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6Sports video: Derek Fine eager for Orange Bowl
In the opinion of Kansas TE Derek Fine, oranges are much better than tangerines.
6Sports video: B-Mac proud to be a Jayhawk
Brandon McAnderson grew up wanting to be a Jayhawk. Now the Lawrence High grad will end his career on the hill in the Orange Bowl.
6Sports video: KU women continue to roll
Throwing the knockout punch has been a problem for the Kansas women’s basketball team the last few years. As for this season? Not so much…
LSU tackle wins Nagurski
Jayhawk Talib relishes 'great experience'
A day after their teams landed in the national championship game, LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey and Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis spent Monday night playfully talking trash in a hotel ballroom. They left with Dorsey holding the upper hand - for now.
BCS questions? We have answers
The Bowl Championship Series is set and as always there are some things that just don’t add up. You’ve got questions and we’ve got answers.
Orange Bowl extends in-person invite to KU
He had a tan. It was a cruel way for Vance Carlton to arrive in Lawrence, where you can see your own breath this chilly time of year. But Carlton, a lifelong Floridian and member of the Orange Bowl Committee, came with news Monday that made his bronze skin not so offensive.
Missouri bemoans Sunday’s BCS snub
Kansas, not Missouri, earned the coveted Bowl Championship Series at-large berth and a Jan. 3 trip to the Orange Bowl to face ACC champion Virginia Tech. Missouri heads to the Cotton Bowl and a New Year’s Day battle against No. 25 Arkansas, its southern neighbor.
Bowl teams doing better
More bowl-bound Division I football programs are meeting the NCAA’s minimum acceptable academic standards than last year, according to a study released Monday.
Karl Dorrell fired at UCLA
UCLA coach Karl Dorrell was fired Monday, a day after the Bruins accepted a bowl bid and two days after a loss to cross-town rival Southern California.
Jayhawks move up one spot in polls
Texas’ win at UCLA caused the first change this season in the top five teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll. North Carolina was No. 1 Monday, as it has been since the preseason poll, but Memphis and Kansas both moved up one spot to second and third, while Texas used its win over UCLA to vault from eighth to fourth.
Indiana star injured in win
D.J. White was on pace for a career best even before high-scoring freshman Eric Gordon was injured. After that, he had no choice but to keep shooting.
KU’s next opponent topples UMKC
Eastern Washington University started its two-game road trip to the Midwest successfully on Monday night. The Eagles improved to 3-6 by stopping UMKC, 65-54, at Municipal Auditorium.
Woodling: Woodling: Reasons for bid scarce
Lew Perkins strolled into Allen Fieldhouse around halftime of the Kansas University women’s basketball game and took his customary seat on the floor east of the north basket. It was Sunday evening, and in about an hour Perkins was scheduled to appear at a media session that would reveal KU’s football bowl destination.
Baylor smothers MVSU with second-half burst
Kevin Rogers had 26 points and 10 rebounds, with a pair of dunks in Baylor’s game-turning run, and the Bears beat Mississippi Valley State 82-50 on Monday night.
Jayhawks survive first trip
Unlike last two years, Kansas still unbeaten after hitting the road
Bill Self warned his Kansas University basketball players about the perils of the road prior to leaving for Los Angeles last Friday afternoon. “I told the guys, ‘First road game … usually something happens. We’ll have to play out of some situations. Something will go awry. We need to focus in and stay tough,’” Self said. “Look at DePaul last year, Maui the year before. Things happen sometimes when you go on the road for the first time.”
Paying green to go Orange
KU fans have T-shirt, travel plan options
Kansas University’s football team will take the field for the Orange Bowl in less than a month on Jan. 3. For fans, those 30 days are time to revel in the team’s success and make plans to watch the them play in Miami. So far, those in Lawrence seem to be lapping up everything they can get.