KU Football

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 ...

Puni, Booker won’t play in bowl game

Kansas will be without arguably its top linemen on each side of the ball for Tuesday's Guaranteed Rate Bowl against UNLV. Head coach Lance Leipold told reporters in Phoenix Sunday afternoon at KU's bowl media day that offensive lineman Dominick Puni and edge rusher Austin Booker, both ...

Bowl preview: Three lingering questions about the UNLV Rebels

A 15-year drought without a bowl win got one step closer to becoming history when Kansas drew its date with UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix on Dec. 26. It was Tempe that served as the backdrop for the Jayhawks’ last bowl victory, a 42-21 rout over Minnesota in the 2008 Insight ...

Bowl preview: 3 keys to a KU victory

Kansas came up short in a thrilling defeat to Arkansas during last year’s Liberty Bowl when the Razorbacks recorded a 55-53 victory in Memphis, Tennessee. This time around, as far as opponents go, UNLV is probably the best foe Kansas could have asked for in terms of recording a potential ...