When news broke this week that [ESPN had turned down a massive rights package offered by the Big Ten Conference — $380 million per year for seven years —][1] my thoughts immediately turned to the Big 12. Without the Big Ten in the mix for the first time in nearly 40 years, ESPN is ...

Kansas football coach Lance Leipold has plenty to worry about between now and the Sept. 2 season opener against Tennessee Tech. But the one concern that likely will not go away by then, no matter how sharp his players look or how solid his depth chart appears, is the importance of ...

Polls are a pretty unscientific way to rank teams but they’re always good for sparking a little discussion. That’s what made Monday’s college football coaches poll — [the first one released for the 2022 season][1] — interesting even for fans of a program as far down the line ...