around, and the Wildcats were again an 11-win team. Roberson took command of the offense, and the results followed. In 2003 K-State faced some early-season struggles when Roberson was injured, but the Cats overcame and Roberson, coupled with an incredible season from Darren Sproles, took the team to some new heights. A win over Nebraska in Lincoln gave the Cats the Big 12 North title and another shot at a championship. But this time the Wildcats were the underdog, facing the juggernaut Oklahoma Sooners. And this time, the Wildcats threw the stunner, blowing-out OU 35-7 behind Roberson’s stellar performance. But Ell got himself into trouble, and while he was later exonerated, he missed part of the Fiesta Bowl, and the Wildcats were never the same.

In 2004 and 2005,Snyder had failed to find an adequate QB to replace Roberson, and so other stars languished under a slew of athletes through the QB position. The closest might have been Dylan Meier, the fleet-footed QB from Pittsburg, KS. But Meier could never stay healthy for more than a few games at a time.

At the end of the 2005 season, Snyder retired.

In 2009 Snyder returned, and made a winning team out of the talent left behind by Ron Prince’s miserable tutelage of the Wildcat football program. But he was missing a quarterback. He got kind of what he wanted in 2009 when Grant Gregory was sent by Jim Leavitt transferred from USF before the season. Gregory was a battering ram, but worked for the QB-focused run-based offense that Snyder