MANHATTAN — When Gene Taylor presented Chris Klieman with the opportunity to become Kansas State 's head football coach, it didn't come without a warning.

Taylor told him that whenever he got off on Exit 313, the highway to Manhattan was named after the legendary coach he would succeed. Whenever Klieman arrived at the office, "Bill Snyder Family Stadium" would be in big letters on the stadium with Snyder's statue underneath. Whenever he'd get mad during a game and look up at the press box, Snyder's name would be there.

Klieman didn't back down, coming off replacing an FCS national championship-winning coach, and then going on to win four of his own. But this time, Klieman was going to have to step into the shoes and follow the man he considered the greatest coach in college footb

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