K-State athletic director Gene Taylor chimed in a few seconds later and said he would be annoyed if Klieman chose to retire. Then Klieman joked about how much trouble he would be in for retiring without first discussing the possibility with his wife, who is currently out of town.

"I don't know where you got that from," Klieman said. "I haven't said that to anybody." Athletics director Gene Taylor, who was in the room, quickly spoke up saying with a smile that there had better not be any truth to it.