KU football notebook

Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Non-con game times announced for KU football season

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KU-Mizzou game either 11:30 a.m. or 2 p.m.

The 2008 Border War game between Kansas University and Missouri, originally scheduled as a home game for MU but switched to Arrowhead Stadium as part of a two-year arrangement that started last year, will be played Nov. 29 and will kick off either at 11:30 a.m. or 2 p.m., it was announced Tuesday.

FSN announced the Kansas-Missouri game will be one of at least two KU contests that the network, the cable television home for Big 12 football, will televise nationally. KU’s home game against Louisiana Tech, a 6 p.m. kickoff, is the other.

ESPN2 will carry the Kansas game at South Florida on Sept. 12. That game kicks off at 7 p.m. Other TV games will be announced during the season.

Jayhawks still searching for punt returner

Cornerback Anthony Webb, forced into nine starts his freshman season by injuries to KU’s secondary, saw little action as a sophomore, other than a punt returner. He gained just 16 yards on 19 returns.

Finding a reliable punt returner remains a challenge for KU coach Mark Mangino.

Junior Raimond Pendleton averaged 12.1 yards on 14 returns last season, including one he turned into a 77-yard touchdown.

Daymond Patterson, a 5-foot-9, 175-pound freshman out of Mesquite, Texas, will compete for the job. Also a wide receiver and kick returner for North Mesquite High, Patterson averaged 21.6 yards per punt return as a senior. Patterson set school records in the triple jump and as a member of the 4X200 relay team.

KU begins second week of voluntary workouts

The Kansas football team is in the midst of the second week of voluntary summer conditioning workouts, supervised by strength and conditioning coach Chris Dawson.

Football tickets on sale

Season tickets remain on sale at the KU Ticket Office on the south end of Allen Fieldhouse, by phone (785) 864-3141 or 1-800-34-HAWKS, and online at kuathletics.com. Single-game tickets go on sale Aug. 1. Season ticket prices are $300, $240 for KU faculty and staff and recent graduates (2006-08), and $400 for the Family Zone, which includes two adult and two youth tickets.

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Posted by hawkfan20 (anonymous) on June 11, 2008 at 7:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It'd be nice if we could hear how season ticket sales are going so far. Probably not to tough of a question to ask.

Posted by rolo2383 (anonymous) on June 11, 2008 at 8:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)

80 days until kickoff!

Posted by fabio (anonymous) on June 11, 2008 at 11:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

hawkfan-I was just about to ask the same question.

Posted by sevenyearhawk (anonymous) on June 11, 2008 at 11:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It's still early ...

and with the economy taking a dive, I really wonder ...

Posted by froggiemlm (anonymous) on June 11, 2008 at 12:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Okie ST. is way ahead in there ticket sales from last year since they made it the only way to get bedlam game tickets was to purchuse season tickets.

Posted by LakeShawnee (anonymous) on June 11, 2008 at 4:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Will the streak of average-attendance-increasing continue for 2008?

I certainly hope so.

Posted by JBurtin (anonymous) on June 11, 2008 at 5:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

From what I've heard 42,000 season tickets had already been sold as of a couple of weeks ago, though I suppose it could have been just a rumor.

That would break last year's total by about 10,000.

Rumor or not, I don't think you're going to see a lot of empty seats this year.

Posted by fabio (anonymous) on June 11, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Im not sure they would sell 42,000 season tickets. We've only got about 51k for capacity, youve got so many thousand for the students (7 or 8k?) and then we need to leave around 3k to 4k for the visitors. If the rumor is true though, every game will be soldout this year which is a huge step in winning all 4 conference games and taking the track out. Because if we sell 42,000 season tickets this year, we are gonna need more seats put in really soon.

Posted by LakeShawnee (anonymous) on June 11, 2008 at 9:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Well, whether they sell 42,000 or not, I'm sure there will be plenty of empty seats. Even for the "other" program on campus, from my seats this last year (a National Championship year no less), there were plenty of empty seats during non-conference games. And I'm not even talking about the student section....

Having a full stadium for every home game (including Southeastern Louisiana or Sam Houston State), uh...I dont know if we're there yet. BCS victory or not.

Nevertheless, much like yourselves, I hope we do.