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Kansas hires Matt Lubick away from Nevada as Lance Leipold reshapes his coaching staff

Dec. 10, 2024 16:18 PM EST

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas hired Nevada offensive coordinator Matt Lubick to help direct the Jayhawks' offense Tuesday, the latest in a series of moves that have reshaped coach Lance Leipold's staff after a disappointing season that ended without a bowl berth. Lubick will be...

Longtime Leipold assistant Jim Zebrowski promoted to offensive coordinator at Kansas

Dec. 07, 2024 15:08 PM EST

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jim Zebrowski will replace Jeff Grimes as offensive coordinator at Kansas, coach Lance Leipold announced Saturday. Zebrowski had been co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach since joining the Jayhawks staff in 2021. He previously worked with Leipold at...

Baylor wins 6th straight as Sawyer Robertson throws 4 TDs in 45-17 win to end Kansas season

Nov. 30, 2024 19:45 PM EST

WACO, Texas (AP) — Sawyer Robertson threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns as Baylor won its sixth straight game, beating Kansas 45-17 on Saturday. The Bears (8-4, 6-3 Big 12) scored touchdowns on three consecutive possessions in the first half to take a 21-7 lead, then found the...

Late-season Kansas push to land a bowl berth arrives at Baylor, winner of 5 straight games

Nov. 27, 2024 06:21 AM EST

Kansas (5-6, 4-4 Big 12) at Baylor (7-4, 5-3), Saturday, noon ET (ESPN) BetMGM College Football Odds: Kansas by 1 1/2. Series record: Baylor leads 18-4. What's at stake? After becoming the first team in FBS history with a losing record to...

Upset Deion Sanders plans to give Travis Hunter his Jim Thorpe trophy after Colorado star snubbed

Nov. 26, 2024 21:48 PM EST

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Travis Hunter may be receiving his first trophy of the season — his coach's 1988 Jim Thorpe Award. Deion Sanders doesn't want his anymore. Not after Colorado's two-way standout and Heisman Trophy hopeful was overlooked as a finalist for the award given to...

Devin Neal scores 4 times, Kansas beats No. 16 Colorado 37-21 as Buffs' Big 12 title hopes take hit

Nov. 23, 2024 20:04 PM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Devin Neal ran for 207 yards and three touchdowns, caught four passes for 80 yards and another score, and led Kansas to a 37-21 victory over No. 16 Colorado on Saturday that dealt a big blow to the Buffaloes' hopes of playing for the Big 12 title. Jalon...

No. 16 Colorado heads to Kansas searching for crucial win for Big 12 title game aspirations

Nov. 21, 2024 06:11 AM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — No. 16 Colorado heads to Arrowhead Stadium to face Kansas on Saturday knowing full well where it stands in the Big 12 picture. Beat the Jayhawks and conference bottom-dweller Oklahoma State and the Buffaloes will be playing for the title. Lose to Kansas and...

No. 7 BYU can take another step toward Big 12 championship game with a victory over Kansas

Nov. 14, 2024 16:35 PM EST

PROVO, Utah (AP) — After suffering several close losses earlier this season, Kansas is finally resembling the team that was expected to be a Big 12 contender after last year’s nine-win campaign. But all the Jayhawks can do now is play spoiler against a BYU team that has its...

Devin Neal sets Kansas career rushing records in 45-36 victory over No. 17 Cyclones

Nov. 09, 2024 20:26 PM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Devin Neal ran for 116 yards and two scores and became Kansas' all-time leader in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns in a 45-36 win over No. 17 Iowa State at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday. Neal broke June Henley's rushing record with a 14-yard run on his...

No. 17 Iowa State faces Kansas at Arrowhead Stadium as Cyclones try to bounce back from first loss

Nov. 07, 2024 06:11 AM EST

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The first message that made its way through the Iowa State locker room after Texas Tech ended its perfect start to the season, scoring in the final seconds last weekend to spring the upset and spoil homecoming for the Cyclones, was that nothing had changed. ...