Kansas State basketball lost to Drake on Tuesday night in Kansas City followed by a controversial postgame press conference, while K-State football continues to prepare for the Rate Bowl, which takes place next Thursday (Dec. 26) in Phoenix. This edition of the Powercat Podcast features GoPowercat.com publisher Tim Fitzgerald, and GPC's Ryan Gilbert and Cole Carmody. The Powercat Podcast is part of the 247Sports Podcast Network at Megaphone.fm.

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The Insiders gather to analyze the state of Kansas State basketball heading into Tuesday night's game with Drake at the T-Mobile Center, and they asses the status of football as the coaches balance recruiting players who are in the transfer portal and preparing for next week's Rate Bowl in Phoenix against Rutgers. This episode of the Insiders features GoPowercat's Tim Fitzgerald, Cole Carmody, Ryan Gilbert and Brien Hanley as your panel.

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Kansas State basketball announced on Wednesday that 6-foot-9 transfer Achor Achor had departed the program, seemingly another blow for Jerome Tang's program, while the K-State football program tries to keep the portal in its favor. This edition of the Powercat Podcast features GoPowercat.com publisher Tim Fitzgerald, and GPC's Ryan Gilbert and Cole Carmody. The Powercat Podcast is part of the 247Sports Podcast Network at Megaphone.fm.

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With Fitz ill and Ryan Gilbert traveling, Cole Carmody and Big B take the helm of the K-State Insiders, welcoming in Joe Tillery of Heartland Sports and Eric Gilkison, the man behind the well-known K-State X account, @_SpecialTeamsU.

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GoPowercat publisher Tim Fitzgerald is joined by GPC recruiting analysts Cole Carmody and Ryan Wallace as they review and break down Kansas State football's 2025 fall signing class, announced on Wednesday. This edition of the Powercat Podcast features GoPowercat.com publisher Tim Fitzgerald and tGPC's Cole Carmody, and streams on the 247Sports Podcast Network at Megaphone.fm.

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The Insiders gather to analyze Kansas State's regular-season-ending loss, Linkon Cure's recruitment, details about the football program, K-State football history and basketball. This episode of the Insiders features GoPowercat's Tim Fitzgerald, Cole Carmody and Ryan Gilbert.

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Kansas State ended its regular season with a 29-21 loss at Iowa State, leaving the Wildcats at 8-4 overall and 5-4 in the Big 12, but four games ago, Coach Chris Klieman's Wildcats were 7-1 and 4-1, but they closed the season winning just one of those final four contests. Tim Fitzgerald, joined by Ryan Wallace with Big 12 Insiders host Brien Hanley, went live Sunday morning with this edition of the Powercat Postgame Podcast. The Powercat Podcast streams on the 247Sports Podcast Network at Megaphone.fm.

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This week, the fellas preview Kansas State's road trip to face the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday night at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. The Wildcats and Bearcats will meet at 6:30 p.m. (Central). The game will be televised nationally on FOX. The Friday Walk Through, hosted by Cole Carmody with GoPowercat football analyst Monte Spiller, is proudly sponsored by Riverbank Brewery in Council Grove, Kansas.

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Welcome to this episode of GoPowercat.com's Powercat Pregame Podcast featuring GoPowercat publisher Tim Fitzgerald, GPC's Ryan Wallace, football analyst Brien Hanley, a starting offensive lineman on the 1997 and 1998 K-State teams, and Cole Carmody, who is sitting in for Ryan Gilbert to discuss the sports betting plays for the game. 

The Kansas State Wildcats (8-3, 5-3) finish the regular season on the road by visiting Iowa State (9-2, 6-2), with Big 12 Championship game slots at stake. Kansas State holds a sliver of hope that a victory over the Cyclones will combine with a few other Big 12 game outcomes to send the Wildcats to Arlington, but Iowa State's path is clear. When, and the Cyclones are in. The game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. (Central) at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames and will televised on FOX. Thank you to Weddle & Sons Roofing, which proudly sponsors the Powercat Pregame Podcast.

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Kansas State football bounced back by dominating Cincinnati with freshman Tre Spivey shining, and the basketball Wildcats responded to a loss at the Paradise Jam by playing their game of the season fueled by transfer Coleman Hawkins. This edition of the Powercat Podcast features GoPowercat.com publisher Tim Fitzgerald and tGPC's Cole Carmody, and streams on the 247Sports Podcast Network at Megaphone.fm.

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