Jackson's Journal

KU football opens as double-digit underdog against Baylor

As expected, the Kansas football team is back to being a double-digit underdog. KU’s brief moment as a favorite, in which the team was favored by 6.5 points in the season opener, ended with a 38-23 home loss to Coastal Carolina in Week 1. Even if KU had won that game, however, it ...

Defensive notes from KU football vs. Coastal Carolina in Week 1

Given the roster turnover for the 2020 unit, along with the lack of practices in the spring due to the pandemic, some growing pains for KU’s defense should have been expected. The final result for the season opener would indicate that, too, as Kansas fell at home to Coastal Carolina ...

A look at KU’s personnel usage in opener against Coastal

Although Brent Dearmon took over as the Kansas offensive coordinator midway through last year, there was certainly a level of intrigue entering the 2020 season opener against Coastal Carolina. Many were interested to see what KU’s offense would look like when Dearmon had a whole offseason ...

Five noteworthy numbers from KU’s Week 1 defeat against Coastal

Kansas was knocked off by Coastal Carolina for the second year in a row, as an early deficit proved to be too much to overcome in a 38-23 loss Saturday night at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. It was a game that eventually ended early Sunday morning, so there wasn’t much time for ...

Five takeaways from KU’s 38-23 loss to Coastal Carolina

College football is all the way back now. Despite being nearly a touchdown favorite, Kansas was outmatched during its [38-23 home loss][1] to Coastal Carolina Saturday night at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. For the second year in a row, the Chanticleers went into Lawrence and ...

Final thoughts for KU’s season opener against Coastal Carolina

Even by college football standards, this has been a very long offseason. But game day has finally arrived for the Kansas football program, which will begin Year 2 of the Les Miles era at 9 p.m. at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. It has been 287 days since the Jayhawks walked off the ...

Getting to know: Coastal Carolina football

Coastal Carolina needs no introduction after what took place last year. The Chanticleers came into Lawrence and earned their first-ever victory over a Power Five program with a 12-7 win. The Jayhawks want to avenge last year’s poor performance, and they will get the opportunity to do ...