Hawks vs. Horns - Matchups

With everything that has gone on this week, it’s somewhat easy to forget that there’s still a game to be played Saturday. So, without any flowery lead-ins or clichés, here are this week’s matchups.   Full Story

News and notes while wondering... well, at this point, I think we're all just wondering.   Full Story

I've been a huge Mark Mangino fan-slash-apologist since he walked on campus to take over the moribund Kansas football program.   Full Story

Joe Mortensen has rarely been afraid to speak his mind. But the former Kansas linebacker, now a member of the New York Sentinels in the United Football League, said he often found himself holding his tongue during weekly press conferences.   Full Story

Kansas Athletics Director Lew Perkins met with Kansas football players Monday night for a “personnel issue,” reportedly to discuss complaints lobbied about Kansas football coach Mark Mangino, and to conduct an “internal review.”   Full Story

News and notes on Nebraska’s 31-17 victory over Kansas in Lawrence Saturday afternoon, while looking ahead to KU’s matchup with No. 2 Texas next Saturday in Austin and wondering if the Jayhawks (5-5) can snap their five-game losing streak and shock the college football world with an upset.   Full Story

One play can change a game. That theory has been bandied about by coaches since, well, probably the dawn of football.   Full Story

Mark Mangino’s Jayhawks have a way of turning things around at the end of the season.   Full Story

Christian Andersen and Scott Kennedy weigh in on the College Football season including bowl projections and the seasons most surprising and disappointing teams.   Full Story

News and notes while wondering why it's taking so long for the Kansas State athletic department to produce the commemorative DVD of last week's game.   Full Story

MANHATTAN — All season long, the Kansas Jayhawks have struggled through turnovers and missed opportunities.    Full Story

Halftime was less than a minute away and Kansas led Kansas State, 7-3, despite three wasted opportunities, including two horribly-timed Todd Reesing turnovers and a missed field goal after Darrell Stuckey's 66-yard game-opening kick return. My esteemed Phog.net colleague Kevin Flaherty turned to me and asked, “How is KU still leading this football game?”   Full Story

Here’s a look at some matchups to watch in this version of the Sunflower Showdown   Full Story

News and notes while looking forward to seeing Mark Mangino and Bill Snyder square off again.   Full Story

MANHATTAN, Kan., -To the fans, it’s the game of the season – Kansas State vs. Kansas. But within the Wildcat football family, it’s just the next game on the schedule and that’s why it’s the most important game of the year. While KU is the favorite, the thinking here is there are plenty of reasons K-State can pull the upset.   Full Story

Kansas head coach Mark Mangino is one loyal guy, perhaps to a fault? Phog.net's Jim Williamson on the sputtering Jayhawks, inside.   Full Story

LUBBOCK, Texas - Four turnovers resulting in 28 Texas Tech points spoiled any chance of the University of Kansas football team picking up its sixth win as the Jayhawks fell to the Red Raiders 42-21 Saturday afternoon in front of 47,291 fans in Jones AT&T Stadium.   Full Story

With the exception of last season’s 11-1 campaign, the Texas Tech Red Raiders under Mike Leach have typically been a bit bi-polar.   Full Story

News and notes while thinking that I couldn't really blame students – or anyone else, for that matter – for leaving last Saturday's disaster early.   Full Story

But someone other than Reesing has to step up. More from Phog.net's Jim Williamson, inside.   Full Story

Coaches often say that a handful of plays every game can be used to decide the winner.    Full Story

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- In an intriguing matchup between a potent Kansas offense and OU’s stingy defense, it was the Sooner defense who delivered the necessary early blows en route to a 35-13 bounce back victory.    Full Story

Heading into last week’s games, some media members mentioned that an Oklahoma win against Texas and a Kansas win against Colorado would likely push the ever-popular ESPN College Gameday program to Lawrence.   Full Story

Kansas is looking to get back to its winning ways after losing its first game of the season last Saturday against Colorado.   Full Story

Mark Mangino just smiled Tuesday afternoon at his weekly press conference when a reporter told him he was still quite popular back in Oklahoma.   Full Story