November 14, 2005, will mark the end of an era in Kansas State football. The man who orchestrated the greatest turnaround in college football history stepped down. Yeah, I’m dumbfounded also. ESPN.com stated that Head Coach Bill Snyder announced his decison to his team on Monday. After 2 strait losing seasons, you might be thinking that he quit. Feeling that he wasn’t a use to the program anymore. But Ted Sims, a senior linebacker, said it best, “Coach isn’t quitting, he’s retiring.” I have no idea what his thought process was. But I truley respect the man with all my heart. He didn’t just take a “hard” job 17 long years ago at Kansas State. He took the hardest Head Coaching job in the whole country. The team had lost 27 strait, was on the verge of being the 1st team to lose 500 games, absolutley horrid facilites, and if the school didn’t see results, the program was going to be dropped. Coach Snyder began to take the loyal Purple Pride on a ride of a lifetime. His 1st season, the team went 1-10, but had a enthusiasm towards the teams play. In 1991, the team went 7-4, 1992 the “Kansas State Kittens” went 5-6, and in 1993, hell froze over. Coach Snyder did the impossible and took the 1993 version of his Wildcats to the Copper Bowl in Tuscon, Arizona. An estimated 20,000 ‘Cat fans made the trip to the game. In the 54-17 romp, the team showed that something specail was on the way
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