Kansas head coach Lance Leipold frequently takes care to emphasize that his team does not change its approach based on results. At a certain point, the result of a game, good or bad, can’t affect the next one. “Things that you do don’t change based on wins and losses,” he said on ...
The race for first place in the Big 12 power rankings continues to tighten. Only two points separate Iowa State and BYU for the top spot. The Cyclones are No. 1 for the third straight week after receiving nine of a possible 16 first-place votes (249 points) from a panel of media who regularly ...
If you missed Hayden Hatcher's appearance in a national commercial, that’s OK. It took him by surprise, too. The former Kansas defensive end was watching the Kansas City Chiefs play on Monday Night Football on Oct. 7 with his little brother and a friend. Suddenly, during an ad break he ...
Time will tell if Kansas' first bye week of the season helped cure its on-field ills, but in the near term, it may not have done enough for the Jayhawks' physical health. Asked how much the bye week helped injured players get back into action, Leipold said, "Not as much as I had hoped yet ...
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 ...
Kansas has fallen to last place in this week's edition of the Big 12 power rankings voted on by a panel of media members who cover the conference. The Jayhawks have lost five straight games, four by a touchdown or less. Houston, which had previously been in last place, moved up to No. 13 after ...
Wide receiver Quentin Skinner has made plenty of memorable catches over the years. During the 2023 season alone, he used all of his 6-foot-5 frame to snag a high pass from Jalon Daniels for a sideline grab that helped Kansas escape Nevada; came back from out of bounds to haul in a deflection ...