No, it is not a statement made out of respect. Which makes it funnier yet! ISU had been viewed alongside Baylor, KSU, and Kansas in this conference in football. We must continue to build this program.
The stats on ESPN only go back to 2002, but during that time Texas is 2-3 against Kansas State:
2010: Kansas State 39 - Texas 14
2007: Kansas State 41 - Texas 21
2006: Kansas State 45 - Texas 42
Texas 2 Wins were when Kansas State was ranked in the Top 10 in the country:
2003: Kansas State (#10) 20 - Texas (#5) 24
2002: Kansas State (#6) 14 - Texas (#9) 17
Mack Brown may be a national championship winning head coach, but he is a terrible motivator for allowing his coordinators & players to not prepare for teams like ISU/Kansas State the same way he would for OU.