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The Daily Mauling: 11/3/25

Kansas Jayhawks News Here’s everything Lance Leipold had to say after Saturday’s win Leipold is not happy with all the targeting calls Kansas has picked up this year Here’s what the KC Star will be watching for in this evening’s game against Green Bay Links! The Chicago Bears beat Cincinnati in a wild, wild ending […]

Open Game Thread: Oklahoma State at Kansas

If you want to learn more about this game and how to watch, please read Mike’s preview. This has to be a win for Kansas, and fans will be restless if it’s even a close one. Let’s get the W today, folks. Rock Chalk!

How to Watch: Oklahoma State at Kansas

It’s Homecoming weekend in Lawrence, where the meek Jayhawks will take a swing at the lowly Oklahoma State Cowboys in the Big 12’s pillowfight of the week. Kansas is 30-41-3 all-time vs Oklahoma State. The Numbers Oklahoma State: 1-7, 0-5 B12 Kansas: 4-4, 2-3 B12 Line: KU -24.5 O/U: 55.5  How to Watch Saturday, Nov […]

The Weekend Mauling: 11/1/25

Kansas Jayhawks News Bill Self thinks this transfer player will be a fan favorite The UDK gives you staff picks for today’s game against OSU Links! The Dodgers forced a game 7 in the World Series Ohtani will be the starting pitcher for LA in that game seven It took until Halloween for Bill Belichick […]

The Halloween Mauling: 10/31/25

In lieu of a typical mauling, I’m getting into the Halloween spirit with some spooky QOTDs Halloween QOTDs 1) Have you or anyone you know ever visited Stull Cemetery outside of Lawrence? What was your/their experience? 2) Do you believe in any type of paranormal phenomena? 3) What are the scariest movies you’ve seen? (not […]

The Daily Mauling: 10/30/25

Kansas Jayhawks News Bill Self discusses his decision to sub out all five starters in Monday’s scrimmage Here’s a summary of everything Self said following said exhibition game Rumors aside, it seems unlikely that Tyran Stokes will go to Kansas This OSU-centric article names three Jayhawks to keep an eye on in Saturdays game Links! […]

Big 12 Football Tier Ranking

After some weeks off, I’m bringing back the Big 12 tier rankings. This is a power poll of sorts, moreso than an analytical look at who’s truly best. Instead of ranking teams from 1-16, I choose different tiers each week to fit where teams are sitting. Tier I – Conference Title Contenders Texas Tech – […]

The Daily Mauling 10.29.25

Kansas Jayhawk News As posted earlier, KU has lost a highly rated recruit. The initial acquisition of Dunnigan in January, when he picked KU over Kansas State, Nebraska, Stanford and others, was at the time a major in-state recruiting coup for the Jayhawks, and helped set off a series of commitments from Kansan players during […]

The Daily Mauling: 10/28/25

Kansas Jayhawks News Despite their recent struggles, Kansas is a giant favorite this weekend against Oklahoma State On3 gives you highlights of Bill Self’s Monday press conference where he discusses just about everything Kansas soccer has one game remaining after taking down Utah on the rust Links! Hurricane Melissa is the strongest storm this year, […]

The Daily Mauling: 10/27/25

Kansas Jayhawks News 247 gives you three observations from the beatdown on Saturday Lance Leipold publicly acknowledged the frustration fans are feeling ($ KC Star, which isn’t tough to get around, or so I’ve heard) Hat tip to grad for sharing this commentary on KU football’s apparent plateau Is Bill Self making any ground with […]

The Weekend Mauling: 10/25/25

Kansas Jayhawks News KU soccer scored a road victory over BYU Kansas volleyball was knocked off by K-State in Allen Fieldhouse Kansas hoops scored a victory in a road exhibition game at Louisville Here are three observations about that Louisville scrimmage Here’s BOTC’s preview of today’s game Links! Adam Silver says the NBA investigated Terry […]

Preview and How to Watch: K-State at Kansas

Kansas finally returns to the friendly confines of Memorial Stadium, as it is once again the Jayhawks’ turn to host the annual Sunflower Showdown. Kansas is still 65-52-5 all-time vs K-State, but the only number I care about right now is 17; the Purple Cats have won 16 in a row in this series. I […]

