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AP: K-State’s Snyder voted Big 12 Coach of Year
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer
Bill Snyder said he returned to Kansas State four years ago to “calm the waters.”
Instead, he stirred up college football.
The 73-year-old coach, refreshed and rejuvenated after a brief retirement, has once again raised a downtrodden program to national prominence. The seventh-ranked Wildcats won only their second Big 12 title and the third conference championship in their 117-year history, and will play Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl next month.
His star quarterback, Collin Klein, is among three Heisman Trophy finalists, and several other players on a team whose only loss came at Baylor late in the season have futures in the NFL.
It’s no surprise that Snyder was the unanimous choice as AP’s Big 12 Coach of the Year. ...
http://www.news-journal.com/sports/k-state-s-snyder-voted-big-coach-of-year/article_513a5e93-e691-58da-9d8b-008e6608b424.html
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer
Bill Snyder said he returned to Kansas State four years ago to “calm the waters.”
Instead, he stirred up college football.
The 73-year-old coach, refreshed and rejuvenated after a brief retirement, has once again raised a downtrodden program to national prominence. The seventh-ranked Wildcats won only their second Big 12 title and the third conference championship in their 117-year history, and will play Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl next month.
His star quarterback, Collin Klein, is among three Heisman Trophy finalists, and several other players on a team whose only loss came at Baylor late in the season have futures in the NFL.
It’s no surprise that Snyder was the unanimous choice as AP’s Big 12 Coach of the Year. ...
http://www.news-journal.com/sports/k-state-s-snyder-voted-big-coach-of-year/article_513a5e93-e691-58da-9d8b-008e6608b424.html
