Sometimes, it doesn’t take long to form a hunch about a football player. Sometimes, all it requires is seeing how he is built, how he moves, how instinctive he looks.Hunches don’t always prove accurate, but they make watching how an athlete develops interesting right off the bat.An early ...
Declining attendance in each of seven consecutive losing seasons. Coming off an 0-12 record. As visible as a speck of wine in the ocean compared to the perennial national powerhouse basketball program.If ever a college football team needed a dynamic figure who makes you pay attention whether ...
Texas A & M transfer LaQuvionte Gonzalez, a small, fast wide receiver, gave the small crowd at the Kansas spring exhibition someone to talk about on their walk out of the stadium.He looked great, and he looked even better during spring conditioning, where he drew praise from the ...
Double A pitcher Albert Minnis was at his host family’s house in Corpus Christi, Texas, ready to turn in for the night right around midnight when his phone rang.Not even 24 hours later, Wednesday night, another phone jingled, this one in the visiting bullpen in Las Vegas with instructions to ...
Mere mention of Big 12 football triggers images of footballs in the air, fields flooded with wide receivers, pass-happy offenses running up scores. Throw in the words “Air Raid Offense” and the images inflate.Even so, the Kansas offense will need a far better running game to become more ...
The conversation so often goes something like this:Kansas football fan: “So do you think the team will be better than last year?”Me: “Yes. Nine starters are back on defense. The conditioning season went great. The players are bigger and faster. But people are going to have to be patient. ...