Last year in week two, K-State hosted Tulane. At the time, it seemed like a disaster; the Wildcats couldn’t get going on offense and stumbled to a 17-10 loss that had the fanbase roiling with discontent.
By December, it was looked at as a “good loss”. The Green Wave finished 12-2, won the American Athletic Conference title, and upended USC in the Cotton Bowl to finish ranked ninth in the AP Poll.
Meanwhile, one of those two teams Tulane lost to was Southern Mississippi, who two weeks later would post a 27-10 win over the Troy Trojans.