Interesting comments by JoMo......

[THE Bruce Dickinson]

I expect us to beat K St but let's not act like it's the same as going to La Tech or South Alabama. They'll probably be a Top 25 team when we go there. I think our team is special & will have a special season but this Kansas St not Kansas they'll be ready to play.

Completely accurate. Anyone thinking they are going to lay down is fooling themselves.

Remember in 1998 the eventual SECW champion Bulldogs got thumped in an early season game with a sub par Oklahoma State team. I expect to win, but we need to come to play for this game.

[Jack Lambert]

Under promise and over deliver.

[Dawg61]

So you don't think 10-2 or better would be a great season?

Under promise and over deliver.

What dickiedawg said. It's coach speak. No brand new SEC coach comes in and says they expect to go 10-2 to be a good season. That's just dumb. Try to not read too much into totally harmless comments made after baited questions are asked.

[Covercorner2]

I expect us to beat K St but let's not act like it's the same as going to La Tech or South Alabama. They'll probably be a Top 25 team when we go there. I think our team is special & will have a special season but this Kansas St not Kansas they'll be ready to play.

This. We will be favored and should win, but you can?t expect to just go there and blow them out. I would say it?s similar to playing at UK every other year. Hell we almost lost to them in 2014.

[Commercecomet24]

I would never think we would blowout kstate but I'm confident as heck about this team and staff that we will not lose to them. I'm confident that anyone that does beat us will have to bring their lunch pail. Theirs a big difference between confidence and arrogance.

[msbulldog]

I would never think we would blowout kstate but I'm confident as heck about this team and staff that we will not lose to them. I'm confident that anyone that does beat us will have to bring their lunch pail. Theirs a big difference between confidence and arrogance.

Love the lunch pail, CC, every former player I have ever heard speaking about playing MSU said "They will hit you in the mouth!

[Pit Bull]

I'll go on record and say we beat K-State 21-10.

[Ari Gold]

Every road game this year is tough. Kentucky and Shitbirds won’t be automatic wins either.
K State is preseason top 25 -30 team
But it’s a game we should win

[maroonmania]

You guys are foolish if you think winning at Kansas State will be easy

Nobody is saying winning at Kansas State will be easy but if we don't win there is no way I can see us doing any better than about 8-4. Heck, just to get to 8 wins with a loss to Kansas State would require going 5-3 in the SEC. As as JoMo pointed out, we only went better than 4-4 in the SEC once in the entire 9 years of Mullen coaching.

[Quaoarsking]

I expect us to beat K St but let's not act like it's the same as going to La Tech or South Alabama. They'll probably be a Top 25 team when we go there. I think our team is special & will have a special season but this Kansas St not Kansas they'll be ready to play.

Based on what? They didn't receive a single vote in any of the final polls last year (despite winning their bowl game). They're 44th in the preseason FPI. They don't appear in any current "way too early" top 25s - not ESPN, SBNation, Sporting News, SI, CBS, etc.

They play South Dakota in week 1, so that's not going to help them in the polls anyway. Not only will they not be ranked when we play them, they probably won't have any votes in the polls.

Every road game this year is tough. Kentucky and Shitbirds won’t be automatic wins either.
K State is preseason top 25 -30 team
But it’s a game we should win

Not according to any expert, computer formula, or media organization.

There's no guarantee that we'll beat them - road games are always tough. But we are a consensus top 25 team, maybe up in the top 15, and no one's ranking Kansas State anywhere near that. We are a clear favorite with more talent at almost every position. Let's stop selling our team short.

[Bully13]

Every road game this year is tough. Kentucky and Shitbirds won’t be automatic wins either.
K State is preseason top 25 -30 team
But it’s a game we should win

If Fitz comes back 100% both physically and mentally, those road games should not be tough. If he does, Bamer and AU should be our only challenges. If Fitz comes back 100%, then more than 2 losses in the regular season will be disappointing. We need to go ahead now and accept this as fact. We are just too 17ing loaded not to think otherwise. We need to accept what we have right now and the past be damned.