The Daily Mauling: 10/24/25

Kansas Jayhawks News What are realistic expectations for the six freshmen on the basketball team? Lance Leipold discusses what’s at stake in tomorrow’s game against KSU A comprehensive list of who’s out due to injury for both Kansas and Kansas State Links! Here’s a look inside the way a high stakes, mafia-connected poker game was […]

The Daily Mauling: 10/23/25

Kansas Jayhawks News Darryn Peterson and AJ Dybantsa aren’t feeding into the media hype about the two of them Lance Leipold claims he understands the stakes on Saturday Bill Self had some thoughts about G league players being NCAA eligible Travis Goff provided an update on KU’s various athletic programs Links! Trailblazers coach Chauncey Billups […]

The Daily Mauling 10.22.25

As we head towards Saturday, the Wichita Eagle discusses K-State’s winning streak and how they’re using it for extra motivation this year. The Wildcats have won 16 straight football games against the Kansas Jayhawks, which means the Governor’s Cup — and nearly two decades of rivalry bragging rights — have lived in Manhattan since 2009 […]

How to experience a football game day at Kansas

With the football program seeing a significant increase in attendance over the last couple of years, there may be some folks new to the experience in and around Memorial Stadium and/or Lawrence in general.  If you find yourself spending a fall weekend in Lawrence, here are some things to keep you busy. WHERE TO EAT […]

The Daily Mauling: 10/21/25

Kansas Jayhawks News Former Jayhawk Dorrance Armstrong is out for the year The two-man game between Darryn Peterson and Flory Bidunga is coming along in practice ($ LJW) KU Hoops has an open scrimmage scheduled Friday with Louisville Lance Leipold talks about why Kansas is running a lot of option this year Links! The Blue […]

The Daily Mauling: 10/20/25

Kansas Jayhawks News KU starts the week as the favorite for the Sunflower Showdown Some of the biggest names on the Rivals recruiting beat predict where Tyran Stokes will land 3 overreactions to the Late Night scrimmage Jayhawks soccer took down Cincinnati yesterday Links! This On3 article predicts the entire college basketball bracket. They didn’t […]

The Weekend Mauling: 10/18/25

Kansas Jayhawks News It seems more and more like someone just dropped a pocket knife and that it was not thrown at the Kansas sideline. Is this a bad look for Leipold and Kansas? I for one am disappointed that the Sunflower Showdown got an 11am kickoff time This UDK opinion piece says ease up […]

The Daily Mauling: 10/17/25

Kansas Jayhawks News Bill Self shared his thoughts on potentially expanding the NCAA Tournament Elmarko Jackson has a fun nickname for a new freshman teammate Darryn Peterson is the Big 12 preseason freshman of the year over the BYU guy whose name I don’t want to look up Links! Who could have guessed the Big […]

The Daily Mauling: 10/16/25

Kansas Jayhawks News Kansas and Texas Tech got a slap on the wrist for thrown tortillas and knifegate Tipoff times and broadcast information is now out for the entire KU hoops schedule Bill Self had a lot to say in his preseason press conference yesterday Links! ESPN rates the best and worst offseason moves in […]

The Daily Mauling 10.15.25

Game time for the Sunflower Showdown was announced this week: The game time for this year’s Sunflower Showdown between Kansas football and their in-state rivals Kansas State was announced on Monday as the two teams will kick off at 11 a.m. CT on Saturday, Oct. 25, inside David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. College Football News has predictions […]

The Daily Mauling: 10/14/25

Kansas Jayhawks News The throwing of tortillas at Saturday’s game has reached “controversy” levels How big will Bryson Tiller’s role be this year? CBS Sports calls Kansas “underrated” in the AP preseason pool Links! Multiple consecutive days of rain have now ended in Arizona, leaving behind the toll of flooding A starting linebacker at Houston […]

A (Semi) Statistical Recap of Texas Tech

Saturday in Lubbock went about as well as most of us (should have) expected – although the way it went down certainly was interesting. At least we didn’t end up with a running clock in this one, although there were some hard feelings after the game as it sounds like Tech fans were throwing more […]