is alive and well. So is the Sports Illustrated cover jinx. (Note first, that person wrote before the game, and second, that the cover explicitly invokes the jinx in case of a Kansas State loss.)
Two “bottom feeders” of the Big 12 have, in successive years, derailed a potential national championship berth for a team that’s never won it all and opened the door for — of all teams! — Alabama. And this time, Notre Dame too.
The universe has an odd, odd sense of humor.
In semi-related news, Iowa State won its sixth game of the year Saturday, ensuring a trip to lovely — Shreveport?