Kansas State's Manhattan Project; No Longer a Secret, Coach Snyder's `Misfits' Are a National Contender From: The Washington Post | Date: September 17, 1998| Author: Dennis Dodd | Copyright 1998 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Ten years ago, the Kansas State football program had crashed, burned and was resting in pieces. Stan Parrish quit as the team's coach four games into the 1988 season, unable to endure what eventually became an 0-11 finish, a school-record 30-game winless streak and a 1-36-1 stretch at the close of the 1980s.

But that was only one manifestation of the first major-college football program to reach 500 losses. In Kansas State's first 95 seasons, a paltry 26 ended with winning record...

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