The biggest difference is Ben, just like we discussed in another thread, you went on and on after 2008 about how ku was going to dominate K-State.
Yet in just two years ku was right back where they have spent most of the last 14 years, bringing up the bottom of the Big 12 North. Plus when you've played in 3 Conference Championship Games like K-State has (ku-None), winning one is not a fluke, particularly when you destroy the #1 team in the country.
Like I said, maybe some day K-State will have a very talented team and only have to play 1 Final Top 25 team during the regular season, hasn't happened yet, but we can only hope. Maybe we'll really jizz our pants and go 2 full seasons and only have 1 Final Top 25 on the schedule like ku did in 2007 and 2008.