HOUSTON (AP) — Kansas State coach Chris Klieman knows how thin the margin of error is in college football. His Wildcats have been in three one-possession games this season and won all of them, including last week’s 29-27 win over rival Kansas. No.
17 Kansas State (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) still has hopes of a league title game berth and perhaps a playoff bid ahead of Saturday's game at Houston (3-5, 2-3). “We’ve been down in most games that we have had,” Klieman said. “Our guys haven’t panicked.
Our guys stayed the course and stayed in the fight. It’s something that we’ve been preaching, the older guys have been preaching that kind of one play at a time (mentality). You can’t do anything about what has happened, now let’s move forward.
” The Wildcats have won four in a row and look to finish the second phase of their season on a strong note. Klieman said Kansas State broke the season into three parts – a five-game stretch before its first bye week, the current four-game stretch before a second bye and the final three-game stretch. After finishing the first stretch 4-1, the Wildcats want to finish the second stretch 4-0, including close wins at Colorado and Kansas.
“I know that the ownership that the guys took, especially from the adversity that we faced in Colorado,” Klieman said. “Having the lead, losing the lead and being down in that kind of environment in the fourth quarter and just watching those guys help each other on both sides of the ball. .
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