this needs to be in this thread as well.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/2017-big-12-expert-picks-overrated-underrated-predicted-order-of-finish/Kansas State: I was all in on Kansas State winning the Big 12 earlier this summer in our bold predictions piece. It would be disingenuous to walk it back now. With the return of the conference's title game, all K-State needs to do is finish No. 2 in the regular-season standings. Then, it's 0-0. This team, so young a season ago, returns a lot of playmakers. Plus, K-State gets three of its four toughest games on paper at home. No coach in the Big 12 (and maybe the country) is better at game-week prep than LHC Bill Snyder.
Barrett Sallee: Kansas State at Oklahoma State will be the biggest game of the year and will give LHC Bill Snyder a taste of what's to come in the Big 12 Championship Game rematch.
Kansas State: Never bet against Snyder with an experienced quarterback. The last time he was in this position, Collin Klein went to New York and finished third in the 2012 Heisman voting. Oh, and K-State won the Big 12 that year. Ertz is that latest experienced senior quarterback. He should easily be a 2,000/1,000 guy this season. If this is truly Snyder's last season after a battle with throat cancer, he's not going to leave anything in the playbook. The Wildcats should be picked no lower than third in the Big 12, and getting Oklahoma, TCU and West Virginia at home is advantage. -- Dennis Dodd (and Jerry Palm, Ben Kercheval, Barrett Sallee)