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Kansas running back steps up

Posted Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008

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. Read more.

Keegan: Sharp rejoins playmaker ranks

Posted Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008

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. Read more.

Where's the rush?

Posted Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008

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.
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KU lacks strong running game

Posted Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008

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

Jayhawks test two-back set

Posted Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008

On more than one occasion last Saturday, the Kansas backfield featured a pair of running backs — junior Jake Sharp and junior transfer Jocques Crawford — alongside quarterback Todd Reesing. Read more.

Kansas football won, but couldn’t run

Posted Monday, Sept. 1, 2008

Typically, it is difficult to find glaring fault in a college football team’s 30-point victory. It is even harder to do so when the team’s quarterback threw for over 250 yards and three touchdowns and its biggest cause for concern entering the season — special-teams play — proved, for a day at least, to be a strong suit. Read more.

Who’ll fill the void?

Posted Monday, Aug. 18, 2008

Kansas University’s football team will miss Brandon McAnderson. Curiously, though, according to the guys whose job it will be to replace him, the nifty numbers McAnderson put up last season — 190 rushes, 1,125 yards, 5.9 per carry, 16 touchdowns, plus another 213 yards receiving — are the least of their worries. Read more.

Looking out for No. 1

Posted Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008

They seemed inevitable, really, these questions directed at Jake Sharp. With camera lenses, microphones and audio recorders swarming his space at Kansas University’s football Media Day, Sharp figured it wouldn’t be long before someone brought them up. He barely had taken a seat in a front right corner of the Mrkonic Auditorium in the Anderson Family Football Complex when talk of him being the team’s starting running back commenced. Read more.

6Sports video: KU's 'Sharp' dressed man?

Posted Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007

KU running back Jake Sharp hopes to meet legendary rockers 'ZZ Top' during the Orange Bowl festivities in Miami. Read more.

Kansas can run, too

Posted Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007

Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino noticed early in the Jayhawks’ 19-14 victory over Colorado on Saturday that quarterback Todd Reesing was the target of the Buffaloes’ defense.
That’s fine, Mangino says. Because KU (7-0) can run the ball a little bit, too. Read more.

6Sports video: KU's running backs the key in victory over KSU

Posted Monday, Oct. 8, 2007

Heading into Saturday's showdown vs. KU, the K-State Wildcats' run defense was ranked 11th in the nation. That was before the Jayhawks' Jake Sharp and Brandon McAnderson took the field. Read more.

Vanishing act

Posted Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007

A basketball player walks across the Kansas University campus and just about every student can identify him. Not so for football players. Their faces remain largely anonymous because they are hidden by helmets and face masks. Read more.

6Sports video: The KU offense features some 'Sharp' running

Posted Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007

Three games into the 2007 Kansas football season and sophomore running back Jake Sharp already has more rushing yards he had his entire freshman campaign. Read more.

KU’s 1-2 punch

Posted Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007

Every Tuesday last season, Kansas University’s football team went through its most demanding practice of the week. And every Tuesday, fatigued running back Jon Cornish would stand on the sideline and watch. Read more.

Sharp shows he’s up to speed

Posted Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007

Seeing Jake Sharp shake and bake for 106 yards on 15 carries last week was a fulfilling feeling for Kansas University’s football coaches. Sharp, a sophomore running back out of Salina, picked up all but 19 of those yards in the second half of KU’s 52-7 victory over Central Michigan. Read more.

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