Note: This story is a part of the 2012 KU football preview section that appears in Sunday's Journal-World.New faces and an increase in talent figure to turn the Kansas University offense into one of the biggest surprises in the Big 12 Conference this college football season. After finishing ...
One by one, Kansas University football fans filed through the longest of the autograph lines that lined the Memorial Stadium track after Saturday’s open practice, all with the idea of meeting one player — quarterback Dayne Crist.Crist, who moments earlier had led the KU offense through what ...
Throw. Run. Lead. Console. Counsel.The many jobs of a quarterback run the gamut of actions and emotions, and the way each is executed, as well as the demeanor with which the quarterback operates, can make or break a team.Teams fortunate enough to have an unflappable presence taking snaps have ...
Of all the events that go into offseason conditioning, Kansas University co-captains Dayne Crist and Toben Opurum zeroed in on one number.Forget faster sprint times, bigger biceps muscles or even added stamina. Crist and Opurum’s main focus this summer was to slice into their body fat ...
Additional Big 12 media days coverage• Check out Tuesday's live blog from Dallas, which includes videos, photos and updates from the Jayhawks' appearance in Dallas.Dallas ? This week’s revealing of the Kansas University football media guide provided a glimpse at a couple of position changes ...
With about a dozen friends and family members enjoying the weather and tossing the football around him, Kansas University quarterback Dayne Crist wolfed down a plate of tailgate food about an hour after Saturday’s spring game at Memorial Stadium.He earned it.Playing his first live performance ...
When word got out this winter about former Notre Dame quarterback Dayne Crist coming to join Charlie Weis at Kansas University, thoughts immediately turned to Crist’s vast knowledge of Weis’ offense and the advantage that would give the current KU roster.So far, so true. While that ...
Dayne Crist has wanted to play in the NFL since he first picked up a football at the age of 6.And if things go well during his one season at Kansas University under the coach who recruited him to Notre Dame out of high school, Crist may get that chance.For now, though, the former five-star ...
