Following a game during which hardly anything went right for his Kansas football team, head coach Lance Leipold felt enthusiastic about at least one aspect of the Jayhawks’ performance against Baylor. Though the KU defense didn’t get nearly enough stops to slow down the Bears, the unit created two takeaways in the 45-7 loss. Veteran safety Kenny Logan Jr. forced one fumble in the first quarter and true ...
Kansas football players will have to add regrouping to their typical game week preparation after the Jayhawks suffered their first one-sided defeat of the season against Baylor. One key takeaway from an unprosperous Saturday, KU sophomore receiver Trevor Wilson said after a 45-7 beating, was that the players can’t let what transpired impact their motivation. “Sometimes people get down. We just need the ...
For the second week in a row, Lance Leipold’s Kansas football team found itself trailing in a one-score game early in the third quarter. And for the second week in a row, any chance at scoring an upset victory quickly got away from the Jayhawks. KU’s first Big 12 encounter on Leipold’s watch turned into a rout in the second half Saturday, as Baylor left David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium with a 45-7 ...
With the Kansas football team’s chances of opening up Big 12 play with a win all but gone by the fourth quarter Saturday against Baylor, head coach Lance Leipold let starting quarterback Jason Bean sit. Sophomore QB Jalon Daniels took over the position after BU went up 28 points, en route to a 45-7 drubbing. Leipold said Bean (8-for-17 passing, 57 yards, one touchdown; 12 carries, 62 yards) wasn’t ...
— Kansas (1-1) vs. Baylor (2-0) • 2:30 p.m. kickoff, David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Game-time forecast: 85 degrees, mostly sunny, 0% chance of rain • Streaming: ESPN+ • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 Keys for Kansas 1. Let Bean cook Instrumental for the Kansas football offense through the first two nonconference games of the season, junior quarterback Jason Bean will need to keep showing off ...
The Kansas football defense faced its first substantial test of the season in Week 2 at Coastal Carolina. The 49-22 road loss against a veteran-laden top-20 team, KU defensive coordinator Brian Borland said, allowed him to learn about where the defense is at — and how it needs to improve — as the Jayhawks head into Big 12 play. “We can compete. We’re not afraid of giving effort and things like that,” ...