With summer quickly approaching why not already start looking into the next school year? I mean we all know summer is going to fly by and might as well have something to look forward to, right? Now if you are not a huge sports fan this article will probably not appeal to you at all and I am not really sure what you should be excited about when summer is ending, but for those of you sports lovers like me here are some things to look forward to.

Football season. That is all there is to say (I am going to say more but just go with it). Even if you are not a sports fan most people look forward to football season. In my opinion, it is by far the best season of the year. There are many reasons to be excited for football season such as tailgating, seeing and hanging out with friends that you have not seen all summer, and finally getting to cheer on the Cats again.

This year, however, there is a little extra something to look forward to (at least in my opinion there is). The Cats went 8-5 last year and won their bowl game. With many returning starters, look for another competitive season, and hopefully an even better one than last year. Big 12 Championship run??

Now we all know football season will fly by just about as fast as summer flew by, but no worries we still have more to look forward to. Kansas State basketball. While this is not usually something K-State fans really look forward to, this year is quite different.

The Cats finished the 2017-2018 season with an NCAA Tournament run to the Elite Eight. Did I mention we have every starter back? The Cats preseason rankings for next season on six different sites are: 10 by NBC Sports, 12 by CBS Sports, 12 by USA Today, 13 by The Athletic, 13 by Yahoo, and ESPN just recently revised theirs and pushed us up to 12. The Cats will likely be one of the biggest threats to KU losing their Big 12 Championship streak.

Are we looking at another year like 2012-2013? Maybe, at least I sure hope so. Students in my opinion should be getting excited for this next school year.

Kickoff may still be 129 days away, but it is never too early to be excited for football season. Before we know it it will be basketball season, so lets get ready to pack the Bill this fall and Bramlage this winter, oh and always remember Cats by 90.