Conway, S.C. — University of Kansas Athletic Director Travis Goff considered Friday’s Big 12 expansion a good day for the conference, but Goff didn’t slam the door on KU looking elsewhere in the future. Asked by reporters prior to kickoff at Brooks Stadium whether the additions of BYU, Cincinnati, UCF and Houston meant KU would put a halt on KU exploring opportunities with another conference, Goff ...
Conway, S.C. — Quarterback Jason Bean flashed again for the Kansas football team Friday night at Brooks Stadium, but his scrambling ability and speed in the open field weren’t nearly enough for the Jayhawks to keep up with No. 17 Coastal Carolina. The first Power Five team ever to play at CCU, KU dropped its road opener, 49-22, in front of 17,697 fans — the largest crowd ever at the 20,000-seat ...
The Kansas football players who have been in the program the past two years know all about college football’s 2020 darling from the Sun Belt Conference, Coastal Carolina. Not only did head coach Jamey Chadwell’s Chanticleers come to Lawrence and go back home to South Carolina with a win in 2019, but they did it again in 2020, kickstarting an 11-1 season with a 38-23 victory over the Jayhawks. KU senior ...
— Kansas (1-0) at No. 17 Coastal Carolina (1-0) • 6:30 p.m. kickoff, Brooks Stadium, in Conway, S.C. • Game-time forecast: 75 degrees, mostly cloudy, 0% chance of rain • TV: ESPN2 • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 Keys for Kansas 1. Beware of Chants’ option offense After a narrow, 17-13 win over FCS opponent South Dakota in the season opener last week, the Kansas football team is about to take on ...
In order for the Lance Leipold era to begin with a Kansas football win, the defense had to seal the Jayhawks’ season opener with a stop. Before the players took the field for the decisive series, veteran safety Kenny Logan Jr. had a message for Leipold. “I got you. We got you right here,” Logan told him. The confidence and execution that was on display in the final minute-plus of a three-point game has ...
College football’s reigning national coach of the year, Jamey Chadwell isn’t expecting his Coastal Carolina team to see the same Kansas Jayhawks this week that the Chanticleers beat each of the past two seasons. Ahead of Friday’s nonconference rematch in Conway, S.C. (6:30 p.m., ESPN2), Chadwell told reporters during his video press conference this week that the arrival of Lance Leipold and his staff ...