The Kansas University football team is off this week, serving its second and final bye week of the 2013 season. But the Jayhawks will return to the field Saturday Oct. 5 for a 11 a.m. kickoff against Texas Tech in the Jayhawks’ Big 12 Conference opener.
The game time was announced by the Big 12 Monday morning.
The game will be televised on Fox Sports 1, marking the second game in a row for KU on the new channel.
A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.
