— Kansas (1-4 overall, 0-2 Big 12) vs. Texas Tech (4-2, 1-2) • 3 p.m. kickoff, David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Game-time forecast: 65 degrees, sunny, 0% chance of rain • Streaming: ESPN+ • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 Keys for Kansas 1. More pushing the pile Still in the early stages of new head coach Lance Leipold’s rebuilding project, the Kansas football team’s offense hasn’t ...
When Kansas football quarterback Jason Bean got sacked five times during a Week 2 loss against Coastal Carolina — the team’s first FBS opponent of the season — no one knew for sure how much of an issue protecting the QB would be for the Jayhawks. In the three games since then, however, the play of KU’s offensive line has improved, and Bean has only suffered one sack. Head coach Lance Leipold said the ...
Officially cleared by the NCAA of any wrongdoing during his tenure as the head football coach at the University of Kansas, an at times emotional David Beaty on Thursday said he’s eager to finally return to the profession he loves. Beaty spoke to reporters in a video press conference from Dallas along with his lawyer Michael Lyons. They said the NCAA’s Independent Accountability Resolution Process had sent ...
The leading tackler for the Kansas football defense, safety Kenny Logan Jr.’s most recent game wasn’t his favorite — not only because the Jayhawks lost at Iowa State, but also because he had to sit out the entire first half after being flagged for targeting the week before. The junior safety has 39 total tackles, four pass breakups and two forced fumbles in his four and a half games of action so far. As ...
Any modern college football offense worth its salt needs a deep threat receiver to stretch the field and force opposing defenses to cover more ground. That’s why the emergence of Trevor Wilson as a legitimate downfield target has been so important for Kansas. Lance Leipold said Wilson, the former Buffalo wideout who followed his head coach to KU, provides the Jayhawks with a must-have element. “You can see ...
Almost every person associated with the Kansas football program calls O.J. Burroughs by his nickname. It’s O.J. on the official roster, and it’s O.J. out of the mouths of his teammates when they’re talking to the true freshman safety. But head coach Lance Leipold takes a different approach. “He calls me by real name, Omar,” Burroughs shared. “I say, ‘Coach, why you keep calling me Omar?’ He ...