Last week at Texas, the Kansas offense was disjointed, inconsistent and as head coach Lance Leipold put it, "non-rhythmatic." This week against UCF, the Jayhawks were back to their usual selves: workmanlike, efficient, yet still dynamic. And they were unified behind a single goal: running the ...
Kansas inducted the 24th and 25th members of its Ring of Honor at halftime Saturday, acknowledging running back Tony Sands (1988-91) and linebacker Nick Reid (2002-05) for their contributions to the Jayhawks’ football program. Sands, who rather serendipitously wore No. 24 at KU, set school ...
Playing with its backup quarterback Jason Bean, and entering as a home underdog against Big 12 Conference newcomer UCF, the Kansas football team dominated in all three phases from the opening whistle on its way to a resounding 51-22 victory. KU ran for 399 yards and five touchdowns, as the ...
However dispiriting it was for Kansas to lose at Texas without its starting quarterback, giving up 20 straight points after hanging around against the third-ranked Longhorns for nearly three quarters, what UCF went through last Saturday was by any measure far more demoralizing. The Knights led ...
The Kansas defense and its coordinator Brian Borland were acutely aware last week that the Jayhawks had given up 427 rushing yards to Texas in 2022. When it came time to take on the Longhorns again, though, that awareness only meant so much. “We were 100 yards better than we were a year ago ...
The top two spots remained the same entering the annual Red River Showdown at the Texas State Fair, while a new team moved into the basement in this week’s Big 12 Conference power rankings, voted on by a panel of beat writers that regularly cover the Big 12. The winner of Saturday’s game ...
Four possible combinations of starting quarterbacks could take the field Saturday at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium and not one of them would be particularly surprising. Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels had his recurring back tightness flare up Saturday at the team hotel in Austin, Texas, ...
