Bill Snyder

At his weekly news conference, Kansas State coach Bill Snyder tried to say as little about his football team as possible. He said some areas were good. He said some areas were not so good.

That’s the type of guy he his. He’ll talk in generalities, but rarely single anybody out. He went so far yesterday as to say he didn’t think he had any “star players” on the roster.

I would argue that Brandon Banks and Nick Stringer are “star players,” but Snyder might also want to keep his eye on Daniel Thomas.

While we wait until Tuesday for Bill Snyder to fill us in on who he picked as his starting quarterback at his weekly news conference, it's worth pointing out that Carson Coffman and Grant Gregory will continue to compete regardless of who starts against Massachusetts.

Just because Kansas State's coach has picked a starter for Saturday’s game against UMass doesn’t mean he’s picked his starter for the entire season.

I’m not going to pretend that I know everything there is to know about Kansas State’s football team after watching Saturday’s laid back Fan Appreciation Day practice. We talkin’ bout practice, after all.

But I did walk away with a few observations.

So let’s just jump into them. In no particular order …