After reflecting on Saturday’s loss for a few of days, KU coach Turner Gill said Monday there were a couple of factors that led to the loss to OSU.
“Our guys didn’t tackle quite as well, and the guys were not doing what they were told to do in some cases,” Gill said. “We just have to continue to correct those things and continue to try to get better at it.”
Asked further about the tackling concerns, Gill said the team addresses it each week.
“We have a few plays in practice on Tuesdays where we will go live,” he said. “Probably six plays or so where we’ll try to get some of that going. You can’t tackle all day long, but you can work on your technique, you can do things to make sure you’re in the right position, and that way you don’t have to be truly tackling but you can face up the ball carrier and still work on your technique and do what we call two-hand tag at the hip and get yourself in position to make the play.”
Keeston Terry update
Gill said red-shirt freshman safety Keeston Terry, who left Saturday’s game due to an undisclosed injury, remained questionable for this week’s match-up with Oklahoma.
“We’re gonna have to wait and see and evaluate him as we go here in the next three or four days, particularly by Wednesday,” Gill said. “He’s definitely better, and we anticipate him to practice (today), and we’re just gonna take it one day at a time. Obviously, he’s probably questionable.”
Red-shirt freshman running back Brandon Bourbon (concussion) also is questionable for the Oklahoma game.
Sunflower Showdown kickoff set
The Kansas vs. Kansas State football game, Oct. 22 at Memorial Stadium, will kick off at 11 a.m., the Big 12 announced Monday. The contest will be televised on FSN and will mark the third time this season that the Jayhawks have started before noon in the Central time zone. The Georgia Tech game started at 11:30 Central, and the Texas Tech game had an 11 a.m. kickoff.