On Saturday, Kansas State hosted Arizona State in a battle of two 7-2 teams. Kansas State entered Saturday night’s contest with Arizona State in unfamiliar territory. No longer controlling its own destiny, the Wildcats went from the “hunted,” last week to the hunters,” this week as K-State needed a win to keep pace with Colorado who knocked off Utah earlier in the day. On a crisp November night in front of a sell-out crowd, Kansas State was going to need every ounce of energy that the Manhattan faithful had as the Sun Devils entered Bill Snyder Family Stadium as one of the more confident teams in America.