Collin Klein is the odds on favorite to win the 2012 Heisman Trophy award. The Kansas State Wildcats currently possess the inside track to reaching the BCS Championship Game, as they are the No. 2 team in the current BCS Standings. One cannot accomplish either goal without the other, and head coach Bill Snyder is hoping that he will not have to find out what that would be like this Saturday when his Wildcats take on the TCU Horned Frogs in another huge Big 12 game with national championship and Heisman implications.
In last week’s big win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys, Klein left in the third quarter with an undisclosed injury and did not return. Kansas State was able to hold on, as Oklahoma State made too many mistakes, which is expected of such a young team. But Snyder knows that he will need all hands on deck over the final few weeks of the 2012 NCAA Football season if Kansas State has any hopes of einning the Big 12 regular season championship and getting the bid to play for t...
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TEAMS: Kansas State Wildcats, TCU Horned Frogs, Oklahoma State Cowboys, West Virginia Mountaineers
TEAMS: Kansas State Wildcats, TCU Horned Frogs, Oklahoma State Cowboys, West Virginia Mountaineers
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