Kansas State Co-offensive Coordinator Dana Dimel told a Valero Alamo Bowl press conference Wednesday what the Wildcats do more than anything is look at the big picure, and most of all how can they keep the defense off the field.

“We’re very similar to UCLA when you start looking at efficiency stats and what we do in yards per attempt in the passing game. We’re really one of the most prolific passing teams in the country when you really start studying the efficiency of what we do throwing the football, and we’re really proud of that, and then we’re also the leading team in the country.

Dimel noted the Wildcats do not punt and don’t turn the ball over so if you don’t punt and turn the ball over you’re doing something else and that’s scoring, so I believe we’re No. 1 in the country in scoring efficiency.”

Wildcat wide receiver Tyler Lockett was asked about the Alamo Bowl record of 240 all-purpose yards. “I’m not worried about that. Honestly the main thing that’s on my mind is winning the game.”

Kansas State plays UCLA in the Alamo Bowl Friday at 5:45 p.m. in San Antonio, Texas.

The Wildcats’ center B. J. Finney noted the past couple of weeks practices have had a higher tempo than usual. He noted the attention to detail is always there. Finney added the entire game plan is in and the team has just been fine tuning. “We’ve had some good practices through this last week, so I’m pretty happy with it.

Both teams enter the game with records of 9-3.

The game can be heard on KJCK AM, ( 1420 ) The Talk of JC.