Austin, Texas — Quarterback Jason Bean said he didn't know he was going to start Saturday's game — on the road at the No. 3 team in the country, in front of an announced 102,986 fans — until 30 or 45 minutes before it started. Kansas coach Lance Leipold said he didn't know that starter Jalon Daniels had aggravated his back while warming up at the hotel until the team arrived at the stadium Saturday. ...
Lance Leipold and his Jayhawks weren’t especially interested this week in revisiting their stunning upset win at Texas in 2021, ahead of a rematch that finds both programs in dramatically different spots. Newly ranked No. 24 Kansas has plenty to say, though, about its 55-14 home loss to the Longhorns last November. For those who experienced it, the memory of last year's defeat continues to loom large, ...
Kansas goalkeeper Melania Pasar stopped seven shots and her Baylor counterpart Ashlee Zirkel saved five as the Jayhawks and Bears played to a scoreless draw in Lawrence Thursday night. KU was able to earn a point in its first home Big 12 Conference match of the season following a lengthy road trip, and preserve its unbeaten record at Rock Chalk Park all the while, though the Jayhawks finished the month of ...
After a two-match September sojourn playing home games in Kansas City, Missouri, Sporting Kansas City's developmental club is back in Lawrence for its most important match of the season. SKC II, which went 7-2-3 with a pair of shootout wins during its lengthy stint in Lawrence during the regular season — the second year in a row it has played at Rock Chalk Park — will host Austin FC II there at 7 p.m. ...
West Virginia continues to climb in the latest Big 12 Conference power rankings. Winners of three straight games, the Mountaineers moved to eighth in the voting from a panel of beat writers that regularly cover the Big 12. Last in the rankings after a season-opening loss to Penn State, West Virginia has made the biggest move in the last three weeks, climbing six spots following wins over Duquesne, Pittsburgh ...
Kansas running back Daniel Hishaw Jr. said Wednesday that practicing with pumped-in crowd noise hurts his head. That is clearly a price the Jayhawks are willing to play as they await a six-digit quantity of screaming fans when they face Texas at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium this Saturday. “We didn’t even bring it up," offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki said. "They’re like, ‘Hey, we need ...