Football

‘Coach, I’m playing’: Kamara returned after missing just one game

When Kansas coach Lance Leipold explained linebacker Bangally Kamara’s absence against Wagner as a “non-contact injury” and said his status would be “unknown for a while,” it didn’t necessarily give the impression that Kamara would return for KU’s very next game. But as the eight ...

Back-and-forth Border War goes Tigers’ way as KU takes 42-31 loss

Columbia, Mo. — Nursing a 31-28 lead, the Kansas football team had Missouri backed up at third-and-17 after a sack by Leroy Harris III with just under seven minutes remaining in Saturday afternoon’s Border War. With a stop, the Jayhawks could have returned possession to their offense with ...

Big 12 power rankings: ASU opens at No. 1

Arizona State begins this season in the same spot as it ended last season – at the top. The defending Big 12 champions are No. 1 in the first Big 12 power rankings, receiving 11 of a possible 16 first-place votes from a panel of media members who regularly cover the Big 12. Iowa State ...

Getting to know the Tigers: Q&A with a Missouri writer

Keeping in mind that it’s been 13 years since Kansas and Missouri last played, some sort of refresher on the Tigers might be necessary. Not so much a refresher about the University of Missouri in a broad sense, or the history between KU and MU — which KU fans are surely well acquainted ...

Jon Jon Kamara will receive his most extensive playing time against Missouri

Kansas didn’t encounter a lot of resistance in its 46-7 victory over Wagner last Friday, but one of the “disappointments of the game,” as head coach Lance Leipold put it, arrived late in the first quarter. Redshirt freshman linebacker Jon Jon Kamara, making his first career start at ...