KU Football

KU receivers seized spotlight in bowl win

Phoenix — Luke Grimm initially celebrated his third touchdown Tuesday night, the dagger in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, by running across the end zone holding up three fingers. Appropriate, if a bit predictable. Then, just as he slowed to a stop and was joined by his fellow two starting ...

Year in review, Part 2: The most memorable quotes of 2023

One of the great pleasures of journalism is depicting people via their own words. The following array of quotations aims to provide a frank, sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant look at the most significant events in Kansas sports over the course of the last year, in the words of those who ...

Bowl-game redemption reflects Bean’s year of progress

Phoenix — Jason Bean threw a pair of nearly identical third-and-long interceptions in the third quarter Tuesday night — both rolling to his right, both forced into coverage, both snagged by UNLV’s Cameron Oliver. The rest of his game, though, could have gone down one of two distinct ...

Report suggests Neal will return in 2024; Leipold defers comment to Neal

Phoenix — Kansas running back and Lawrence native Devin Neal just closed the curtain on a 1,280-yard, 16-touchdown junior campaign, but he may have an encore performance still to come. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported just over an hour prior to kickoff of Tuesday night’s Guaranteed Rate Bowl ...

Notebook: KU tinkers with lines due to opt-outs

Phoenix — The departures of Dominick Puni and Austin Booker, who did not travel to Phoenix after opting out of the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, forced some less experienced linemen to fill in for Kansas on Tuesday night. True freshman and Lawrence native Calvin Clements earned his first career ...

Quick recap: High-flying Jayhawks top UNLV for first bowl win since 2008

Phoenix — The Kansas football team spent its regular season as one of the most disciplined teams in the Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks got flagged between four and five times for an average of 43.7 yards per game. Under the bright lights of Chase Field at the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, and ...