Kansas State’s first football game of the season is always an exciting event, but it carries a little more intrigue than usual this year.
The Wildcats will take on the South Dakota Coyotes at 6:10 p.m. Saturday in Bill Snyder Family Stadium, and there should be plenty for fans to watch even though the home team is heavily favored against a FCS opponent.
This is an opportunity for new players and coaches to get acclimated to their surroundings and warm up for a much bigger nonconference game against Mississippi State in Week 2. Alex Delton or Skylar Thompson will start his first season-opener at quarterback, new offensive coordinator Andre Coleman will call his first play and new defensive coordinator Blake Seiler will debut his schemes.