No offense to Central Arkansas and Charlotte, but this is the game Kansas State football players have been looking forward to since their first summer practice together.
You could say they agree with the slogan the SEC uses at the end of its TV commercials. For the Wildcats, a road game against Vanderbilt just means more.
“A lot of us have circled the game on the calendar, because Vanderbilt is a SEC opponent,” K-State center Adam Holtorf said, “and it is our last nonconference game. We are kind of using it as our last game to prepare before we enter Big 12 play.