The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Manhattan two that day,
Tim and Jon were stunned — their Huggy might not stay.
They met with him and pleaded, and offered him it all,
The next morning it was over — their Huggy dropped the ball.
He headed back to Morgantown, a place he loved and knew,
He left the two behind him, and left Huggieville, too.
It wasn’t long ago that K-State fans stood so proud,
’Cause Huggy would come to save them, and turn their program ’round.
The fans they got to talkin’, ’bout success they’d never knew,
The streak, they said would end, that one against KU.
They packed their home court black, letting chickens on the floor,
But it turned out all the same: the streak was 24.
Yes, the season was a good one, as anyone could see,
It ended not as planned, though — in the college NIT.
The fans still were a-talkin’, ’bout the future and next year,
That was before the exodus — before Huggy left them here.
They planned to rally for him, to show him that they cared,
But Huggy called it off, which made them much more scared.
How could he do this to them? And give them all these lies?
They’d all ignored his grad. rates, and even DUIs.
He smiled in Virginia, and said he walked on air,
He called K-State fans wonderful, but still he left them there.
Now Beasley is in limbo and Martin might not stay,
And all that had been built up, was gone within a day.
Fans placed brown bags upon their heads, and traitor shirts were sold,
All thought about the same thing — this losing stuff was old.
’Cause Wooly preceded Huggy, as did Tanning Tom,
And the former was a hoodoo and the latter was a bomb.
But Huggy seemed to change it, he won and quite a bit,
The attitude was altered, he seemed to right the ship.
But 23 wins were not enough to keep him satisfied,
He changed his colors once again and sold away his pride.
The departure changed the fans now, they’ve been different ever since,
Now they’re talking football, and their hero is a Prince.
But even that’s not great now, as any fan would know,
The ‘Cats lost to the big man — the one named Mangino.
Gone is that hope within them, that one day they would see,
Huggy beat the Jayhawks — and not go 0-for-3.
Oh, somewhere in this favored state the sun is shining bright.
The bands are playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light.
And, somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Huggieville —
mighty Huggy has left town.