When Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino last Thursday joked about the Jayhawks' limited football tradition, it got me wondering: Just how bad was KU football during the last century?Here's Mangino's quote: "Our football tradition is not really a great one. But anyone can have a bad century."Mangino is preparing ...
Missouri fans and critics of the Kansas University football team's berth to the Orange Bowl will seize on KU basketball player Brandon Rush's arrest Thursday for unpaid traffic tickets.That is the primary reason for the uproar over Rush's arrest for failure to attend two court dates for routine traffic violations ...
In a roundabout way, history repeated itself Sunday evening when Missouri accepted a bid to the Cotton Bowl and Kansas was chosen to play in the Orange Bowl, one of the big-money Bowl Championship Series games reserved for the top teams in college football.Yes, Missouri handed Kansas its only loss, ...
With his team clinging to a four-point lead in overtime against Arizona, Kansas University junior Brandon Rush stepped into a passing lane, stole the ball and marched to the other end for a two-handed dunk.He raced back to the defensive end clapping his hands, and seconds later Arizona called timeout. ...
How about that Ohio State-Michigan snoozer last week?Perhaps no college football rivalry is more overhyped on a yearly basis than that one, and the 2007 edition failed to live up to the hype as Ohio State grinded its way to a 14-3 victory in Ann Arbor, Mich.And didn't you just ...
Kansas University football fans who decided the celebratory beers could wait a few more minutes received a sentimental treat after the Jayhawks' 45-7 victory over Iowa State on Saturday.It was Senior Day at Memorial Stadium, so emotions already were running high, but the real treat came postgame when the Rock ...
Arizona 34, Oregon 24.OK, Big 12 Conference football teams, commence rejoicing.And : STOP.Time to get back to work.Yes, No. 2 Oregon's stunning setback against unranked Arizona - aided greatly by a left knee injury to Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Dennis Dixon - makes the Ducks the latest team to be ...
Were my eyes playing tricks on me Sunday night, or did I really see footage of students skipping a basketball game to camp out for Kansas University football tickets?I never thought I'd see the day that happened, but it's fantastic. It's great to see that KU students aren't letting this ...
In the aftermath of Kansas University's 76-39 exorcism of its Nebraska football demons, countless scribes have been scouring the record books searching for some deeper meaning in Saturday's slaughter.There's the stuff you've surely read about by now:- KU's 76 points were the most scored on Nebraska in a single game ...
As Kansas continues its climb up the NCAA college football rankings, the haters seem to be changing their tune about the Jayhawks.We're deep enough into the conference season that the "weak nonconference schedule" criticism is wearing thin. Now some critics are trying a new angle: The Big 12 is weak ...
