The single biggest challenge in writing up anything about Kansas State, on any subject if I had to guess, is making the story interesting enough to keep the reader awake beyond the first few words. Sailor Ripley is a sick human being that needs to be wrapped in a burlap sack and beaten with reeds for putting this write-up on me. In any event, I thought of a few things that at least entertained me.
One of the mysteries of the great sport of college football is related to Kansas State. Not because it’s difficult to understand how they’ve ever had a winning record or because they exist in the Great Plains version of the Bermuda Triangle, but because they’re the only Trade School that the NCAA has allowed the ability to compete at the D-1 level. You don’t see ITT or University of Phoenix out there with a squad. My theory is that those “schools” simply care more about focusing on education than Kansas State does. KSU literally has a degree called a Bachelors of Science in Bakery Science & Management.
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