No one told Lance Leipold, when he was considering joining Kansas as its head coach back in 2021, that the school hadn't gone 4-0 in consecutive years for over a century. “I’m glad I didn’t do all my research," Leipold quipped Saturday night. As it turned out, the Jayhawks needed just three seasons under Leipold to end what became a 108-year drought. They used an opportunistic defense and a clock-chewing ...
One of the most common drills media members were able to observe during Kansas football's fall training camp included receivers and running backs enduring a ball-security gauntlet. They had to hold on to the ball while dodging sudden obstacles, tackling dummies and punch-out attempts from KU staff members, running through tunnels and bouncing off exercise balls. That laborious work has not yet paid dividends ...
The Kansas defense left enough space in the box for Oklahoma State's Logan Heausler to head in a cross from Alex Morris just a minute and a half into Thursday night's game in Stillwater, and that was all the Cowgirls needed to earn a 1-0 victory. KU (3-2-5, 0-1-1 Big 12) sustained its first loss of conference play. The Jayhawks had been able to rally for a road draw at Oklahoma a week earlier, but no such ...
For the first time this season, the top two spots in the Big 12 Conference power rankings are unanimous. Texas received all 14 first-place votes for the second week in a row, and Oklahoma was the pick for the second spot in voting from a panel of beat writers that regularly cover the Big 12. The next five spots are a toss-up as 12 points separate the Nos. 3-7 spots between Kansas, UCF, Kansas State, TCU and ...
Kenny Logan Jr. was responsible for what could have been a defining play for the Kansas defense Saturday night. When that didn’t pan out, he made another one. The senior safety and defensive leader chased down Nevada running back Ashton Hayes as he was headed toward the goal line to force a potentially game-changing fumble; of course, like so many other Nevada fumbles Saturday, it wound up in the hands of a ...
Two of the sons of the late Kwamie Lassiter, a KU alumnus who played a decade in the NFL, were already very prominently reunited in Lawrence once this season. Kwinton Lassiter, a senior cornerback for the Jayhawks, made his first career interception in the season opener against Missouri State and immediately handed the ball to his brother Kwamie II (“KJ”), a more recent KU standout and a practice-squad ...