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Kansas football ranked high in defensive, rushing statistical categories

In the past two weeks, Kansas did what good teams do to weak competition, dominating Central Michigan and Rutgers by a combined score of 86-21. In so doing, KU worked its way high up the national rankings in several statistical categories. KU leads with a turnover margin of plus 12 and no ...

Rutgers right opponent at right time for Kansas

The same sort of logic that made so many prognosticators overrate Texas coming into this season made a few of them paint way too optimistic a picture for Rutgers’ 2018 fortunes. Second-year Texas coach Tom Herman received kudos for landing the nation’s third-ranked recruiting class. ...

Where 11 former David Beaty assistants are now

Rob Likens, David Beaty's first offensive coordinator, came to Kansas with a reputation for being one of the more well liked assistant coaches among peers, and did nothing to change that in his two seasons in Lawrence, even though things didn't go well for him. Likens lasted one year in that ...

Rutgers coach Chris Ash calls Pooka Williams ‘a good little player’

Pooka Williams has jolted a slumbering Kansas football fan base awake and it took him all of one game, his first in college. How did he look on film to the coach who has to prepare his team to face a KU offense rejuvenated by the freshman running back who ran for 125 yards on 14 carries and in ...

The Best Pooka Williams highlight on Youtube

Multiple highlights of Anthony "Pooka" Williams running around through and even over defenders during his record-breaking career for Hahnville High in Louisiana light up Youtube. My favorite is shown in this Tweet: 2018 RB Anthony “Pooka” Williams (Hahnville HS (Boutte, LA) puts up Over ...

KU football aims for first winning streak since 2011

Kansas wide receiver D.J. Beshears caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Webb with nine seconds remaining to give Kansas a 45-42 victory against Northern Illinois with 48,084 on hand at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 10, 2011. That dramatic ending made KU's record 2-0 and stands as the most ...