REPORT: K-STATE HIRES PATTERSON

PowerCat.com now reports that the Kansas State Wildcats have hired TCU Coach Gary Patterson to replace the fired Ron Prince…

Texas Christian University coach Gary Patterson has been hired as Kansas State’s 34th football coach, multiple sources have confirmed to GoPowercat.com. Patterson replaces Ron Prince, who was fired Wednesday. GoPowercat.com has confirmed that K-State has offered Patterson a five-year contract in the range of $2 million per season. Talks between K-State athletic director Bob Krause and Patterson’s representatives began in the past two weeks. Initial discussions centered on the K-State graduate’s interest in the job and demands to be lured to K-State. Those issues were apparently the coach’s ability to have complete control over the hiring of his coaching and support staffs, and when he would leave TCU to take over at K-State. A sticking point of coaching his team through a bowl may have been lifted with Thursday’s 13-10 loss to Utah. That defeat certainly dropped the Horned Frogs out of contention for a BCS bid, and possibly as low as playing in the Armed Forces Bowl on TCU’s home field in Fort Worth, Texas, on New Year’s Eve. – PowerCat.com