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Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012 >> Iowa State vs. Kansas State University >> Kickoff at 11 a.m. >> an Iowa State Daily sports supplement
Wally’s WorldBurnham’s blueprint, philosophy built dominant ISU defense
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Photo: Huiling Wu/Iowa State DailyWally Burnham, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, has coached for 48 years, with the last four seasons spent at Iowa State.
With a hunched back and eyes asymmetrical on his face, one would think 48 years of coaching have taken too much of a toll on Wally Burnham.
Now in his fourth year at Iowa State, however, Burnham is still go-ing strong as the team’s defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Through five games this season, Burnham’s defense has given up one fewer yard per play and almost 80 fewer yards per game than the past three seasons combined.
In some respects, Wally Burnham is a mad man. That’s why his players love him.
“Coach Wally, he’s an old school
coach — one of those tough-love coaches — but he’s willing to help you if you’re willing to get better,” said junior linebacker Jeremiah George. “When you have a coach like that who’s passionate, you’ll do any-thing for him.”
Despite his modest demeanor and appearance — very rarely will he be seen not wearing shorts — Burnham’s resume contains some eye-popping bullet points.
Burnham served as an assistant to Bobby Bowden, college foot-ball’s all-time winningest coach, at Florida State from 1985 to 1993. It was there that Burnham helped the Seminoles win a national champion-ship in 1993.
Burnham builds ISU defenseBy Jake.Calhoun @iowastatedaily.com
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Defensive coordinator, linebackers coach (fourth year at Iowa State)
� Alma mater: Samford (1963) � Hometown: Pell City, Ala. � Experience coaching: 48 years � Coached numerous NFL players,
including Hall-of-Fame defensive back Deion Sanders, perennial Pro Bowl linebacker Derrick Brooks
� Served as an assistant coach to Bobby Bowden at Florida State from 1985 to 1993 (Won a national championship in 1993)
� Served as the defensive coordina-tor at South Carolina (1994-98) and South Florida (2001-08) before coming to Iowa State
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� Location: Manhattan, Kan.
� Type: Public
� Founded: 1863
� Enrollment: 24,378
� Student-to-faculty ratio: 19-to-1
� Nickname: Wildcats
� Mascot: Willie the Wildcat
� The Wildcats play at Bill Snyder Family Stadium, which seats 50,000.
� The school’s town of Manhattan, Kan., is nicknamed “The Little Apple” in reference to Manhattan, N.Y., which is known as “The Big Apple.”
� Kansas State has 14 varsity sports. Unique among them are the exclusive women’s sports of equestrian and rowing.
� Legendary golfer Tiger
Woods’ father, Earl, played baseball at Kansas State and was the first African-American baseball player in the Big Seven in 1952.
� Famous alumni include actress Kirstie Alley, en-vironmental activist Erin Brokovich, chief White House photographer Pete Souza and comedian Eddie Griffin.
� Kansas State was an orig-inal member of the Big Eight before it became the Big 12 in 1996.
� Coach Bill Snyder has turned the program
around in his 20 years there, posting the school’s first-ever bowl victory in 1993 with its first and only BCS bowl appearance coming 10 years later.
� Snyder’s overall record is 163-83-1, which is almost 34 percent of the program’s total wins.
� While Kansas State trails Iowa State 49-42-4 in the rivalry between the two, Snyder is 16-4 against the Cyclones. His last loss to Iowa State came in 2005.
� A common rallying cry (and hashtag) of unity for K-State fans is EMAW, which stands for “Every Man A Wildcat.”
� Kansas State’s main rival is Kansas. The two face each other every year in the “Sunflower Showdown,” which Kansas leads all time 64-41-5.
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No. 6 Kansas State at Iowa State Iowa vs. Michigan State
No. 13 Texas vs. No. 15 Oklahoma (in Dallas)
No. 17 Stanford vs. No. 7 Notre Dame
No. 10 Oregon State vs. BYU
No. 3 South Carolina vs. No. 9 LSUTCU vs. Baylor
PICKSIowa State — This will be the year Iowa State finally gets over the hump in Farmageddon. Plus Bill Snyder is really old.
