2018 K-State football keeps going down the rabbit hole. On Saturday, Texas won their first game in the Little Apple since 2002, jumping off to a 19-0 halftime lead.
78-year-old coaching icon, Bill Snyder, shifted quarterbacks at halftime. The ineffective Alex Delson was benched in favor of Skylar Thompson. Thompson’s ability to throw the ball provided the Wildcats with a strong pulse as K-State rebounded to make a game of it, losing 19-14. Truly, a tale of two halves.
For the second straight week, the post-game comments from 78-year-old coaching icon, Bill Snyder, were both curious and a bit disturbing. For the second straight year, the Wildcats’ QB position has devolved into a confusing carousel. When Snyder was asked if it would have made a difference if Thompson would have played the whole game, Snyder said “no.” When asked if Thompson had shown enough to be the clear starter, Snyder said that the skills of both quarterbacks would continue to be employed.
Wow!
Bill Snyder will be turning age 79 on Sunday. His Wildcats have already lost 3 games (and came perilously close to losing a 4th to an FCS team in their opener. Thank God UTSA was on their schedule). Best case for KSU this year appears to be a 4-8 mark. We would not even pencil in a sure win for K-State on November 10 in their Sunflower State rivalry with downtrodden Kansas. Please, Mr, Snyder, we wish you a great 79th but think about the future of the K-State program (The Odyssey wrote a longer piece in this regard a week ago.)