Believe it or not, the Kansas men’s basketball season is now just a few short weeks away. This year, the introduction to the Jayhawks features actual on-court basketball action because Late Night in the Phog has been redesigned to center on an exhibition contest — namely, one against Division II Pittsburg State on Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. Boot camp is now in the rearview mirror, and last week the full schedule ...
The Kansas football team now knows exactly when it will begin its challenging stretch of nine straight games without a bye week to conclude the season. After their upcoming open date, the Jayhawks will host Middle Tennessee at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium at 11 a.m. on Oct. 3. The game will be televised on ESPNU, the Big 12 Conference announced on Monday. The nonconference game, part of KU’s family ...
LONDON — Two notable offensive players for the Kansas football team were ruled out for the Union Jack Classic as part of an availability report released on Friday night. Backup quarterback Cole Ballard and starting tight end Carson Bruhn will not play against Arizona State in the matchup at Wembley Stadium on Saturday at 11 a.m. Central time, after each was injured in KU’s loss to Missouri last ...
LONDON — Kansas quarterback Isaiah Marshall said there was a point in Saturday’s loss to Arizona State, as the Jayhawks were attempting to rally, that he didn’t even realize KU was lacking some of its top talent on the offensive side of the ball. “I just was out there playing because I trusted my teammates,” Marshall said. That shows a high level of focus on the redshirt sophomore’s part, because ...
LONDON — The Kansas defense did its job on Saturday by making the opposing quarterback uncomfortable, playing tight coverage on his receivers and forcing uncomfortable downs and distances by stopping the run. The Kansas offense did not play complementary football. KU didn’t convert a third down until late in the third quarter, running backs Dylan Edwards and Yasin Willis committed one costly fumble each in ...
LONDON — Maybe it’s fitting that the first FBS football game played in England featured such a powerful testament to the importance of punting. The Kansas defense — what thankless work those Jayhawks did on Saturday — had forced Arizona State off the field in the final minute of the first half, thanks in large part to a sack by David Santiago that had pushed the Sun Devils out of field goal range. So in ...