is much better though.