Kansas State — Unfortunately for CyclONE Nation, I believe Collin Klein and co. will bring Iowa State back down to earth.
Iowa State — Every year the Wildcats seem to slip past the Cyclones. Now Iowa State finally gets them at Jack Trice.
Iowa State — Paul Rhoads said this was his best team he’s had so far. They’ll need to be to beat the Snydercats.
Iowa State — ISU is on a roll with a win over TCU on the road. The Cyclones are ready for a home victory over a ranked team.
Michigan State — The Big Ten has so much derp in it this year I honestly can’t take it anymore.
Michigan State — Too much defense from Michigan State. They’ll have what they need to stop Weisman.
Michigan State — It’s hard to predict any Big Ten game, but I once thought Michigan State was one of its top teams.
Iowa — With all the off-field troubles, I wouldn’t be surprised if Ferentz locks Weisman in a room for the entire week.
Iowa — Iowa will be rested after a bye week and ready to beat the Spartans.
Oklahoma — The only other thing happening at the Texas State Fair is the fistfighting over whose belt buckle is bigger.
Texas — David Ash is un-derrated and the Sooners are struggling mightily.
Texas —Hook ‘em Horns. The Longhorns do what UTEP couldn’t for the state of Texas and beat the Sooners.
Oklahoma — Even 26,000 square feet of high-def Longhorn Network isn’t going to be enough for the Longhorns.
Texas — Texas will re-bound following the loss to West Virginia.
Notre Dame — Lou Holtz would beat the living sap out of the Stanford tree in a boxing match.
Notre Dame — Manti Te’o is the next big thing. The Golden Domes will keep working their way into BCS contention.
Notre Dame — For the first time in awhile, the Irish might live up to their expectations.
Notre Dame — No Luck for Stanford in this one. In more ways than one.
Stanford
Oregon State — Katherine wouldn’t let me make the joke I wanted to. It was funny. Really funny. You know why.
Oregon State — Oregon State is incredibly battle-tested. I don’t think Jimmer plays quarterback anymore does he?
Oregon State — I’ve seen one BYU game this sea-son, and it was painful.
BYU — Beavers vs. Cougars. When you see it...
Oregon State
South Carolina — Wally Burnham coached at South Carolina, and this is Wally’s World after all. #wallysworld
South Carolina — The Old Ball Coach has got one heck of a ball club. Potential national title contender.
South Carolina —The Gamecocks took down the Bulldogs last week and continue their roll with the Tigers this week.
LSU — What a neat game this will be!
South Carolina
Baylor — TCU’s woes will continue to be exploited as Casey Pachall begins focusing on his “pottery” (rehab).
Baylor — No Casey Pachall, no leader. Baylor has a lot of underrated firepower.
Baylor — After owning the nation’s longest win-ning streak last week, a losing streak starts with this game.
Baylor — In real life, a horned frog versus a bear would not be as good of a fight as this private school matchup.
Baylor – Baylor will take advantage of TCU’s inex-perienced quarterback.
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Alex Halsted, assistant sports editor (25-17)
Stephen Koengisfeld, sports online editor (29-13)
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EMPLOYEE OWNED
KSU Defense ISU Offense
M. Williams#42 - DE
J. Barnett#7 - QB
J. Sua#96 - DT
V. Lutui#92 - DT
A. Davis#55 - DE
J. Tuggle#2 - SLB
A. Brown#4 - MLB
T. Walker#50 - WLB
N. Malone#24 - CB
J. Milo#23 - SS
T. Zimmerman
#26 - FS
A. Chapman#3 - CB
J. White#8 - RB
J. Lenz#19 - WR
E. Brun#84 - TE
C. Bykowski#71 - LT
E. Tuftee#64 - LG
T. Farniok#74 - C
K. Lichtenberg
#69 - RG
B. Burris#79 - RT
A. Horne#3 - WR
C. Young#15 - WR
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EMPLOYEE OWNED
KSU Offense ISU Defense
C. Klein#7 - QB
J. Hubert#33 - RB
T. Lockett#16 - WR
C. Harper#3 - WR
C. Lucas#78 - LT
C. Whitehair#55 - LG
B. Finney#66 - C
K. Taylor#79 - RG
T. Rooks#73 - RT
T. Tannahill#80 - TE
T. Thompson#86 - WR
W. Scott#50 - LE
C. Laing#90 - DT
J. McDonough#94 - NG
R. Maggitt#38 - RE
D. Broomfield
#26 - NB
A. Klein#47 - MLB
J. Knott#20 - WLB
J. Watson#2 - RCB
J. Reeves#5 - LCB
D. Givens#24 - SS
J. Washington
#10 - FS
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During postgame interviews after Iowa State’s seven-point loss to Kansas State last December, ISU running back Jeff Woody said the two teams were part of “sister” schools.
