Not only do visiting teams have to prepare for the Cougars and their talented roster whenever they make the trek to Provo, Utah, they also have to ready themselves for altitude. Cool weather and an unusually late kickoff time (9:30 p.m. Central) will also be waiting for Kansas State when the Wildcats arrive on Saturday.

Kansas State football must not only handle the altitude but also an extremely late kickoff in its Big 12 opener at BYU.

On the other, they know they need to improve in every area. "The obvious thing is we need to be better in all three phases," Klieman said at Monday's press conference. "We know th