Kansas-Baylor on TV

Though Saturday’s Kansas-Kansas State game clearly is on the minds of many in this state, the Jayhawks got a bit of good news Monday about the next game on the schedule.

KU’s Oct. 13 game with Baylor at Memorial Stadium was picked up by Fox College Sports Central, it was announced Monday. Though FCSC is not a part of most basic cable lineups (and is not the same as Fox Sports Midwest), it is offered on many cable sports-tier packages.

The game will kick off at 11:30 a.m. FCSC is channel 145 on Sunflower Broadband’s lineup.

Game of the week?

It’s no secret that Saturday’s game has big implications on the Big 12 North race, despite the fact it comes so early in the conference season.

But is the Sunflower Showdown a bigger matchup than the Nebraska-Missouri game scheduled for later that day?

Kansas coach Mark Mangino was asked that question Monday.

“It’s a big game in the state of Kansas and the Big 12 North,” Mangino said. “Football fans in the state of Kansas look forward to these kind of matchups when teams are playing at a high level. My focus is on this game. I really don’t know how big it is to anybody, but it’s big to us.”

Meier noticed

Whether it was a strategic move or not by KU’s coaching staff, the utilization of backup quarterback Kerry Meier as a wide receiver against Florida International already is on the mind of Kansas State defenders.

KSU defensive end Ian Campbell was talking about the number of things to prepare for in Saturday’s game and immediately mentioned KU’s receiver options with Meier and Aqib Talib.

“We’ll have to look into that a little bit,” Campbell said. “We’ll see what happens.”