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How K-State’s top three running backs are bringing a new look to a retro formation

Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder wasn’t trying to be funny when he said the modified wishbone formation K-State used during a 31-12 victory over Oklahoma State last week has been in the team’s playbook for 30 years.

Few, if any, of his offensive coordinators have chosen to utilize it in games. But it is most certainly not new.

“It has always been in the playbook,” K-State running back Alex Barnes said, “just kinda in the old-school section where nobody really looks.”

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