LAWRENCE
The weather was bad and the crowd was small, but the Kansas State football team hardly noticed. As kickoff approached Saturday at Memorial Stadium, the Wildcats moved with the kind of energy you see before a bowl game.
They were fired up, they were focused and they were motivated. It showed in a 45-14 victory over Kansas, keeping the Governor’s Cup in Manhattan.
“There is nothing bigger than winning this game,” K-State quarterback Joe Hubener said. “For us Kansas kids, it means everything.”
Morgan Burns made sure his teammates understood the importance of the Sunflower Showdown, a rivalry that doesn’t register on the national scale.