Lunch Break

Bill Self underrated in one area as coach

Freshman guards Quentin Grimes and Devon Dotson, an athletic duo of McDonald’s All-Americans, are known as better scorers than pure shooters, so they might not put up great 3-point shooting numbers this season. That doesn’t mean they won’t leave Kansas as better shooters, depending ...

Friday Forecasts: Careful of betting with a system

Everybody has a system for betting sports. Break Even Benny told me about his surefire method to do no worse than break even. “If you lose the first bet, just double the wager on the next,” he said. “And if you lose again, just double the amount you lost and keep doubling until you ...

Evan Fairs, Kyle Mayberry still have option of using new redshirt rule

Fourth-year Kansas football coach David Beaty said last week he doesn't anticipate using the new rule that enables players to redshirt as long as they don't play in more than four games, but two juniors on the roster who might be attractive to other FBS schools still could do ...

Marty Pattin baseball stories in Donald Duck’s voice

Marty "Duck" Pattin's life will be celebrated Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Naismith Room on the second floor of Allen Fieldhouse. Pattin, a 114-game winner in 13 seasons spent as a starting pitcher and reliever, the final seven seasons with the Royals. His last pitch was thrown ...

Multiple factors led to major improvement in secondary in one week

The switch from primarily using a three-man front to a four-man front for Saturday's game in Morgantown resulted in a far better pass rush. The appreciative secondary responded with three interceptions in the red zone of West Virginia quarterback Will Grier, who had not thrown a red-zone ...

Hasan Defense leads ratings in 38-22 loss at West Virginia

**1 - Hasan Defense:** At halftime Defense had more interception return yards (88) than Kansas had total yards of offense (78). Defense returned his two picks 28 and 60 yards. **2 - Daniel Wise:** Was absolutely on fire for the entire game, trying to beat his blocker through the whistle. ...

KU football interim HC countdown: No. 1, Bill Miller

The most experienced assistant coach on David Beaty’s staff has deep recruiting roots in Kansas and Florida and has such a rich well of experience working for head coaches on which to draw in cobbling his own approach to running a college football program, should Kansas decide not let ...

Friday forecasts: Kevin Kane learned well under Dave Doeren

I went 0-3 vs. the spread last week, which means I either am due or you should go opposite of me based on theory that it’s never wise to bet against a streak. **1 - SMU +24 at Central Florida:** Northern Illinois tied with Michigan for most tackles for loss per game (8.8) in the nation ...