Ordinarily, the Friday night lights of northeast Kansas are reserved for the local high school football teams.

But, that’s not the case this week. In three days, Lawrence, Free State, Eudora, Tonganoxie, Basehor-Linwood and Piper High schools will be joined by Kansas University and its tilt with South Florida University.

This Friday at 7 p.m., the Jayhawks and the Bulls tangle in a rare non-Saturday game in Florida in order to play on national television.

It’s a scheduling quirk that wreaks havoc on the entire week for coach Mark Mangino and his players. The changes started on Sunday, one day after beating Louisiana Tech.