I don't believe ISU fans want to play a depleted K-State team, say without Wyatt Hubert, Briley Moore, A.J. Parker, and the like. That would be a truly shallow win and meaningless to the CFP quest.
I really never have said this is a bad K-State team. Where did you get that?
Probably the part where you said a victory against them would be "truly shallow and meaningless".