Football

Bowl preview: 3 keys to a KU victory

Kansas came up short in a thrilling defeat to Arkansas during last year’s Liberty Bowl when the Razorbacks recorded a 55-53 victory in Memphis, Tennessee. This time around, as far as opponents go, UNLV is probably the best foe Kansas could have asked for in terms of recording a potential ...

KU arrives in Phoenix with bowl game approaching

The Kansas football team landed at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport Friday afternoon, kicking off a five-day sojourn that the Jayhawks hope will conclude Tuesday night with their first bowl win since 2008. "Our team is extremely excited to be here," head coach Lance Leipold told reporters shortly ...

Former OC Kotelnicki had chance to go to Penn State even before joining KU

Given the swiftness with which former Kansas offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki left for Penn State at the start of the month, and with which KU replaced him with Jeff Grimes, the coaching staff hasn't spent much time reflecting on his departure amid a busy bowl season. But head coach Lance ...

KU inks 17 freshmen on signing day

Any chance of signing-day drama for the Kansas football team was extinguished very early Wednesday morning. By 9:30 a.m., the Jayhawks had officially announced the signings of each of their 17 expected high school recruits for the class of 2024. “I think we hit our needs, of course, like ...

KU earns commitment of Greydon Grimes, son of OC

Kansas spiced up its signing day with a late-in-the-game high school commitment, as three-star 2024 prospect Greydon Grimes, from China Spring High School in Texas, announced early Wednesday morning that he will join the Jayhawks next season. Grimes is the son of new KU offensive coordinator ...

Year in review, Part 1: The most significant storylines of 2023

It’s time to close the book on a wide-ranging year of University of Kansas sports, one that saw some programs continue their upward trajectories and others begin the process of reinventing themselves completely. Here are a few of the most significant storylines that defined 2023 for KU, plus ...

Zebrowski, rest of KU program proud of son’s accomplishment

For Kansas' ebullient assistant coach Jim Zebrowski, "every day is good," as he put it. But Friday was "kind of a special day," he admitted, just as he sat down for a pre-Guaranteed Rate Bowl media availability. Just hours earlier, his son Zach had been announced as the winner of the Harlon ...

Grimes impressed by “nuts and bolts” as he takes stock of KU program

For three pre-bowl practices now, since he arrived in Lawrence a week ago, new Kansas offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes has been observing from the sidelines, jotting down observations in a little red notebook as he surveys the personnel and schemes he'll inherit this spring. “I told him ...