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Why Bill Snyder, K-State treat bye weeks the same as game weeks

For Kansas State football players, bye weeks don’t feel much different than game weeks.

The Wildcats practice the same amount and they work the same hours. This week, as they pause to prepare for a road game against Oklahoma on Oct. 27, they will even arrive early Saturday at Snyder Family Stadium for football activities the same way they would for a home game. They will scrimmage against each other rather than play a different team, but that’s about the only change.

“It’s still business as usual,” K-State center Adam Holtorf said. “We treat it like a normal game week as much as we can.