University of Kansas

Photo by Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images Mrs Simpson: while we were rescuing your husband, a lumber yard burned down The Rock Chalkboard Andrew Parchment wants to lay foundation for Kansas footballThere's no doubt Andrew Parchment's senior season isn't going perfectly. Even if you removed his numbers, Parchment — known as one of the vocal leaders in the … [Read more...] about The Daily Mauling: 10.21.2020

We’ve seen three different options at quarterback this season, and after a significant portion of time on the field, Miles Kendrick isn’t the starter Kansas football needs going forward. The Kansas football quarterback situation didn’t improve last Saturday, and things aren’t looking up in the future. Last week Miles Kendrick started for the Jayhawks in […] Kansas football: … [Read more...] about Kansas football: Miles Kendrick isn’t cutting it for the Jayhawks on offense

Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports Not good. Kansas hung around for a half, but the second half was an unmitigated disaster - at least offensively. Sure, Kansas covered a 22-point spread, but the Jayhawks had 8 yards of total offense in the second half. Eight. For the game, Kansas had six 3-and-outs in 16 possessions. No drive went more than 45 yards, no drive lasted more than 7 … [Read more...] about A (semi) statistical recap of West Virginia

Photo by Billie Weiss/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Hasta la vista, Abey The Rock Chalkboard Bill Self pleased with maturity level of KU basketball"Our mindset is good," Self said. "I think mentally we’re really in a good place right now. I think our guys have handled everything very maturely. … I’ve been amazed at how they’ve handled things and how they’ve also handled being … [Read more...] about The Daily Mauling: 10.20.2020

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images KU’s star player has left the team to tend to family health issues back in Louisiana. Pooka Williams is leaving KU to move back to Louisiana, per his own tweet and statements from KU and Les Miles. Pooka’s statement reads: Today I made the very difficult decision to opt out of the rest of the season to be closer to my … [Read more...] about Pooka Williams Opts Out

Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports Few teams have put up less yards through the first four games of a season. If you read our predictions heading into the game, there were two major beliefs: the Kansas defense would be unable to contain WVU and the offense would struggle to put up points. The 38-17 score line reflected this, though I’m not putting this loss on the defense. The … [Read more...] about KU’s Offense is in Rare (Bad) Company

Kansas football star Pooka Williams Jr. opted out of the rest of the 2020 season yesterday, making an already difficult year that much worse. The season has been difficult for everyone given the uncertainty regarding COVID-19, but things can’t get much worse for Kansas football. The Jayhawks are 0-4 this season with their closest game […] Kansas football: 2020 season looking … [Read more...] about Kansas football: 2020 season looking bleak without Pooka Williams Jr.

Kansas and Villanova did battle in a highly-ranked late December affair; let’s remember what happened. We saw a number of great teams and a number of great games this past season, even though the national pandemic put a major damper on the season as a whole. We continue our top 40 games of the 2019-20 […] NCAA Basketball: Best games from 2019-20 season – Kansas vs. Villanova - … [Read more...] about NCAA Basketball: Best games from 2019-20 season – Kansas vs. Villanova

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Look, I didn’t steal that copper wire. I just thought they were throwing it out! Here, take it The Rock Chalkboard 10of12 Top 10: Mountaineers get the lone winSaturday was full of excitement around the college football world, but within the Big 12, we only saw two teams in action. Kansas State, Iowa State, Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech and … [Read more...] about The Daily Mauling: 10.19.2020