Notebook

Big audience

Today’s Sunflower Showdown game, which kicks off at 11 a.m., will be shown live on Fox Sports Net (Sunflower Broadband channel 36). FSN regionalizes its programs into different areas of the country, including FSN Midwest, Rocky Mountain and Bay Area, to name a few.

But for this game, several of the regions – including those far away from the Midwest, like FSN New England and FSN Florida – will have the Sunflower Showdown on their schedule.

Fifteen regional networks will air the game, reaching 64.9 million subscribers.

Big 12’s best

Through four games, KU linebacker Nick Reid is further establishing himself as the conference’s top linebacker.

Reid has 48 tackles, an average of 12 per contest. Nobody is within 10 tackles of the senior, and nobody else in the Big 12 is averaging double digits in tackles per game.

Solid Margin

Kansas has a plus-2 turnover margin so far, registering nine takeaways and seven giveaways. The Jayhawks are one of five Big 12 teams with a positive margin.

Texas Tech leads the list with a plus-5. Missouri is last with a minus-4 (five takeaways, nine giveaways).

Kansas State is 11th with minus-3 (eight takeaways, 11 giveaways).

Gotta score

The magic number is 23: When the Jayhawks score 23 points against Kansas State, they’re 34-0 all-time.