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Texas Tech’s Leach calls Mangino investigation ‘witch hunt’
Speaking out about the investigation into the actions of Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino, current Texas Tech coach Mike Leach said Monday he feels the situation is a “witch hunt” and offered his support of the Jayhawks’ embattled coach.
Mangino going about his business
Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino long has prided himself on his ability to maintain focus in the face of adversity, so it’s not altogether surprising that he has spent the past few days going about his business as usual — even as speculation about his job security has swirled.
KU running back Opurum out against Missouri
Kansas University running back Toben Opurum will miss next Saturday’s regular-season finale against Missouri due to injury, coach Mark Mangino said Sunday night.
Wright’s role clarified
Linebacker didn’t seek out Perkins
A source familiar with how the investigation into Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino started said that a clarification is in order in regards to Arist Wright’s role in it.
Mangino’s contract outlines probe
Investigation is first step for potential ‘termination for cause’
News this week that Kansas University administrators have launched an investigation into the actions of football coach Mark Mangino might have come as a bizarre development to some, but those familiar with the wording of the coach’s contract might not be surprised.
Mangino denies validity of former player allegations
Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino responded Thursday to allegations that he has made a habit of verbally abusing players during his eight-year tenure in Lawrence.
Not-so-gentle reign
Former, current players offer look at Mangino’s style
For Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino, the hits just keep on coming.
Investigation under way
Football review involves personnel matter
The Kansas University football program and its coach soon will be under review.
Probe aims to determine if Mangino went too far
There never were any illusions when running back Brandon McAnderson chose to sign with Mark Mangino’s Kansas University football program in 2003.
Kansas athletic department reports higher grad rates
The Kansas University athletic department turned in its best showing to date in its annual student-athlete graduation-rate report, recording a graduation success rate of 74 percent, four points higher than last year’s total.
Jayhawks focusing on fourth-quarter play
On the heels of a four-game stretch in which his team has reserved some of its worst play for the fourth quarter, Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino said Monday that the focus going forward will be making sure the Jayhawks figure out a way to buck their recent trend.
Mangino likes new-look offensive line
Kansas University coach Mark Mangino indicated Sunday that he has found an offensive-line alignment he’s happy with —Tanner Hawkinson at left tackle, Sal Capra at left guard, Jeremiah Hatch at center, Jeff Spikes at right guard and Brad Thorson at right tackle — after plenty of mid-season tinkering.
Kansas neutralizes NU’s Suh
For a Kansas University offensive line that seemingly had regressed in recent weeks, the prospect of going against Nebraska defensive tackle and All-American candidate Ndamukong Suh didn’t seem like an overly promising venture.
Huskers still searching for offense
Playing offense for the University of Nebraska football team does not appear to be a particularly difficult venture.
Losing streak ‘hurts’ Jayhawks
KU football reeling over recent skid
Kansas University’s football players are reeling from their four-game losing streak.
Spread offense falling out of favor in Big 12
It started, like these things typically do, slowly and discretely. Teams called for a few fewer passing plays per game. A fourth receiver was pulled in favor of an extra tight end. An I-back here, a few bunch formations there. All minor things, maybe not even detectable to the average fan.
Dugan Arnett’s KU football notebook
There are brains and there is brawn, and then there is Ndamukong Suh, the University of Nebraska defensive tackle who appears to possess a good amount of both.
Limited production
Opurum’s touches dwindle with Sharp’s return to lineup
When Kansas University running back Jake Sharp missed nearly three games with an undisclosed leg injury earlier this season, backup Toben Opurum was handed the keys to the team’s ground attack.
Suddenly, Kansas vexed by run
K-State’s Thomas latest to run roughshod over KU
Well, the Kansas University football team’s defense seems finally to have figured out how to stop the pass. Problem is, now it’s having all kinds of problems against the run.
New-look O-line improved
KU still can’t run, but pass-blocking ‘much better’
Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino made it clear following last week’s loss to Texas Tech that he’d do what was necessary to shore up his team’s offensive-line struggles, and Saturday that meant making a number of personnel changes.
KU coughs it up
Reesing’s slump continues; KU falls
Todd Reesing can’t explain it, and so, for the most part, he has given up trying.
Ex-Jayhawk Holt seeing hard work pay off
Maybe he was still in a state of shock, or maybe the reality hadn’t quite sunk in yet, but when former Kansas University linebacker James Holt phoned friends and family this week to let them know he’d been added to the San Diego Chargers’ active roster, he apparently did so with a noticeable level of passivity.
Returner Banks key weapon for KSU
Rest easy, Kansas University football fans, for Mark Mangino has uncovered the secret to stopping Kansas State standout kick returner Brandon Banks.
A different path: Unlike his brothers, Kerry Meier picked KU
When Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino decided to pursue a quiet quarterback from Pittsburg High a few years back, he did so with the understanding that luring the player to Lawrence would not be an easy task.
