MANHATTAN
Bill Snyder welcomes Kansas State football players to preseason camp the same way every year. Each summer, on the first day of practice, he asks them to participate in a grueling conditioning test that pushes their bodies to their limits.
Some years, players walk away exhausted. Other years, they struggle simply to finish. You can always count on someone vomiting. Passing the test with ease is rare.
So you can imagine the K-State coach’s reaction when there weren’t many horror stories going around this year.
"The one thing that I was extremely positive about or feel awfully good about is the conditioning test," Snyder said, "which we have done for 25 years or so, the same one every single year since we have been here.