

It actually made me feel relieved that the guys in the injured area had played a lot of ball here and will be major contributors.

We just knocked out the fundamental part with the guys who were there, and when we get into fall camp there's going to be more competition for spots.

JOE KLANDERMAN: It was different in that there were so many pieces that we knew were going to be huge pieces in the fall that weren't involved in the spring, whether they were injured, or just weren't on campus yet. SCOTT FRITCHEN: Was this the most abbreviated spring you've ever been a part of, and how did that make you feel? For now, he pauses to briefly reminisce, and to share his thoughts on his defense - and what could come in the fall - during this Q&A with K-State Sports Extra's D. Later, Klanderman will wow the Marysville crowd in discussing the ins and outs of the Wildcats' 42-20 win over LSU in the 2022 TaxAct Texas Bowl.
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He leads a powerful old-school K-State defense that returns a bevy of starters and has some new-look players that will be primed to compete for playing time on a unit that will enter their first full year with three down linemen. He is used to rolling up his sleeves and going to work. Klanderman, a native of Hammond, Wisconsin, graduated from Minnesota State in 2001 after a four-year career on the defensive line. By the time he got to the table you better have his favorite beverage." There was one guy, Bruce, who came up, and as soon as he came through the door you better have his favorite beverage waiting for him at the table. I worked there for five years, did it all through college, and when I was a graduate assistant in the summertime, just to make some bucks. The youngest guy in there was 50 probably. "Kind of like an Eagles Club, a membership deal, similar to something like this. "I worked at a place like this called the Moose Lodge," Kansas State's fourth-year safeties coach, third-year defensive coordinator begins. We're surrounded by aged wood, old beverage signage nailed to the white walls, and slick wooden bar that later will be occupied by regulars. It's pleasant inside the American Legion in Marysville, Kansas, as Joe Klanderman slides onto a black cushy stool about an hour before the start of the Catbacker event on Thursday.