Mangino shifts attention to offense
Back in April, Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino looked at his defensive unit and saw a disaster-in-waiting.
KU’s Stuckey named Thorpe Award semifinalist
Kansas University safety Darrell Stuckey this week was named one of 12 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to the nation’s top defensive back.
Reesing: Benching ‘was a big deal to me’
Todd Reesing says he was surprised to be benched against Texas Tech.
Dugan Arnett’s KU football notebook
For a while, it looked like the Kansas University offensive line might have been the program’s most overachieving unit this fall.
Mangino: Reesing will start Saturday
Kansas University quarterback Todd Reesing, who was benched in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 42-21 loss to Texas Tech, will start this weekend in the Jayhawks’ road game against Kansas State, KU coach Mark Mangino said Monday.
Mangino downplays Reesing injury
Is Reesing hobbled? ‘I don’t think so’
A day after Kansas University quarterback Todd Reesing indicated he’s been playing with a groin injury sustained during the Jayhawks’ Oct. 17 loss to Colorado, KU coach Mark Mangino downplayed the injury and its effect on the senior signal-caller.
Offensive line miffs Mangino
Of all the things that went wrong during his team’s 42-21 loss to Texas Tech on Saturday — and there were quite a few to choose from — none hit Kansas University coach Mark Mangino harder than the lackluster play of the team’s offensive line.
Reesing benched in Jayhawks’ loss
Todd Reesing has discussed a good number of things during postgame news conferences.
Tech vows no more complacency
There’s been a lot of “fat little girlfriend” talk out of Lubbock, Texas, this week. In case you missed it, Texas Tech coach Mike Leach insinuated last week that his team’s 52-30 home loss to Texas A&M was due at least in part to his players’ “fat little girlfriends,” who apparently had spent the previous week telling their beaus how great they were and thus created a sense of complacency among members of the Red Raiders football team.
Armed, dangerous: Raiders to throw, as usual
When it came to light Wednesday that Texas Tech coach Mike Leach had opted to start red-shirt freshman quarterback Seth Doege over incumbent Taylor Potts in today’s matchup with Kansas University, it’s hard to imagine the move was met with more than a shrug by members of the Kansas University defense.
Reesing named Campbell Trophy finalist
Kansas University quarterback Todd Reesing was named one of 16 finalists for the Campbell Trophy, it was announced Thursday.
Reesing, offense stuck in rare rut
It’s a far cry from the “No More Potts!” chant showered upon Texas Tech quarterback Taylor Potts during the Red Raiders’ 52-30 loss to Texas A&M last week. So that’s good. But as the quarterback of a Kansas University football team coming off a pair of disappointing losses and a stretch of less-than-stellar offensive play, Todd Reesing has become the face of the team’s recent struggles.
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.
Dugan Arnett’s KU football notebook
Whatever the reason for the Kansas University football team’s early-game struggles this season — unfamiliar defensive looks, turnovers, nerves — things need to improve.
Logic? Throw it out the window in Big 12
Simple mathematics tell us that if “A” is greater than “B”, and “B” is greater than “C”, then “A” is most certainly greater than “C.” Unless, of course, you’re talking Big 12 college football.
KU’s Sharp playing hurt
Ailing KU running back has lost a step
The undisclosed leg injury that forced Kansas University running back Jake Sharp to miss nearly three games earlier this season has failed to heal completely, coach Mark Mangino said Sunday night.
OU defense dominant
Any question as to whether the Oklahoma defense was for real was quickly answered Saturday, as the No. 25 Sooners had their way with what was supposed to be one of the nation’s most potent offensive attacks.
KU soccer team loses ground in postseason race with 7-4 loss
Disheartening is how Kansas University soccer coach Mark Francis described his team’s loss to Nebraska on Friday.
No-trouble double: McDougald comfortable on defense, too
In a perfect world, violence would be non-existent, vegetables would taste like brownies, and college football players would finish the season on the same side of the ball on which they started.
Defense has carried Sooners so far
Last year, as the Oklahoma University offense made its assault on the national record books, the team’s defense was afforded a good bit of breathing room, the security that comes with knowing that perfection is not always required when your offensive teammates were regularly putting up 60-plus points.
Mangino: Special teams not up to snuff
Kansas University’s football special teams are better than they were last year, but coach Mark Mangino’s still not satisfied.
Backups pushing KU defense in new direction
It’s difficult — impossible? — to look at the Kansas University football team’s recent defensive facelift and not notice the resemblance to last year’s midseason overhaul.
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_r90x60.jpg?781011941c6c07bdfc65b7b14fce7e91909b1ea6 "KU guard Sade Morris battles Michigan guard Dayeesha Hicks for a loose ball during the first half of the game on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at Allen Fieldhouse.")
