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Kansas State Wildcats Headed to Memphis for Liberty Bowl

By Greg Echlin

Published December 9, 2019 at 1:37 PM CST

Wildcats' quarterback Skylar Thompson celebrates a touchdown. (Photo from K-State Athletics)

With an invitation to the Liberty Bowl, Kansas State football fans will soon be headed to Memphis to watch their Wildcats. Making it to a bowl game is a big deal for every coach. Even bigger for a new coach taking over a major program. And, as KPR’s Greg Echlin reports, that’s exactly what happened this year in Manhattan.

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Greg Echlin

Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.

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