Anyone within earshot of Kansas football veteran Kenny Logan Jr. Thursday morning found out how much he is not looking forward to missing the first half of the Jayhawks’ Saturday game at Iowa State. That’s when defensive coordinator Brian Borland shared that Logan vowed he will “never get another targeting penalty as long as he lives.” A hit Logan, one of KU’s team leaders and a junior starting ...
— Kansas (1-3 overall, 0-1 Big 12) at Iowa State (2-2, 0-1) • 6 p.m. kickoff, Jack Trice Stadium, in Ames, Iowa • Game-time forecast: 74 degrees, cloudy, 47% chance of rain • TV: FOX Sports 1 • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 Keys for Kansas 1. Don’t get steamrolled by Breece Hall Considered nearly a 35-point underdog by oddsmakers in Las Vegas, the Kansas football team’s chances of competing ...
Trevor Wilson gave the Kansas football offense a much-needed boost at Duke this past weekend, with his five receptions and 122 receiving yards. But there was one catch in particular that Wilson and everyone around the program will remember for a long time. On a bomb from quarterback Jason Bean late in the second quarter, a Wilson reception looked unlikely before the redshirt sophomore wideout reached around his ...
As the Kansas football team moves past its nonconference schedule and into the awaiting Big 12 gauntlet, the defense’s lack of sack production is among the coaching staff’s assorted concerns. The Jayhawks (1-3 overall, 0-1 Big 12) went sackless in each of their last two losses and are averaging only 0.5 sacks per game — ranking them 127th out of 130 FBS teams — through four weeks. “We’ve got to do ...
A third of the way through the season, quarterback Jason Bean leads the Kansas football team in rushing. But if the Jayhawks’ offense continues making the progress the coaches and players have in mind, a running back will hold that distinction before long. Now in his ninth season working as an offensive coordinator for head coach Lance Leipold, Andy Kotelnicki said he’s not used to having a QB as the ...
Four games into his first season directing the Kansas football program, head coach Lance Leipold can’t help but notice an unpleasant tendency developing: the Jayhawks’ opponents are taking command in a hurry once halftime is over. In KU’s two most recent defeats — in Lawrence versus Baylor, and on the road at Duke — the team was outscored 35-3 in the third quarters. For the season, foes hold a ...