The Kansas State Wildcats have one of the most interesting football histories in the college game. Before head coach Bill Snyder’s arrival in Manhattan in 1989, Kansas State football was arguably the worst football program in the entire country. K-State had gone winless in the 27 games before Snyder took over the program. It was about as bleak of a situation as they come in college football.
But Snyder took his brilliant offensive mind over from Iowa City and began to turn K-State into a perennial Big Eight and later Big 12 contender. The Wildcats never have the most talent on the field, but Snyder always found a way to put his best players in position to win.