A quirk in the college football calendar has left the Kansas football team with an odd late-season lull. For the first time since 2019, the schedule has aligned in a precise way — in short, it has to do with having an earlier Labor Day than usual, and will happen again next year — such ...
During the first few weeks of the college football season, the popular narrative about Kansas and its early-season struggles was that new coordinator Jeff Grimes, Jalon Daniels and the offense were letting down a resurgent, high-intensity, physical KU defense. That storyline got twisted on ...
As the Kansas football team climbed back to national prominence in 2022 and 2023, the Jayhawks’ special-teams units often lagged behind. Consider the SP+ rankings compiled by ESPN’s Bill Connelly. The Jayhawks finished the 2022 campaign with a minus-1.7 rating for special teams that was ...
The Kansas football team’s bye week has arrived, and not a moment too soon. The precise positioning of this year’s bye at the season’s midpoint could be a significant gift for the Jayhawks, if not for the fact that they get a second open date this season on Nov. 2 after just two more ...
It was one thing for Bill Self and his coaching staff to compare Rakease Passmore to Ochai Agbaji during the recruiting process, as Passmore said in June that they had. It was another for Self to reiterate that assessment after having Passmore on campus for three months. “He’s kind of an ...
Kansas City, Kan. — Even when the Kansas offense struggled on rare occasions in 2022 or 2023, no one could ever accuse the Jayhawks of being one-dimensional. That’s precisely what they became for two drives in the third quarter of Friday night’s loss. KU quarterback Jalon Daniels had ...