“It’s like looking at a reflecting pool,” Woody said after that game on Dec. 3, 2011. “One side or the other it’s almost identical rushing yards, passing yards, total yards, first downs — everything is identical. If there are two more evenly matched teams in the country I’d like to see them.”
While their records last season might not have been too reflective of each other — Kansas State went 10-2 en route to a Cotton Bowl appear-ance while Iowa State made it to the lower-ranked Pinstripe Bowl at 6-6 — those say little about these two teams as a whole.
The rivalry — cleverly named
“Farmageddon” — has seen some competitive play in the past few years. While Iowa State has not beaten Kansas State since 2007, it has lost by an average of 5.75 points in those four losses.
“They’re similar to us in a lot of ways,” said ISU receiver Josh Lenz. “We don’t [have] a lot of big-name guys, but we play as a team, we come out and execute, and we get things done. I’d say they’re pretty similar in that case too.”
The botched extra point at Arrowhead Stadium, the intentional fumble on the fourth-down stand in an effort to keep the drive alive going for naught — all have bred fresh con-tempt in the minds of Cyclone fans.
As Woody put it last year, famil-iarity breeds contempt.
Both schools are located in the college towns of Ames, Iowa, and
Manhattan, Kan., both of which each have populations of roughly 50,000-60,000. The schools are land-grant institutions that house more than 20,000 students each and are leaders in academia.
Interestingly enough, both schools are famously known as agricultural schools. This, of course, explains the seeds that were planted by Bill Snyder and Paul Rhoads that grew into successful football programs.
When Snyder came to Kansas State in 1989, he took over a program that had an overall winning percent-age of .370 and had not won a bowl game in its history.
Snyder has since gone on to set countless milestones while winning 66 percent of his games.
Rhoads’ first year at Iowa State came 20 years after Snyder’s at
Kansas State but was capped off with a victory in the Insight Bowl.
With Rhoads, Iowa State has ex-perienced the rough nature of the Big 12 Conference, but the woes of losing records in the conference have been overshadowed by the monumental upsets year after year — Iowa State just recently beat No. 15 TCU, which marked the first time in program history that the team had beaten a ranked team three consecutive seasons.
While Rhoads has Iowa State headed in the right direction, it is still miles behind what Snyder has built at Kansas State simply because of Snyder’s longevity at this point.
Kansas State might be a 6.5-point favorite to win Saturday, but expect a close game because both teams are going to be ready to play.
With the implications a win on
Saturday could have for Iowa State — a winning conference record, a probable ranking in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2005 and a 50th victory against Kansas State — there’s no way it’s going to roll over that easily.
“When it comes down to it, this kind of game, it’s a ground-and-pound game,” said ISU linebacker A.J. Klein. “It’s a very physical foot-ball game, and I think we’re going to see the exact same thing come Saturday.”
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Burnham has coached nu-merous players that have gone on to successful careers in the NFL, including Hall-of-Fame defensive back Deion Sanders and perennial Pro Bowl line-backer Derrick Brooks, among others.
In Burnham’s time as a defensive coordinator before arriving at Iowa State, his in-stallation of the 4-3 defense at South Carolina and South Florida paid dividends.
