A pessimist might suggest that Thursday night’s game in Lubbock against Texas Tech squad is the worst possible time for Kansas football to receive rare national exposure.After all, the announcers can’t help but mention that the Jayhawks’ official road losing streak has swelled to 36 games ...

The way some people griped about Lawrence High football coach Dirk Wedd resisting change you would have thought he still was walking around in short shorts from a few decades ago.Runs the ball too much. No imagination. Plays everybody both ways, etc.He even found a for-sale sign on his front ...

Identifying an X-factor on any given roster makes for a fun exercise. Many seem to believe Carlton Bragg qualifies as the X-factor for a Kansas basketball team that spent an intense week working its way into shape.Bragg showed an extremely soft shooting touch, an ability to feed the low post ...

Beneath one of the more engaging smiles in college basketball boils the intense, Type A personality of Bill Self. Had Self’s talents been suited for football instead of basketball he likely today would be one of the top college football coaches in the country.Instead, he’s a football fan ...

Listening to David Beaty’s weekly Tuesday news conference had the feel of listening to a coach worried about his job security. For one thing, Beaty started by praising his boss, athletic director Sheahon Zenger. He then continued to speak about changes he is making to become a better coach.By ...

If limited to three numbers for a statistical evaluation of quarterbacks, I prefer yards per attempt, touchdowns and interceptions. Those three statistics tell two distinctly different stories about Kansas quarterback Montell Cozart, a fourth-year junior.One is a happy story, the other a sad ...