By Tim Everson

PHOENIX, Arizona — For a Kansas State season that’s taken twists, turns, hills, valleys and everything in between, it’s only fitting that the bowl game follow in similar fashion.

Trailing by as much as 17 midway through the third quarter, the Wildcats found a momentum and fight on both sides of the ball and rallied back to 44-41 victory. The bowl game was the highest scoring in school history.

The Wildcats ran the ball for a punishing 347 yards on 42 carries, led by sophomore Dylan Edwards who was named the Offensive MVP after scoring three touchdowns, two on the ground and one through the air, and rushing for 196 yards on 18 carries, blowing past his career-high.

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By Tim Everson

Kansas State snuck in a final incoming transfer before hitting the road for Thursday’s Rate Bowl, and he may have been the best of the bunch so far.

Former Arizona safety Gunner Maldonado signed with the Wildcats on Monday after visiting Manhattan early last week.

Maldonado, who will be playing for the third Wildcat team of his career, started his college career at Northwestern in 2020 before transferring to Arizona after playing in three games in his true freshman season under Pat Fitzgerald in Evanston.

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Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman, met with the media on Friday at the Vanier Family Football Complex to preview the upcoming Rate Bowl against Rutgers.

Looking ahead, the Wildcats are set to participate in Rate Bowl Media Day next Tuesday in Phoenix. This event will provide further opportunities for the team to engage with the media and discuss their goals for the bowl game.

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Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman, met with the media on Friday at the Vanier Family Football Complex to preview the upcoming Rate Bowl against Rutgers.

Looking ahead, the Wildcats are set to participate in Rate Bowl Media Day next Tuesday in Phoenix. This event will provide further opportunities for the team to engage with the media and discuss their goals for the bowl game.

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Here is a list of the top 10 most viewed article on our website in 2024.

1 – Manhattan chiropractor dies after tragic accident in Colorado

2 – Oliver Brown Elementary principal terminated

3 – Manhattan mayor to resign from city commission following DUI crash

4 – K-State football player injured in Wednesday morning accident

5 – Riley County USD 378 superintendent placed on administrative leave

6 – One dead, another airlifted following rollover crash on Anderson Avenue

7 – Junction City teacher arrested at Sheridan Elementary

8 – UPDATE: 14-year-old arrested after stabbing at Manhattan High

9 – Fort Riley: Soldier who was ruck-marching near schools posed no threat to the public

10 – LISTEN: Mitch Holthus’ call of touchdown to win Super Bowl 58

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Longtime K-State coach Dana Dimel passed away on Tuesday, according to his family. He was 62.

Dimel spent 20 years on the coaching staff at K-State under head coach Bill Snyder. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant in 1987 following three seasons as an offensive linemen from 1984-86 with the Wildcats where he was an All-American.

He then moved to offensive line coach in 1989. Most recently, Dimel was an senior offensive assistant at Illinois under head coach Bret Bielema after spending the previous six seasons as the head coach at UTEP.

After leaving K-State in the mid-90s, Dimel was head coach at Wyoming and Houston for three seasons each from 1997-2002. He then returned to K-State in 2005 as a graduate assistant again and then in 2009 was named offensive coordinator for the second time under Snyder, remaining with the program until 2017.

In Manhattan, Dimel was instrumental in the four straight Top 20 finishes in the early-to-mid 90s as well as the team’s success in 2011 and 2012 under quarterback Collin Klein where the Wildcats went 21-5 and won the Big 12 championship in 2012 and made it to the Fiesta Bowl.

Dimel is survived by his wife Julie and his two children – Winston and Josey.

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