WRITER: Benton Smith

'That's just what he does': Kansas RB Pooka Williams making crucial plays in passing game, too

It didn’t matter Saturday against TCU that Kansas running back Pooka Williams recorded a season-low 33 rushing yards on 11 carries. Williams’ versatility in the passing game, with seven receptions for 102 yards and two touchdowns (all personal bests for the freshman from Louisiana), played a crucial role in the Jayhawks winning their first Big 12 game in nearly two years, 27-26, at David Booth Kansas ...

Jayhawks savor TCU win and chance to celebrate

The last time the Kansas football team actually got to celebrate a Big 12 victory, linebacker Joe Dineen Jr. felt more like a spectator than an active participant. So when the Jayhawks defeated TCU, 27-26, on Saturday at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, Dineen reveled in taking some ownership in the on-field and locker room parties that followed. “It was insane,” Dineen said of the scene, after KU ...

KU football stuns TCU behind late-game theatrics

With a rare Kansas football victory at stake, senior quarterback Peyton Bender had to run. Backward. And then throw the ball out of the back of the end zone. And if all of that went perfectly, the Jayhawks would beat TCU Saturday at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Actually, as it turned out, just one miscalculation in the final seconds of the fourth quarter wouldn’t sting the charmed-for-a-day ...

Notebook: Larry Brown joins KU greats in Ring of Honor

For the third time this season, the name of a former KU football great joined the Ring of Honor inside David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. A tight end for the Jayhawks from 1967-70, Larry Brown watched his name go up on the north end of the old venue during a ceremony Saturday, in between the first and second quarters of the Jayhawks’ 27-26 victory over TCU. Brown helped KU’s 1968 team to a 9-2 finish, a ...

Game day breakdown: KU football vs. TCU

— Kansas (2-5 overall, 0-4 Big 12) vs TCU (3-4, 1-3) • 2 p.m. kickoff, David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Game-time forecast: 68 degrees, mostly sunny, 0% chance of rain • TV: FOX Sports 1 • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 — Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog and follow our coverage team on Twitter: @KUSports, @BentonASmith, @TomKeeganLJW and @SJacksonLJW Keys for Kansas 1. Correctly ...

Dedric Lawson helps No. 1 Kansas roll in exhibition opener

After weeks of most Kansas basketball discussions centering more on potential trial outcomes than lineups, the Jayhawks got to lose themselves inside a packed Allen Fieldhouse on Thursday night. While withholding sophomore big man Silvio De Sousa from competition as KU continues to evaluate his status, in wake of what was described as “new information” that emerged during the college basketball corruption ...