Looking for an unsung star in the college sports world? How about Kansas State athletic director Gene Taylor, anonymous to the masses like a flight controller at NASA, but who has quietly made a couple of home run hires in recent years. First, on the football side, Taylor was tasked with replacing the legendary Bill Snyder, whose name happens to be on the Wildcats' stadium, and before whom K-State really didn't have a gridiron history. The pressure to find a reasonable facsimile was o n Taylor, especially after long-ago predecessor Tim Weiser had missed the hire after Snyder's first “retirement” when Ron Prince proved not up to the task. Taylor, however, would pull a rabbit out of his hat by enlisting Chris Klieman, off of a run of FCS championships at North Dakota State. The Wildcats haven't missed a beat. Klieman has hinted at becoming the second coming of Snyder, capping things with a win in the Big 12 title game last December.'
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