𝙎𝙖𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨: 𝙆𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝘼 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙙𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤………

𝙎𝙖𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨: 𝙆𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙎𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝘼 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙙𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤………

At a developmental program like Kansas State, there are always going to be years where the team has plenty of talent but far from the requisite amount of on-field experience.

That combination certainly played a factor in the Wildcats winning nine games last season but also struggling in enough spots to cost them a trip to the conference title game and maybe turning a solid season into a much better one.

Unforced errors contributed to some games becoming closer than they should have been and loomed as a big factor in struggles on the road in the Big 12 or while losing three of their last four to take themselves out of the College Football Playoff conversation.

The flip side is this can be used as a platform to build upon this season, which features another difficult slate of opponents but also enough returning starters to be optimistic.

“Our offensive line we really like, but there’s some new faces, there’s some transfers. We’ve got to clean that up. Then in the secondary, we lost two kids that got drafted in the NFL, so we’ve got to shore those spots up,” coach Chris Klieman says. “Skill [positions] on offense, the D-line, linebackers, we feel really good about. Tight ends we feel really good about. We’ve just got our work cut out for us in a couple of positions that are key positions.”