The Klieman era could not have started better. K-State (1-0) lost the coin toss, but won absolutely everything else in the first half of its 49-14 season-opening demolition of the Nicholls Colonels (0-1).
Nicholls deferred, giving K-State the ball first. Skylar Thompson led K-State on a 12-play, 72-yard drive, capped off by a 12-yard run to the right pylon by Louisville transfer running back Harry Trotter. A facemask penalty extended the drive, but the Wildcats would not need much help scoring the rest of the way.
On the Colonels’ second play from scrimmage, A.