Football

Jayhawks hope experience, preparation mitigate challenges of playing at Texas

Kansas running back Daniel Hishaw Jr. said Wednesday that practicing with pumped-in crowd noise hurts his head. That is clearly a price the Jayhawks are willing to play as they await a six-digit quantity of screaming fans when they face Texas at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium this ...

Listen: Rock Chalk Sports Talk on KU football, Royals, NFL and more

On the Sept. 25 episode of the Best of Rock Chalk Sports Talk Podcast from KLWN, Derek Johnson and Nick Springer discuss the Kansas football team's win over BYU, present the Pearson Collision Hit of the Week, speak to Inside the Crown's David Lesky, host Case of the Mondays, overreact to the ...

Kansas enters AP Top 25 for second straight year

After opening the season 4-0, and most recently beating BYU 38-27 Saturday, the Kansas football team has been rewarded Sunday with the No. 24 spot in the Associated Press' Top 25 rankings. This is the second year in a row that KU has been ranked after a hiatus of nearly 13 years between ...

Jalon Daniels delivers as runner in KU’s conference win over BYU

The Kansas football team improved to 4-0 on the year with a 38-27 win over BYU Saturday afternoon at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. But for a brief moment, there was at least some suspense in the fourth quarter of KU’s double-digit victory. On third-and-5 from its own 40-yard line, ...

Second-half recovery showcases newfound strength of KU defense

At the core of Kansas’ 38-27 home victory over BYU was a balancing act by the KU defense, which overcame the Cougars’ heavy passing game and the Jayhawks’ own senseless penalties to open the Big 12 schedule in the win column on Saturday. Though it reduced the Cougars’ run game to dust ...