KU Edition 2008
Sports
Kansas University head football coach Mark Mangino, left photo, basks in his team's 2008 Orange Bowl victory, and KU basketball coach Bill Self, right photo, revels in his team's 2008 National Championship.
Can KU come close to staggering success of 2007-2008?
Now what? Football, basketball didn’t lose at home
Nothing stills a college campus quite like the home team losing a football or basketball game played in an on-campus facility. Party plans fizzle. Heads hang. Misplays replay in minds and conversations.
Self-made Champions
The Lawrence Journal-World looks back at the men's basketball season of 2007-2008, in which the Jayhawks claimed the NCAA championship title for the first time in 20 years and its third ever.
Landmark year for athletics spurs ripple effect throughout university
So you bought your Todd Reesing jersey and Orange Bowl T-shirt during the college football season. Maybe you added a Big 12 and national champions T-shirt in the spring. Heck, throw in a poster, a commemorative book, maybe even a souvenir mouse pad.Even if you haven’t purchased a thing celebrating Kansas University’s landmark athletic year, countless KU fans have.
Reesing back, but cast different
There is really no explanation for what happened with the Kansas University offense a season ago.
Jayhawks’ league slate loaded
Heavy hitters Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech, Missouri on tap
Phil Steele, a college football analyst who annually releases a detailed preseason guide, does not feel particularly good about the Kansas University football team’s schedule.
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srj (anonymous) says…
I have bad flashbacks every year when the KU Edition cames out from when I was a J.W. paperboy (back when they had paperboys). Thing was a brick, could only fit about 20 in my bag, had to go home like 4-5 times.
reginaflangie1 (anonymous) says…
Life must have been pretty tough as a young paper boy.
Poon (anonymous) says…
Hey - the LJW time warp is back!