Although the Jayhawks spent the bulk of their bye week (Oct. 25) preparing for their match-up with Baylor, Kansas University interim head coach Clint Bowen said Tuesday that parts of the off week were spent looking ahead to this week’s match-up with Iowa State.
“Yeah, any time we had a little extra time on Friday (Oct. 24), we always glanced ahead,” Bowen said.
The idea was not as much to worry about the ins and outs of the Cyclones (2-6 overall, 0-5 Big 12) as it was to get a jump-start on ISU week.
Bowen said the practice was something he learned while working for former KU defensive coordinator Bill Young and its intention was to position the team to be ready to take bigger steps forward the Sunday after the game that followed its bye. In this case, that was last Sunday, which Bowen said went well.
“By the time we got on the field on Sunday, our guys realized that there’s nothing you can do about the Baylor game, but there’s plenty we can do about the rest of the season,” he said.
Kansas (2-6, 0-5) and Iowa State will kickoff at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in a showdown of the Big 12 Conference’s two last-place teams.
The Jayhawks have lost four straight games to Iowa State, with two low-scoring, close losses to ISU coming during the Turner Gill years and two losses by the combined total of 85-23 during the past two seasons.