WRITER: Benton Smith

Notebook: Former KU safety Darrell Stuckey joins Ring of Honor during homecoming tilt

In the days leading up to his Ring of Honor ceremony Saturday night, it wasn’t an interception or some type of game-swinging takeaway that stood out to former Kansas football safety Darrell Stuckey, as he reflected on his days in the Jayhawks’ secondary. In fact, when asked earlier this week what highlight he would want to see played on the video board inside David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium as his name ...

Game day breakdown: KU football vs. Texas Tech

— Kansas (2-5 overall, 0-4 Big 12) vs. Texas Tech (3-4, 1-3) • 6 p.m. kickoff, David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Game-time forecast: 54 degrees, mostly sunny, 2% chance of rain • TV: FOX Sports 1 • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 — Log on to KUsports.com for our live coverage and follow our team on Twitter: @KUSports, @BentonASmith, @mctait and @SJacksonLJW Keys for Kansas 1. Keep that new ...

Bill Self 'proud' to see KU football 'on an uptick' under Les Miles

Kansas City, Mo. — While Bill Self spent the vast majority of his time Wednesday at Big 12 media day fielding questions about his basketball program, the subject briefly turned to the University of Kansas football program at one juncture. With KU’s head football coach, Les Miles, having a reputation for making memorable statements that fall somewhere in the neighborhood of odd to entertaining, one reporter ...

Kansas K Liam Jones flushing blocked kicks from his mind

In a narrow, last-second loss for the Kansas football team at Texas this past weekend, a number of mistakes at various junctures of a wild game in Austin prevented the Jayhawks from pulling off the upset victory. Some special teams failures, by KU’s kicking unit in particular, stood out in a 50-48 loss. But junior kicker Liam Jones said this week he and his teammates plan to learn from their ...

'Farfetched opportunity' awaits Darrell Stuckey, KU's next Ring of Honor member

Like most college football players, Darrell Stuckey didn’t give much thought when he arrived at the University of Kansas as a freshman about the possibility of seeing his name commemorated inside the stadium where he played. Stuckey will live out that unforeseen reality on Saturday night at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, when the defensive back from Kansas City, Kan., watches his name get added to the ...

Benton Smith: KU center Udoka Azubuike taken out of comfort zone in exhibition opener

Udoka Azubuike hadn’t played a real basketball game in nearly 10 months. And he won’t officially play one until Kansas takes on Duke in Madison Square Garden on Nov. 5. The No. 3 Jayhawks at least took their senior center out for a test drive Thursday night at Allen Fieldhouse. Unfortunately for anyone who came to watch Azubuike tyrannize around the rim, they picked the wrong night. If only they could ...