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Kansas State defies preseason predictions

 
By John Rohde | Published: October 31, 2009    Comment on this article Leave a comment

NORMAN — Think back to the first week of September, before the Big 12 football season started.

photo - Kansas State players have plenty of reason to celebrate so far this season. Despite some early hiccups, the Wildcats lead the Big 12 North. AP PHOTO
Kansas State players have plenty of reason to celebrate so far this season. Despite some early hiccups, the Wildcats lead the Big 12 North. AP PHOTO

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Where did you anticipate Oklahoma to be at this point in the schedule? 7-0 overall? Maybe 6-1?

Where did you envision Kansas State? A little under .500, perhaps still looking for its first conference win?

When the two teams meet tonight at 6 on Owen Field, instead it’s the Wildcats who are atop their division, not the Sooners.

Of course, pigskin prognosticators make their preseason picks based on teams being at full strength.

It’s in poor taste to predict injuries, particularly the season-ending variety to the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and his All-American tight end.

OU is what it is without Sam Bradford and Jermaine Gresham, and that’s 4-3 overall, 2-1 in the Big 12 and struggling to consistently move the ball forward on offense.

After KSU barely survived Massachusetts 21-17 in its season opener and then lost 17-15 at Louisiana-Lafayette, no one of sound mind projected the Wildcats to be 5-3 and 3-1 heading into Norman.

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