Kansas Jayhawks Articles
The 2017 college football season is just around the corner, and it’s time to honor the best of the best for the upcoming year. The 2017 season features plenty of big names returning to the gridiron, including a standout group of...
Steven Lassan
4 days ago
The inaugural edition of Athlon Sports was published in 1967, the same year that a running back named O.J. Simpson led the USC Trojans to the national championship. As we celebrate 50 years of covering the sport, we thought it would be fun to take...
Athlon Sports
5 days ago
Kansas has won a total of two games over the last two seasons but are things starting to look up for the Jayhawks under head coach David Beaty? His bosses seem to think so based on the contract extension he received and Kansas did snap its 19-...
Athlon Sports
1 week ago
Ranking all 130 college football teams is no easy task, but with the first Saturday of action on Aug. 26 approaching quickly, it’s never too early to see how every FBS program stacks up for 2017. At the top, Alabama leads the way as Athlon...
Steven Lassan
1 week ago
The race to win the Big 12 in 2017 took an interesting turn this offseason. Oklahoma is Athlon’s predicted champion, but the Sooners will be under the direction of new coach Lincoln Riley after Bob Stoops retired in June. Riley will continue...
Steven Lassan
2 weeks ago
College football’s 2017 season starts on Aug. 26 and concludes with the national championship on Jan. 8 in Atlanta. The season is still a few months away, but it's never too early to project and rank college football's top...
Steven Lassan
3 weeks ago
The Big 12 didn’t experience a ton of turnover in the coordinator ranks this offseason, but there were a few big changes to watch in 2017. Doug Meacham left behind his play-calling duties at TCU to coordinate the offense under coach David...
Steven Lassan
3 weeks ago
Predictions for any FBS conference and all 130 college football teams are an inexact science. Some teams are just a bigger mystery than others or a hard program to get a read on for the upcoming year. Coaching changes, transfers, players returning...
Steven Lassan
3 weeks ago
The Big 12’s 2017 all-conference team features a three-way tie at the top for the most selections. Texas, Oklahoma State and Oklahoma all feature 15 picks for Athlon’s 2017 All-Big 12 team, while Kansas State checks in second at 13...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
With Bob Stoops at Oklahoma, Gary Patterson at TCU, Mike Gundy at Oklahoma State and Bill Snyder at Kansas State, the Big 12 is home to some of college football's top coaches. And the depth in the league improved over the offseason, as Texas...
Steven Lassan
1 month ago
A grand total of 14 players from the Big 12 were selected in last weekend’s NFL draft, so a top 25 list for next season seems like either overkill or wishful thinking.
Frankly, a few of the names below are serious reaches...
Allen Kenney
1 month ago
With the 2017 NFL Draft in the books, it's time to take an early look at 2018 and some of the top prospects on the radar for pro scouts. Although USC quarterback Sam Darnold has just 10 career starts, the sophomore ranks as the No. 1 player in...
Athlon Sports
1 month ago
The big question about the difficulty of Big 12 teams’ schedules this year: Where do you play Oklahoma?
The Big 12’s round-robin approach creates a high degree of uniformity among its members’ individual schedules....
Allen Kenney
2 months ago
Spring practice is a busy time for all 130 college football teams, and it's no secret most of the attention in offseason workouts starts with the quarterback position. The 2017 crop of quarterbacks starts with defending Heisman Trophy...
Steven Lassan
2 months ago
Optimists might look at the Big 12 teams’ three non-conference games and point out that it means one fewer chance for the programs to pulverize a cupcake directional school. The cynics see fewer opportunities for marquee matchups.
...
Allen Kenney
2 months ago
Oregon won the first NCAA Tournament championship in 1939. The Ducks have not been back to the semifinal round since then, but seek to remedy that drought Saturday in the Midwest Region final. In their way stands arguably the hottest team in the...
Kyle Kensing
3 months ago
For the first time since 2010, the Purdue Boilermakers will play on the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament. They advanced after their close victory over No. 5 Iowa State 80-76 this past Saturday. Now, the Boilermakers will look to pull off the...
Antwan Staley
3 months ago
Sunday’s game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Kansas Jayhawks sort of has a Final Four feel to it despite it being a second round matchup. March is usually Tom Izzo’s time to shine no matter the Spartans’ regular...
Antwan Staley
3 months ago
Entering the NCAA Tournament, the Kansas Jayhawks didn’t know if they were going to face the UC Davis Aggies or the North Carolina Central Eagles. After Wednesday’s game, the Jayhawks received their answer.
UC Davis edged North...
Antwan Staley
3 months ago
The countdown to the 2017 college football season is already underway, as spring practices and position battles for spots on the depth chart for all 130 teams across the nation are already in progress in offseason workouts. And one...
Steven Lassan
3 months ago
It’s been eight long years since the Kansas Jayhawks posted a winning record, and nine since the program won more than three games in a season. However, the 2017 Jayhawks have the talent and experience to compete and there is renewed optimism...
Nicholas Ian Allen
3 months ago
College football teams are stirring once again, as spring practice has begun in different parts of the country. Activity will only pick up as the calendar turns to March, especially in Big 12 country.
Iowa State (Feb. 28) is the first Big...
Athlon Sports
3 months ago
Ranking the college football and basketball head coaching tandems for the Power 5 conferences is no easy assignment. But that’s what Athlon Sports has set out to do this offseason, as spring practice is just starting around the nation for all...
Athlon Sports
3 months ago
Redshirt freshmen make an impact for every college football team during the course of a season, and it’s no surprise a handful of talented players are ready to push for time after sitting out the 2016 campaign. A variety of reasons could be...
Steven Lassan
4 months ago
The Big 12 has a deep group of coaching tandems in place at all 10 programs. Oklahoma leads the way once again with Bob Stoops and Lon Kruger, but there is plenty of depth in the next group of teams, which features TCU, Texas and Oklahoma State....
Athlon Sports
4 months ago