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Back on track?

KU hoping to re-establish running game

Jake Sharp is tough. Just about everyone associated with the Kansas University football team will tell you so. They will tell you this any time you ask about the speedy running back, and, often, when you don’t.

KU, ISU ground games look to get healthy

Jayhawks’ running back Sharp progressing; Cyclones’ Robinson expects to play

Heading into the weekend, two of the Big 12’s top rushing attacks will be forced to deal with a level of uncertainty in their teams’ respective ground games.

Sharp ‘upset’ to sit

The leading rusher on the Big 12’s top rushing attack found himself pacing the sideline for much of Kansas University’s 44-16 victory over visiting Duke on Saturday.

Focused and ready

Jake Sharp is finally the undisputed No. 1 RB for the Jayhawks

Jake Sharp is locked in. There’s no doubting that, as the running back sits in a padded chair, surrounded by reporters at Kansas University’s media day. He looks straight ahead, as if zeroing in on a target, and rarely blinks.

KU’s Sharp selected as candidate for Doak Walker Award

Kansas University running back Jake Sharp was selected as one of 45 preseason candidates for the 2009 Doak Walker Award, given each year to the nation’s top running back.

Something to prove

Kansas’ Sharp motivated by doubters

Kansas University running back Jake Sharp is driven to succeed, at least in part, by the folks who said he wouldn’t.

Mangino offers no excuses

Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino does not like talking about the past - or, for that matter, the future.

Keegan: Keegan: KU coaches should commit to Sharp

The Kansas University football coaching staff had reason not to trust the running game early in the season. The new offensive line, featuring a redshirt freshman at each tackle spot, was having trouble meshing. The search for a first-string tailback still was in the audition stage and every one of the three candidates appeared to be singing slightly off key.

K-State’s disinterest, KU’s gain

Bill Snyder didn't hotly pursue Salina back Sharp

Come Saturday afternoon, Kansas State’s loss could very well be the Kansas University football team’s gain - at least as far as KU running back Jake Sharp is concerned. Following a storied high school career in which he rushed for 63 touchdowns during his senior year at Central High in Salina, Sharp signed with Kansas largely because the Wildcats, under then-head coach Bill Snyder, didn’t show much interest in the 5-foot-10, 190-pound back.

Track-meet speed: Sharp, KSU’s Woods renew rivalry from prep years

Kansas University running back Jake Sharp is 2-0 against Kansas State since joining the Jayhawks out of Salina Central High in 2006. But there’s one Wildcat who has Sharp’s number. His name is Justin Woods, a red-shirt freshman running back from Mill Valley High in Shawnee.

Never a dull moment

Sharp knifes through Buffs

For five weeks of its 2008 season, Kansas University’s football team had worked tirelessly to assimilate running back Jake Sharp into the run-game scheme that had served the team so well over the past few years, a north-south, fairly straight-forward attack.

Kansas running back steps up

For almost five games, KU running back Jake Sharp was practically invisible. In a matter of 30 minutes, that all changed for the Jayhawks junior.

Keegan: Keegan: Sharp rejoins playmaker ranks

Five games into the season, Kansas University’s football team pretty much has revealed itself for what it is: slow and not very physical in the trenches, passive in the secondary, extraordinarily gifted, smart and gutsy in the passing game. Marred by a defense that not only bends but breaks and a flawed offensive line, KU’s path to victory involves riding two reliable and remarkable superstars, quarterback Todd Reesing and receiver Kerry Meier working in tandem, and a rotation of mystery playmakers taking turns as the third spark.

Where’s the rush?

Coaches cite many causes for run-game ills

Since Kansas University’s football team opened its 2008 season Aug. 30, explanations for the Jayhawks’ dismal running game have been plentiful and well documented.

KU lacks strong running game

Three contests into 2008, the Jayhawks have rushed for only 315 yards. More than half of those have come from third-stringer Angus Quigley.

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