In the final minute of a tied game against No. 8 Creighton, the No. 5 Jayhawks needed a basket when the ball once again found its way into the hands of the man who had carried them all night. A pure Jalen Wilson 3-pointer from the right corner proved to be the decisive score in a thriller Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse, where Kansas escaped with a 73-72 victory in a Big 12/Big East Battle, in front of a reduced ...
The Texas football program’s team activities remained on pause Tuesday, with just a few days left before the Longhorns are scheduled to travel to Lawrence to face Kansas. UT’s COVID-19 protocols caused the team to cease its normal game week preparations on Sunday night after three football players and two staff members tested positive for the virus. “Out of an abundance of caution,” a published UT ...
The 2020 Kansas football season will conclude much like it began, with head coach Les Miles yet again heading into a game week accompanied by some uncertainty regarding the team’s starting quarterback. Junior Miles Kendrick handled the job exclusively in KU’s 16-13 defeat at Texas Tech on Saturday, but Miles wouldn’t say Monday during his weekly video press conference whether he plans to stick with ...
Ahead of its already rescheduled trip to Lawrence to take on Kansas, the University of Texas football program paused all activities on Sunday. But each team's head coach remains upbeat about getting the game in this weekend. Texas announced three players and two staff members who tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday traveled with the team for Saturday’s victory at Kansas State and then tested positive for ...
Late in a season that had been defined by blowout losses, the Kansas football team’s defense delivered an inspired effort Saturday at Texas Tech, albeit in another defeat. The 16-13 setback in Lubbock, Texas, was a far cry from recent weeks, when Iowa State put up six touchdowns, Oklahoma piled up eight TDs and TCU’s offense crossed the goal line five times. “I felt like this was the best performance as ...
Pooka Williams’ Kansas football career is officially over. The Jayhawks’ former star running back, who opted out of the remainder of the 2020 season after four games, announced Sunday afternoon the next step in his football life: declaring for the 2021 NFL Draft. Williams, a preseason All-Big 12 back from Louisiana, shared his plans on his Twitter and Instagram accounts in a note. “Since I was a kid, ...