From the Other Side: Bill Snyder says

Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder…

On running the single-wing formation:
“You can go back to my previous life, and we ran the same type of offense; we utilized our running backs in the same way. It’s just been part of our offense for a long period of time. I was a product of the single-wing. That was my upbringing in high school and college as well.”

On UCLA missing starting QB and the replacement:
“My understanding is that both of them are very, very capable. Both have some athletic ability as well as the capacity to throw the football. I don’t know how competitive it was for the starting spot; I don’t know that there’s a great deal of difference between the three of them. At this time, it has not created any alteration in our preparation.”

On what he learned from Kansas State’s loss:
I don’t know that we learned anything dramatically new. I was pleased to a certain degree that our youngsters did come back and closed the gap. I thought we played well defensively, even though we gave up the short drive at the end of the game. Our youngsters stayed competitive, and I thought the spirit was better. Mental toughness is something I was continually hoping we’d develop, and I think we got a little bit closer.

On the play of quarterback Carson Coffman:
“I don’t put a letter grade on him. Right now, it’s quite obvious that we need to have substantial improvement at that position. I think we have to make better decisions, throw the ball more accurately.”

On kicker Josh Cherry, who is 0-for-3:
“The youngster we have has really up until this point and time, kicked the ball well. We’ve put a great deal of time and effort into it. I think he’s going to be OK. He really cares, he’s very genuine, and he’s pained by it. I have great confidence in him.”