Some facts about the 2008 Kansas State Wildcats:
SCHOOL COLORS: Purple and white
FOUNDED: 1863
ENROLLMENT: 23,137
LOCATED: Manhattan, Kansas.
COACH: Ron Prince, third season at Kansas State and overall (12-13)
2007 RECORD: 5-7 (3-5, 4th Big 12 North)
LAST BOWL: 2006 Texas Bowl, lost to Rutgers 37-10
STADIUM: Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000)
RETURNING STARTERS: 12 (7 offense, 5 defense)
KEY PLAYERS: QB Josh Freeman, WR Deon Murphy, TE Jeron Mastrud, DE Ian Campbell, LB Reggie Walker, DB Chris Carney
KEY RECRUITS: DL Daniel Calvin, LB Ulla Pomele, LB Hansen Sekona, WR Aubrey Quarles, RB Daniel Thomas
KEY DEPARTURES: WR Jordy Nelson, RB James Johnson, OL Logan Robinson, DB Justin McKinney, DE Moses Manu, DE Rob Jackson
COACHSPEAK: “Every year, we want to win the championship and some years we feel like we’ve got the team to do it. I feel like we do—it’s just a matter of, do we know how to win?”—Prince
2008 SCHEDULE:
Aug. 30—North Texas
Sept. 6—Montana St.
Sept. 17—at Louisville
Sept 27—Louisiana-Lafayette
Oct. 4—Texas Tech
Oct. 11—at Texas A&M
Oct. 18—at Colorado
Oct. 25—Oklahoma
Nov. 1—at Kansas
Nov. 8—at Missouri
Nov. 15—Nebraska
Nov. 22—Iowa St.