Burnham’s defense at South Carolina saw massive improvements in the highly competitive Southeastern Conference, while his defense at South Florida ranked in the top 30 in six of his seven years there.
All those accolades were thanks to Burnham’s defensive philosophy that paralleled that of head coach Paul Rhoads, who served as a defensive co-
ordinator at Pittsburgh and Auburn, of making the offense work for everything and not conceding easy gains.
This similarity, among oth-ers, compelled Rhoads to give Burnham a call when he be-came the ISU football coach prior to the 2009 season.
“I’d coached against him for a number of years,” Rhoads said. “In doing that, I’d seen the way his defense has played: That’s with energy, that’s with passion, that’s with speed and that’s with effectiveness — namely against spread offens-es that I knew we were going to have to defend in this league.”
Upon arriving in Ames, Burnham said the talent level on defense at Iowa State was thin after the departure for for-mer coach Gene Chizik.
Serving as the third defen-sive coordinator and lineback-ers coach for some of those players was tough at first, but not impossible for Burnham.
“You had to settle the team down and you had to win their confidence that you were going to be here, you were going to stay with them,” Burnham said.
Burnham made the most with the unit he had in 2009 — which ranked 99th nationally in total defense. Recruiting players with speed, Burnham said, was the first objec-tive of building the defense, which now ranks 28th overall nationally.
“In the Big 12, you play in open space all day,” Burnham said. “You’ve got to have play-ers that can make plays in open space, so that means you’ve got to have speed, you’ve got to have athletic ability — all those kind of things that go into those kind of players.”
One of the speedier players Burnham and Rhoads hooked was Jake Knott, a defensive File photo: Randi Reeder/Iowa State Daily
Wally Burnham gets fired up after a successful play during the Sept. 8 Cy-Hawk game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. With 9-6, Iowa State defeated Iowa for the second year in a row.
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back-turned-linebacker who has become one of the stand-out defensive players in the nation thanks to Burnham’s coaching.
Coming from Waukee High School as Rhoads’ first recruit in 2009, however, Knott was not very highly touted.
“You could probably ask anybody when I first came in here if I was a good line-backer or not,” Knott said with a chuckle. “I think anybody would have probably told you there’s no chance.”
Knott recently amassed 300 career tackles in Iowa State’s 37-23 win against TCU last weekend, becoming the first Cyclone to do so since Matt Word in 2002 and the 14th overall in school history.
Knott’s counterpart and fellow three-year starter A.J. Klein is another player who Burnham sculpted into a dom-
inant force.Key a-
mong Klein’s a c h i e v e -ments was his reception of the Co-D e f e n s i v e Player of the Year award last sea-son. Klein c u r r e n t l y has 283 ca-reer tack-les and tied the NCAA record for most interceptions returned for a touchdown by a linebacker this season with four.
The formula for player development concocted by Burnham has become a blue-print with the development of players like Knott and Klein but has been applied to every-one he coaches.
“He creates a consistency
and love and passion for the game that kind of spills over onto everybody else,” Knott said. “When he does that, you come in to work.
“He’s a guy that you’re try-ing to impress every single day — doesn’t matter if you’re a true freshman, a fifth-year senior — you want to impress him or else he’s going to make sure you know about it and that you weren’t impressive.”
The development of Knott and Klein was easy to facili-tate, Burnham said, because they were coachable and took the initiative to learn every day since they arrived on campus.
One player who struggled at the beginning was George. However, Burnham said George’s development started with making him coachable and thus making him a run-stopping force.
“A guy like Jeremiah had to realize that we’re here to help him,” Burnham said. “That’s
when you start taking coach-ing is when you realize when we correct a kid, we’re giving constructive criticism and not getting onto him, not down-grading him. You have to win that confidence that, ‘Hey, if you listen to me long enough and keep working, things will work out.’”
George’s proverbial light bulb turned on this past spring, spurring him to make 23 tack-les in five games played — three as a starter — this season.
While 48 years of coach-ing might seem like enough to many, Burnham said he does not foresee himself calling it quits any time soon.
