Football

One of 3 Big 12 schools opening in Week 0, KU ready for early start

Frisco, Texas — When Lance Leipold was an assistant coach at Nebraska-Omaha, the start of the football season was quite a ways away from July 24 — the day on which he and his wife Kelly were wed in 1999. “I got married, went on a week’s honeymoon, came back and still had over a week ...

Daniels’ efforts to bond with receivers included recent trip to California

Frisco, Texas — Kansas coach Lance Leipold didn’t know quarterback Jalon Daniels was bringing his receiving corps to California until the plan was already in motion. Whether it was actually Daniels’ idea, though, or instead originated from Alabama transfer Emmanuel Henderson Jr., is up ...

‘Little bit surreal’ for Goff as KU draws closer to stadium reopening

Frisco, Texas — Kansas athletic director Travis Goff and the rest of the athletic department have long repeated that the David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium renovation process is on time and on budget for the Jayhawks’ season opener against Fresno State on Aug. 23. Now, though, the stadium ...

Yormark lauds Big 12’s nationwide position amid CFP discussions

Updated 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, 2025: Frisco, Texas — Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark, in his opening remarks at the conference’s media days at Ford Center at The Star on Tuesday morning, said he expects the league “to earn multiple College Football Playoff bids this year and to ...

Foster named to preseason All-Big 12 team

Kansas center Bryce Foster was named to the Big 12’s preseason all-conference team, the league announced on Monday afternoon. The honor for Foster, who was the only Jayhawk selected, follows his second-team all-league honor at the conclusion of the 2024 season, which was his first year at ...

Spotlight will be on Daniels again, this time in Frisco

Precious few players occupy the college football spotlight for so long that they represent their schools four separate times at conference media days, but few players have career arcs quite like that of Jalon Daniels. Daniels has been Kansas’ starting quarterback for long enough that he has ...