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[Tbonespop]

While very unprofessional, they have a valid point and it's a legitimate perception the B12 needs to fix by playing better football when given the opportunity. Outside of it being unprofessional, I have no issue with it. I'd like see it become bulletin board material for B12 teams. KSU plays better when they have a chip on their shoulder and usually plays worse when given respect. We had a shot against Bama 2 years ago. That didn't go well. i hope it pisses some players off.

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[Zoltar]

Just curious as to why the 'top 5' has 7 teams listed??

[114Hickory]

Just curious as to why the 'top 5' has 7 teams listed??

Week 5, not top 5.

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don't ask me what it means but i like the company we are keeping.

https://cfpresumerankings.wixsite.com/c ... e-rankings

CFPResumeRanks (@CFP Resume Rankings) posted: Week 5 Resume Rankings are Live!

- Alabama in the top spot
- BYU with the best raw resume
- Georgia ahead of Texas?
- Ohio State still outside of the CFP
- Kansas State = Michigan
- Boise St and UNLV neck and neck
- Indiana making ground

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i guess the portal isn't killing k-state, rather k-state is killing the portal?

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One month in. Here are my Big 12 grades based on both how teams have done as well as expectations.

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Former K-State AD Tim Weiser to retire as Big 12 deputy commissioner

Big 12 Conference deputy commissioner Tim Weiser, a former Kansas State athletic director, watches pregame warm-ups before a football game in 2023 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Weiser will retire from his role with the conference at the end of this year.

The last few years have brought a wave of monumental changes to college sports, and Big 12 deputy commissioner Tim Weiser knows now is the time for him to step away.

Weiser, who previously was Kansas State’s athletics director from 2001 to 2008, will retire at the end of this year after helping the conference work through yet another round of realignment.

For the last 16 years, Weiser has overseen the day-to-day operations in the conference office, served as the primary liaison to the board of directors and handled sportsmanship issues. He has served under four Big 12 commissioners, watched six member institutions leave and ushered in 10 new schools to the conference, providing at least some administrative stability in a league regularly buffeted by upheavals.

But as the Big 12’s leaders turn their focus to the future, 66-year-old Weiser feels his perspective holds less value in the current era of the transfer portal and other player empowerment innovations.

“As it relates to our athletic directors, having been one for 25 years, I always felt like I was in a pretty good position to help them and also help our commissioner understand some of the issues they were up against,” Weiser told The Mercury. “But as things have started to evolve, I feel less and less equipped and able to advise them on how best to handle these issues because it’s just so counterintuitive to everything (I believed) for the first 35 years of my career.”

Weiser acknowledges he sounds “old-school,” but he said his understanding of college athletics always has been that players bring their talents to a school in exchange for a scholarship and a degree. In his opinion, that’s a “great deal.”

Now that athletes can make money off their names, images and likenesses, and with pay-for-play seeming more like an inevitability, Weiser said he’s noticed that conversations about graduation rates and the value of a scholarship have fallen by the wayside.

“It’s kind of heartbreaking to see where we stand now compared to even three years ago, let alone five or 10 years ago,” Weiser said. “But wow, it feels like we’ve got lots and lots of changes ahead of us.”

That’s why Weiser knows now is the time to get out.

He said he’s “grateful” for his time working with the Big 12. Still, he recognizes that his ability to counsel commissioner Brett Yormark and the conference’s athletics directors “has started to wane because I just can’t relate” to how the profession has altered.

https://themercury.com/k_state_sports/f ... 430ac.html

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Former K-State AD Tim Weiser to retire as Big 12 deputy commissioner

Big 12 Conference deputy commissioner Tim Weiser, a former Kansas State athletic director, watches pregame warm-ups before a football game in 2023 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Weiser will retire from his role with the conference at the end of this year.

The last few years have brought a wave of monumental changes to college sports, and Big 12 deputy commissioner Tim Weiser knows now is the time for him to step away.

Weiser, who previously was Kansas State’s athletics director from 2001 to 2008, will retire at the end of this year after helping the conference work through yet another round of realignment.

For the last 16 years, Weiser has overseen the day-to-day operations in the conference office, served as the primary liaison to the board of directors and handled sportsmanship issues. He has served under four Big 12 commissioners, watched six member institutions leave and ushered in 10 new schools to the conference, providing at least some administrative stability in a league regularly buffeted by upheavals.

But as the Big 12’s leaders turn their focus to the future, 66-year-old Weiser feels his perspective holds less value in the current era of the transfer portal and other player empowerment innovations.

“As it relates to our athletic directors, having been one for 25 years, I always felt like I was in a pretty good position to help them and also help our commissioner understand some of the issues they were up against,” Weiser told The Mercury. “But as things have started to evolve, I feel less and less equipped and able to advise them on how best to handle these issues because it’s just so counterintuitive to everything (I believed) for the first 35 years of my career.”

Weiser acknowledges he sounds “old-school,” but he said his understanding of college athletics always has been that players bring their talents to a school in exchange for a scholarship and a degree. In his opinion, that’s a “great deal.”

Now that athletes can make money off their names, images and likenesses, and with pay-for-play seeming more like an inevitability, Weiser said he’s noticed that conversations about graduation rates and the value of a scholarship have fallen by the wayside.

“It’s kind of heartbreaking to see where we stand now compared to even three years ago, let alone five or 10 years ago,” Weiser said. “But wow, it feels like we’ve got lots and lots of changes ahead of us.”

That’s why Weiser knows now is the time to get out.

He said he’s “grateful” for his time working with the Big 12. Still, he recognizes that his ability to counsel commissioner Brett Yormark and the conference’s athletics directors “has started to wane because I just can’t relate” to how the profession has altered.

https://themercury.com/k_state_sports/f ... 430ac.html

Much respect to Tim Weiser for knowing when it is time to leave the profession and having the honesty and courage to say what is probably not the most popular opinion these days regarding college sports, in general and student-athletes, in particular. Thanks Tim Weiser for your many years of service to K-State and the Big 12!