MANHATTAN – Kansas State University head football coach Bill Snyder today contacted Scott Pioli of the Kansas City Chiefs, with hopes of getting the NFL football team on the Wildcats schedule next year.
Kansas State has an open date for one more non-conference game and Snyder, infamous for his tendency to schedule an easy pre-conference slate, declared his intentions to play the Chiefs in September, at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Wildcats are also scheduled to play UCLA, North Texas and Missouri State, all at home.
“We’re always trying to prepare ourselves for a tough conference schedule and part of that preparation is building confidence,” said Snyder. “The Big 12 is one of the toughest conferences in America, and because some of the ‘talent’ is now on the Chiefs, playing Kansas City will give us an excellent idea of what we should expect in October and November. We expect, however, those later months to be a much, much tougher challenge.”
College football analysts lauded Snyder for his innovative scheduling strategy, which will allow the Wildcats to play just one team from the Football Championship Subdivision (formally NCAA Division I-AA). Per NCAA rules, teams may only count one win over an FCS team toward bowl eligibility. For example, because Kansas State has two wins over FCS teams in 2009, the Wildcats must win at least seven games to become eligible for a bowl.
“It’s actually low-risk, high reward for the Wildcats,” said Jerry Todd, college football analyst for The Sporting News. “The Chiefs are simply awful this year and are showing absolutely no signs of getting better for next season. Even a team like Kansas State, which, let’s be honest, is at the bottom of the pack in the Big 12, should easily handle the Chiefs. So the Wildcats get an easy win without burning up a game against the FCS. Bill Snyder is a cupcake-scheduling genius.”
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