Looking good

Kansas University’s performances in the first two games – blowout victories over Central Michigan and Southeastern Louisiana – produced statistics that compare favorably with the rest of the Bowl Subdivision.

Kansas is third in the country in scoring offense (behind Oklahoma and Louisville), third in scoring defense (behind Iowa and Cincinnati) and first in kickoff returns.

As far as yardage goes, Kansas ranks 20th in the country in total offense and ninth in total defense.

More attention

KU coach Mark Mangino’s expletive-laced chewing of KU sophomore Raimond Pendleton in the season-opener against Central Michigan continues to be talked about.

A television crew caught Mangino screaming at Pendleton after the punt-return specialist was flagged for excessive celebration Sept. 1. The raw footage was put on the Internet site YouTube, where it was viewed 170,000 times in a little more than a week.

“We coach the way we have to coach,” Mangino said. “We never want to do anything that’s not appropriate. But it’s a highly competitive atmosphere, and it happens.

“You don’t like the fact that audio is being used in the coaches’ box. That’s something that I’m not familiar with and many coaches I’ve talked to are not familiar with it.”

Mangino said he had heard from coaches around the profession about the video, but he hasn’t viewed the clip himself.

“I’m not interested in that,” he said.

Brown eliminates Kansas

Though it’s been assumed for a while that Wichita East linebacker Arthur Brown wasn’t going to pick Kansas, the top prep prospect confirmed that in an interview on ESPNU last week.

Brown has narrowed his list to 16 schools, with KU missing the cut. They are: Kansas State, Southern Cal, Florida, Alabama, Oklahoma, Nebraska, California, Louisville, Rutgers, Auburn, North Carolina, Miami (Fla.), Georgia, Georgia Tech, UCLA and LSU.

Brown is rated by Rivals.com as the best prospect in Kansas and the 16th best prospect in the country. He’ll narrow his list down to 10 next week.