What does the Rate Bowl mean for Kansas State? | K-State Insiders Live!

This week, the fellas wrap up the season by previewing Kansas State vs. Rutgers in the Rate Bowl in Phoenix on Thursday at Chase Field. The Wildcats and Scarlet Knights will meet at 4:30 p.m. (Central). The game will be televised nationally on ESPN. The Friday Walk Through, hosted by Cole Carmody with GoPowercat football analyst Monte Spiller, is proudly sponsored by Riverbank Brewery in Council Grove, Kansas. Sign up for GoPowercat VIP access and get your first month for just $1! Are you subscribing to the GoPowercat YouTube channel? Come check out our original programming at YouTube.com/GoPowercat To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Insiders gather to analyze the Kansas State Wildcats heading into Thursday's Rate Bowl against Rutgers in Phoenix. The gang also discusses other happenings in K-State sports. This episode of the Insiders features GoPowercat's Cole Carmody hosting, with GoPowercat's Ryan Wallace, Brien Hanley, host of the Big 12 Insiders, and media guest Grant Snowden, host of the Cat Attack Podcast. Sign up for GoPowercat VIP access and get your first month for just $9.95 Are you subscribing to the GoPowercat YouTube channel? Come check out our original programming at YouTube.com/GoPowercat To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to this episode of GoPowercat.com's Powercat Pregame Podcast featuring GoPowercat publisher Tim Fitzgerald, GPC's Ryan Wallace, football analyst Brien Hanley, a starting offensive lineman on the 1997 and 1998 K-State teams, and Cole Carmody, who is sitting in for Ryan Gilbert to discuss the sports betting plays for the game.  The Kansas State Wildcats (8-4) finish the season against Big Ten member Rutgers (7-5) at Chase Field in Phoenix. The game kicks off at 4:30 p.m. (Central) on the homefield of MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks and will televised on ESPN. Thank you to Weddle & Sons Roofing, which proudly sponsors the Powercat Pregame Podcast. Follow @GoPowercat on Twitter Sign up for GoPowercat VIP access and get your first month for just $1! Are you subscribing to the GoPowercat YouTube channel? Come check out our original programming at YouTube.com/GoPowercat To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kansas State basketball lost to Drake on Tuesday night in Kansas City followed by a controversial postgame press conference, while K-State football continues to prepare for the Rate Bowl, which takes place next Thursday (Dec. 26) in Phoenix. This edition of the Powercat Podcast features GoPowercat.com publisher Tim Fitzgerald, and GPC's Ryan Gilbert and Cole Carmody. The Powercat Podcast is part of the 247Sports Podcast Network at Megaphone.fm. Follow @GoPowercat on Twitter Sign up for GoPowercat VIP access and get your first month for just $10 PLUS instant FREE access to Paramount+! Make sure you subscribe to the Powercat Podcast at your favorite podcast provider, including Apple, Spotify or Amazon. Are you subscribing to the GoPowercat YouTube channel? Come check out our original programming at YouTube.com/GoPowercat To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Insiders gather to analyze the state of Kansas State basketball heading into Tuesday night's game with Drake at the T-Mobile Center, and they asses the status of football as the coaches balance recruiting players who are in the transfer portal and preparing for next week's Rate Bowl in Phoenix against Rutgers. This episode of the Insiders features GoPowercat's Tim Fitzgerald, Cole Carmody, Ryan Gilbert and Brien Hanley as your panel. Sign up for GoPowercat VIP access and get your first month for just $9.95 Are you subscribing to the GoPowercat YouTube channel? Come check out our original programming at YouTube.com/GoPowercat To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kansas State basketball announced on Wednesday that 6-foot-9 transfer Achor Achor had departed the program, seemingly another blow for Jerome Tang's program, while the K-State football program tries to keep the portal in its favor. This edition of the Powercat Podcast features GoPowercat.com publisher Tim Fitzgerald, and GPC's Ryan Gilbert and Cole Carmody. The Powercat Podcast is part of the 247Sports Podcast Network at Megaphone.fm. Follow @GoPowercat on Twitter Sign up for GoPowercat VIP access and get your first month for just $10 PLUS instant FREE access to Paramount+! Make sure you subscribe to the Powercat Podcast at your favorite podcast provider, including Apple, Spotify or Amazon. Are you subscribing to the GoPowercat YouTube channel? Come check out our original programming at YouTube.com/GoPowercat To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With Fitz ill and Ryan Gilbert traveling, Cole Carmody and Big B take the helm of the K-State Insiders, welcoming in Joe Tillery of Heartland Sports and Eric Gilkison, the man behind the well-known K-State X account, @_SpecialTeamsU. Sign up for GoPowercat VIP access and get your first month for just $9.95 Are you subscribing to the GoPowercat YouTube channel? Come check out our original programming at YouTube.com/GoPowercat To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GoPowercat publisher Tim Fitzgerald is joined by GPC recruiting analysts Cole Carmody and Ryan Wallace as they review and break down Kansas State football's 2025 fall signing class, announced on Wednesday. This edition of the Powercat Podcast features GoPowercat.com publisher Tim Fitzgerald and tGPC's Cole Carmody, and streams on the 247Sports Podcast Network at Megaphone.fm. Follow @GoPowercat on Twitter Sign up for GoPowercat VIP access and get your first month for just $10 PLUS instant FREE access to Paramount+! Make sure you subscribe to the Powercat Podcast at your favorite podcast provider, including Apple, Spotify or Amazon. Are you subscribing to the GoPowercat YouTube channel? Come check out our original programming at YouTube.com/GoPowercat To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Insiders gather to analyze Kansas State's regular-season-ending loss, Linkon Cure's recruitment, details about the football program, K-State football history and basketball. This episode of the Insiders features GoPowercat's Tim Fitzgerald, Cole Carmody and Ryan Gilbert. Sign up for GoPowercat VIP access and get your first month for just $9.95 Are you subscribing to the GoPowercat YouTube channel? Come check out our original programming at YouTube.com/GoPowercat To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kansas State ended its regular season with a 29-21 loss at Iowa State, leaving the Wildcats at 8-4 overall and 5-4 in the Big 12, but four games ago, Coach Chris Klieman's Wildcats were 7-1 and 4-1, but they closed the season winning just one of those final four contests. Tim Fitzgerald, joined by Ryan Wallace with Big 12 Insiders host Brien Hanley, went live Sunday morning with this edition of the Powercat Postgame Podcast. The Powercat Podcast streams on the 247Sports Podcast Network at Megaphone.fm. Sign up for GoPowercat VIP access and get your first month for just $1! Make sure you subscribe to the Powercat Podcast at your favorite podcast provider, including Apple, Spotify or Amazon. Are you subscribing to the GoPowercat YouTube channel? Come check out our original programming at YouTube.com/GoPowercat To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices