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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Bars in the 'Ville

« on: July 18, 2012, 09:37:24 PM »

Not a lot of talk about Tubby's in here.  Not that I would be surprised.  Basement nerds aren't really the "Tubby's Crowd" if you get my drift.

:popscollar

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Kansas State Football / Re: Welcome Brett Reagan

« on: July 18, 2012, 09:10:16 PM »

In other GPC news, Fitz fired from the official K-State network radio shows.

Spirit Street Publishing, publisher of GoPowercat.com and Powercat Illustrated, and the Salina Media Group are proud to announce that the two companies have combined forces to launch a new Kansas State pregame show that will premiere this fall.

The GoPowercat.com Pregame Show will be a briskly paced hour-long show that will air throughout central and north-central Kansas on SMG stations KSAL (1150 AM) and KBLS (Sunny 102.5 FM). The GPC Pregame Show will air three hours prior to football kickoffs, and also air on Saturdays during the Big 12 basketball schedule. A minimum of 24 shows are scheduled.

The show will be hosted by GoPowercat and Powercat Illustrated publisher Tim Fitzgerald and GoPowercat multi-media coordinator Ryan Wallace. The show will also feature other members of the GoPowercat staff and regional media personalities.

Fitzgerald has served as co-host of another K-State football pregame show since its inception in 1998, but welcomes the show's leaner design.

"We have formatted a show that will have a quick pace, give fans what they need to know about the team, opponent and game and not expend a lot of effort trying to fill time," Fitzgerald said. "We're going to get down and dirty with analysis and unfiltered opinions about K-State sports and then turn it over to the Kansas State Sports Network."

The show will premiere with a football season preview episode that has not yet been scheduled, and then air three hours prior to the kick off of K-State's season opening game with Missouri State on Sept. 1.

Work less. Make more money.

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Kansas State Football / Re: I forgot about these.

« on: September 15, 2011, 01:20:00 AM »

Man, the things I would do to that Kindergarten teacher.   

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: Rank your love of various sports. ie. CFB, NFL, etc.

« on: September 13, 2011, 11:53:19 PM »

I also like many chain restaurants.

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Kansas State Football / Re: "The youngsters responded"

« on: September 12, 2011, 11:28:55 PM »

Kansas State faced an early bye week and although head coach LHC Bill Snyder on Monday indicated that it remains to be seen if the Wildcats wholly improved during it, the additional time to correct mistakes "was probably a benefit to us." Teams sometimes improve the most between the first two games and Snyder hopes that'll be the case as the Wildcats prepare to face Kent State on Saturday.

   
Ryan Wallace

Coach LHC Bill Snyder's Kansas State Wildcats made use of their off week last week.
With the bye week and the time you spent in practice, how would you gauge the consistency of the offense in the past week? How well was the offense able to sort some things out since the opener?
SNYDER: "A lot of it still remains to be seen, but I think we made some improvement. Some of the areas, obviously, turnovers were an area of concern for us. It's hard to judge until gameday, but we put some emphasis on it and certainly, I think the youngsters responded. We were penalized more than we needed to be. In other words, there were discipline things and I think our youngsters are more focused on it, and hopefully because of that, there's some more improvement."

How about the offensive line. They were obviously a little nervous in the first game. Were they able to show you more focus in the past week?
SNYDER: "I'm not altogether certain it's a matter of focus. I think to be on the field for the very first time as a very young player isn't an easy task. The experience was something that'll benefit them far more than it would some of the players that we've had that have had game experience. I'd like to think the old adage that you improve the most between game one and game two would apply to the younger guys that we have."

Players were saying last week that the bye week could be a positive if they make it a positive. How did the bye week benefit the team overall? How did you see it become better?
SNYDER: "What we put emphasis on and worked on, our youngsters have seemingly been focused on that and consequently, if you do focus on it, you're probably going to make some improvement. They've done that. It is probably, it remains to be seen, but certainly we had enough that needed to be corrected and to have the additional time to do it en lieu of having to get ready for game planning was probably a benefit for us. But once again, the final judgment will be on Saturday."

What do you see from your opponent Saturday? They come from a conference that can usually be pretty tough on opponents when they step up.
SNYDER: "That's what you worry about, is how well they step up. They haven't been helped a great deal in the last two weeks having to play Alabama in their opening ball game and with a storm-delayed downpour last week, it probably doesn't give you a clear picture of how good of a football team this is. They have a history of being an extremely talented and aggressive football team. Sometimes, that's hard to decipher. Alabama can destroy that kind of a presence, but you certainly can see from previous years and certainly against Louisiana-Lafayette and certainly at times against Alabama that they are a very aggressive defensive football team.

"They were a Top-10 team last year and they're ranked reasonably high in a number of categories this year. In the Alabama game, they had five turnovers that they created against Alabama. It lets you know they get their people in the right spots at the right time. And they've got that tremendously talented All-American defensive interior lineman, who's a tremendously talented player, but they have a lot to go along with him as well."

Can you assess the steps John Hubert and the running backs were able to take during recent practices and how they were able to become a little bit better?
SNYDER: "Everybody, I would think, has taken the time to become a little bit better. We have pretty aggressive drills and over the past week they put in a substantial amount of time trying to improve themselves. If you're not trying to get yourself better, then you're certainly going to be a detriment to your football team. I think they attempted to do that, John included."

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Kansas State Football / Re: CC14

« on: September 26, 2010, 10:51:13 AM »

not the best qb by any means but dammit the kid plays with heart and makes plays when we need it. Support cc14

I don't have a problem with this.

It seems, however, that there are probably at least three other players on this team that could play qb with less heart and make plays both when we do and when we don't need it.

We don't have anyone who is better than CCQ.  IT is best to accept this and to move on.

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Kansas State Football / Re: **Official Thank You Carsy for Winning Us the Game Thread**

« on: September 26, 2010, 10:12:06 AM »

Like I said, our expectations for the QB position are hilariously low. He played so bad for the first 3 quarters, he literally sparked a discussion in the press box over whether he was the worst QB in all of D1 football. Then he hits two wide open receivers and puts together one good drive, and he's one of the best QBs in the conference. 

what you doin in my press box, hater?

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: And the Aggieville creepster of the year goes to.......

« on: September 26, 2010, 09:56:59 AM »

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: And the Aggieville creepster of the year goes to.......

« on: September 25, 2010, 11:12:29 PM »

Hi Haters!


 

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Kansas State Football / Re: When does fall practice start?

« on: August 02, 2010, 10:08:42 PM »

I'd tell you but I've been told by the AD not to publicly state this information at the current time.