“I have no idea,” Burnham said when asked how many years he thinks he has left in him. “As long as the good lord blesses me and keeps me healthy and Paul doesn’t fire me, I might be around for a while.
“Who knows.”
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2012 (through five games) � Overall: 28th (out of 120) —
1,690 yards allowed, 4.57 per play, 338.0 per game
� Run Defense: 30th — 579 yards allowed, 3.35 per play, 115.8 per game
� Pass Defense: 56th — 1,111 yards allowed, 10.38 per completion, 222.2 per game
2011 (13 games) � Overall: 95th (out of 120)
— 5,557 yards allowed, 5.68 yards per play, 427.16 per game
� Run Defense: 98th — 2,515 yards allowed, 4.54 yards per play, 193.46 per game
� Pass Defense: 73rd — 3,042 yards allowed, 12.62 yards per comple-tion, 234.0 yards per game
2010 (12 games) � Overall: 87th (out of 120) —
4,899 yards allowed, 5.54 per play, 408.25 per game
� Run Defense: 93rd — 2,236 yards allowed, 4.37 per play, 186.33 per game
� Pass Defense: 64th — 2,663 yards allowed, 11.19 per completion, 221.92 per game
2009 (13 games) � Overall: 99th (out of 120) —
5,406 yards allowed, 5.82 per play, 415.85 per game
� Run Defense: 86th — 2,154 yards allowed, 4.35 per play, 165.69 per game
� Pass Defense: 102nd — 3,252 yards allowed, 12.09 per completion, 250.15 per game
Burnham’s national rankings for defense at Iowa State
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Please your vegetarian and meat-eating friends with spicy and refreshing bean dip. As a tip, make sure to rinse canned beans thor-oughly with water. This will reduce the sodium content.
Ingredients � Two 15-ounce cans black
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� 1/2 cup onion
� 1/4 cup cheddar or Colby jack cheese
� 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
� 1 tablespoon olive oil
� 2 teaspoons chili powder
� 1 teaspoon ground cumin
� 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano
� 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil and coat the pan.
Add onion; saute for around 5 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add chili powder and cumin; sauté for another minute.
Place onion mixture, lime juice, oregano, chili powder and black beans in a food processor; process until smooth. You can also opt for a chunkier dip by not using a food processor.
Spoon mixture into a serving bowl and top with cheese.
Serve with corn or tortilla chips.
By Jessica Hale, AmesEats Flavors writer
Photo: Lauren Grant/AmesEats FlavorsServe this black bean dip as a tasty side dish to any tailgating adventure. Nothing says football food than chips and dip, and this recipe tackles both with flavor.
Black Bean Dip
Too-Hot-To-Handle Snack Mix
Wake up your taste buds with this addicting snack mix. Its slight kick will help get you in the game day spirit and keep you coming back for more.
Ingredients: � 6 cups wheat Chex cereal
� 1 cup miniature pretzels
� 1 cup peanuts
� 1/2 cup cashews
� 1/2 cup butter, melted
� 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
� 1 teaspoon celery salt
� 1 teaspoon garlic powder
� 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
� 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
In a large bowl, combine the cereals, pretzels and nuts. Pour into an ungreased 15x10x1 inch baking pan. Combine the remaining ingredients; pour over cereal mixture and stir to coat.
Bake at 250 degrees Fahrenheit for 40 to 60 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
By Ashley Moyna, AmesEats Flavors writer
Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeño Peppers
These appetizers are great ad-dition to your game day grill. They can be prepared the day before and stored in a cooler until you are ready to throw them on the grill. The spici-ness of the pepper plays well with the cream cheese while the bacon and walnuts adds a smoky crunch to this dish.
Ingredients � 1 pound of bacon
� 12 large jalapeños
� 8 ounces cream cheese
� 1/2 cup crushed walnuts
Slice jalapenos in half, remove seeds but leave stems. Mix cream cheese and walnuts thoroughly then fill the peppers.
Wrap bacon around the pep-per using toothpicks to secure the ends. Place on hot grill for five minutes on each side or until bacon is fully cooked.
By Philip Canada, AmesEats Flavors writer