**Team:** TCU **AP rank:** 16 **ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll rank:** 15 **Strengths** It's hard to take too much away from TCU's 56-0 victory over Grambling State last week. When a team goes 17-for-17 passing like the Horned Frogs did (and eight of those passes are from the backup QB), ...

Here is the Cliff's Notes version from Kansas football coach Charlie Weis' comments at his press conference today. Also, here's the depth chart (not many changes; Brandon Bourbon is no longer at fullback; Jake Love is back in as a backup at SLB; plus, a few minor changes in the ...

**Team:** Rice Jeff Sagarin rating: 116 **KU's Sagarin rating:** 88 **Sagarin line:** KU favored by 9 **Strengths** Rice had some success both running and throwing the football against UCLA last week, led by quarterback Taylor McHargue, who threw for 172 yards and rushed for 95 more ...

Here is the Cliff's Notes version from Kansas football coach Charlie Weis' comments at his press conference today. Full audio has been posted. Also, here's the updated depth chart (Not many changes this week, with Jake Love being taken off the OR line at linebacker and kicker Nick Prolago ...

**Team:** South Dakota State **Jeff Sagarin rating:** 125 (KU's Sagarin rating is 85) **Sagarin line:** KU favored by 11 **Strengths** South Dakota's biggest strength is its passing game, which ranked No. 1 in the Missouri Valley a year ago (286.7 yards per game). A lot the credit ...

If you walk by the bronze Jayhawk on the south side of Memorial Stadium this week, think about Kansas safety Brandon Hawks. It was two weeks ago, by that same statue, that he called his mother during one of the best days of his life. “That’s the first time I’ve cried,” Hawks ...