really disappointed in gene taylor's comments about k-state getting snubbed by better bowls in favor of having to play boring navy in the boring liberty bowl. "the system wronged us, but let's show up to the crappy bowl game anyway and hope they'll respect us more in the future!"
what a small-time response.
F that.
if anything, he should have guaranteed a blowout victory, trash talked the service academy school, and told fans to stay home because this bowl, this opponent, this stadium and this city is beneath us.
Taylor didn’t express much, if any, frustration about the Liberty Bowl. He seems genuinely excited about it. K-State has never before played Navy, and Taylor thinks enough things will be different about the setup of the game, including the team hotel moving from the suburbs to downtown Memphis, that it will feel like a different experience than the Wildcats’ last trip there in 2016.
But Taylor has a message for any K-State fan who is seriously upset about K-State’s postseason destination. He hopes you will still consider attending the game and help prove the Wildcats have a team and fan base that is worth selecting higher in the bowl order in future years.
“We need to travel well to Memphis and prove what we’re about,” Taylor said. “ If we don’t, how is that going to look the next time we get in this situation? Bowls want fans to travel.
“We have always done that and we need to do it again for the Liberty Bowl. There’s no reason not to. We are going to play an awesome team and it’s going to be a hell of a game.”