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KU will meet Texas Tech at 11 a.m. on ESPN or ESPN2

Game is Jayhawks' homecoming

The Big 12 Conference announced this morning that KU’s game against Texas Tech will be at 11 a.m. Oct. 25 and televised by ESPN or ESPN2.

Longhorns jump to No. 1; KU still No. 16

Texas rode its resounding Red River Rivalry upset right to No. 1. The Longhorns leapfrogged No. 2 Alabama on Sunday and sit atop the Associated Press Top 25 in the regular season for the first time in 24 years after beating Oklahoma, 45-35.

UGA loses another tackle

Georgia must again find a new starting left tackle. Vince Vance will need reconstructive knee surgery and will miss the rest of the season, coach Mark Richt said Sunday. The successor to Vance will be the team’s fourth first-string left tackle since the preseason.

Cornhuskers on verge of worst start in conference since 1945

Nebraska enters this week’s game at Iowa State hoping to avoid a third straight loss to open conference play - something that hasn’t happened to the Cornhuskers in 63 years. George “Potsy” Clark’s 1945 team started the Big Six with losses to Oklahoma, Iowa State and Missouri.

Bill Self gets a job

On the third night of camp, inside the Lawrence High School gym, Self’s coaching future suddenly was cast. “I hurt my knee playing against some Kansas players,” Self said. “The doctor who was there at that time told me he thought I tore my cartilage and I would probably require surgery. I stuck around until the end of camp.”

Orton commits to UK

Daniel Orton, a 6-foot-11 senior center from Oklahoma City’s McGuinness High, orally committed to play basketball at the University of Kentucky on Sunday at a press conference in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency in downtown Lexington.

KU, Oklahoma play to 1-all soccer tie

Jessica Bush scored her first goal of the season, and senior goalkeeper Stephanie Baugh made five saves as Kansas University and Oklahoma played to a 1-1 Big 12 Conference soccer draw Sunday afternoon at John Crain Field.

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Big fun in the Big 12

League season more exciting than ever

Just when the Texas-Missouri game was looking like a Top 5 matchup and possible preview of the Big 12 championship game, along came the Oklahoma State Cowboys to shake things up. Chase Daniel and the No. 11 Tigers still will be troublesome in Austin, Texas, maybe even more so now that they’re coming off a loss.

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Jayhawks crow over run game

While the flashes of run-game command displayed during its game against Iowa State two weeks ago could have been written off as chance, the Kansas University football team’s encore performance in Saturday’s 30-14 victory over visiting Colorado went a bit farther in qualifying the rushing attack as legit.

Keegan: Keegan: The race to say yes to Kansas

On Wall Street of late, the rich have gotten poorer. Not the case in college basketball, where defending national champion Kansas University is involved strictly with McDonald’s All-American-caliber recruits, even having to say no thanks to some.