No. 15 Kansas State hosts Troy on Saturday. The Wildcats will try to avoid repeating a non-conference letdown from last season, when it lost at home to Tulane.
Perhaps the Wildcats were overconfident a year ago. Or maybe they were looking ahead to their trip to Oklahoma. Whatever the reason, coach Chris Klieman’s bunch look nothing like the team that beat the Sooners when they lost to Tulane.
Indeed, the Trojans played Ole Miss tough a year ago, and South Carolina down to the wire in 2021. They have two wins over Big 12 teams, beating ex-member Missouri in 2004 and Oklahoma State three years later. And they were 12-2 last season, winning the Sun Belt and the Cure Bowl while finishing 19th in the final AP Top 25 poll.“The biggest part of this game is really putting us on the map,” said Troy offensive lineman Eli Russ, who played at Kansas State when he was at Oklahoma State.
“If we don’t play a lot better,” Troy coach Jon Sumrall warned, “it will be a blowout against us. This is a legitimate top-20 football team. If our guys aren’t excited about getting ready for this game, we’ve got problems.”Troy running back Kimani Vidal ran for a school-record 248 yards on 25 carries a week ago. He’s eclipsed 200 yards in three of his last five games, and Vidal needs just 845 yards the rest of the season to break the school’s career rushing mark.
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