What Kansas State safety Dante Barnett saw when he studied Christian McCaffrey this summer was a wildly talented player capable of damaging a defense in every way imaginable, one with a knack for turning nothing into something big.
Kansas State’s defense wants to turn that something back into nothing.
The Wildcats should field one of the best defenses in the Big 12 this season. Barnett recognizes that Friday's opener, on the road against a Heisman Trophy finalist and his No. 8 Stanford squad, offers a valuable opportunity to go earn that reputation.
“That’s our mindset.