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The Weekend Mauling: 7/25/26
Sorry, I thought I got this scheduled last night before I fell asleep, but I guess not. Weekend Discussion Topic What is the greatest movie franchise of all time? You have to take the bad with the good (i.e. you can’t say Star Wars minus the prequels or whatever)
Kansas Football 2026 Opponent Preview: Missouri
After a Week 1 matchup with LIU, the Jayhawks welcome in Missouri on a Friday night. 2026 Missouri Football at a Glance 2025 Missouri Season-In-Review Strengths Ahmad Hardy is recovering well and this gives Missouri one of the best running backs in the SEC back. Hardy rushed for 1,649 yards and 16 touchdowns in his […]
The Daily Mauling: 7/24/26
Kansas Jayhawks News KU has announced some changes to Late Night in the Phog The KC Star wrote about Sherron Collins and Tyshawn Taylor, and the difficulty they faced in putting together at TBT roster Links! Tommy Tuberville wants to have the mayor of New York arrested A stabbing in NYC yesterday is being investigated […]
The Daily Mauling: 7/23/26
Kansas Jayhawks News 247’s Michael Swain tells us what anonymous Big 12 coaches are expecting from the men’s basketball team this winter Sherron Collins, who coaches the KU alumni TBT squad, is not impressed with their effort. But will he call them soft? One college hoops expert believes a Kansas sophomore is poised for a […]
The Daily Mauling 7.22.26
Kansas Jayhawks News Jeff Borzello updates his Way Too Early Top 25 and has the Jayhawks at #23 for the upcoming basketball season: He’s strong, he’s physical, he’s a menace in transition, he has great positional size — and he creates matchup problems because of his point-forward and playmaking ability. Coach Bill Self will give […]
The Daily Mauling: 7/21/26
Kansas Jayhawks News 247 takes a look at how all former Jayhawks performed at this year’s Summer League Through the Phog takes a look at Kansas football’s biggest recruiting surprises since 2020 Links! The Avengers: Doomsday trailer is out. What is there to know about this year’s movie? The Paramount/Warner merger seems to have hit […]
The Daily Mauling: 7/20/26
Kansas Jayhawks News Through the Phog rates the top 5 biggest losses Kansas basketball has suffered to the transfer portal The KC Star has yet another Kansas Q&A The Kansas SI page has this article on why Cole Ballard has the edge over Isiah Marshall this fall Links! CNN Travel wrote a whole piece on […]
World Cup Final OGT
All good things come to an end. After an insane 3rd place game yesterday, Spain and Argentina play for the cup today at 2pm Jayhawk Time.
The Daily Mauling: 7/17/26
Kansas Jayhawks News 247 takes a deep dive into Lance Leipold’s focus this past offseason The KC Star asks aloud whether Bill Self’s newest recruit will ever suit up for Kansas The Topeka Capitol-Journal tackles what the 3 biggest questions are facing KU basketball’s offseason Links! The Hill writes about what permanent DST would look […]
Where does Lance Leipold rank among Big 12 head coaches?
It has been a roller coaster ride for Lance Leipold as he works to bring Kansas Football out of the basement. After a 2-10 season in year one, Leipold helped the Jayhawks improve by four wins before a 9-4 campaign in 2023. That year, Kansas reached No. 19 in the AP Poll and was ranked […]
The Daily Mauling: 7/16/26
Kansas Jayhawks News Kansas football players are having fun in Andy Kotelnicki’s new/old offense What is Kansas basketball getting in its new (potential) Serbian big man? Through the Phog discusses a new article estimating the value of the top players in college basketball, and Tyran Stokes ain’t coming in cheap Links! Messi did it again, […]
The Daily Mauling 7.15.26
Kansas Jayhawks News Bill Self is a master at pulling a rabbit out of his hat late in the recruiting season and it appears as if he is attempting again with the addition of 7 footer Mihailo Musikic from Serbia. Not quite getting my hopes up on him being cleared by the NCAA after reading […]
The Daily Mauling: 7/14/26
Kansas Jayhawks News 247 gives into what Dylan Edwards can bring to the offense this fall LaGerald Vick is in a lot of trouble. Like, life in prison trouble Ted Owens is headed to the college basketball Hall of Fame, following a career that included 19 years at Kansas Links! The whole ceasefire in Iran, […]
Kansas legend John Riggins to have number retired by Washington Commanders
John Riggins began as a star at Kansas before becoming a dominant running back for a Super Bowl winning team. The Washington Commanders continue to do the right thing under new owner Josh Harris and it now includes the former Jayhawk great. It was announced over the weekend that Washington will retire Riggins’ No. 44 […]
The Daily Mauling: 7/13/26
Kansas Jayhawks News This isn’t a new article, but it’s nice to read that Jalon Daniels is having a lot of fun trying to make the Tampa Bay practice squad Several Jayhawks have already been taken in this weekend’s MLB draft Two former Jayhawks from recent basketball teams have ended up teammates in the summer […]
The Weekend Mauling: 7/11/26
Links! US Soccer’s pay-to-play model is getting a lot of criticism right now The Athletic also wrote about the pay-to-play issue. This article is probably better The house is going to vote on a bill to make daylight savings time permanent, which would be horrible Odd metallic spheres have washed up on an Australian beach, […]
The Daily Mauling: 7/10/26
Kansas Jayhawks News It’s not quite Kansas news, but this ESPN article says Jazz fans are hyped after seeing Darryn Peterson in the Summer League Through the Phog writes that Lance Leipold is trying to fix the biggest problem from last season Links! AJ Dybantsa’s Wizards scraped past Darryn Peterson’s Jazz last night Did Lakers […]
The Daily Mauling: 7/9/26
Kansas Jayhawks News Lance Leipold gave us somewhat of an update on the QB situation yesterday. Maybe you’ll like his answer better than I do, but I kinda doubt it. Also, has anyone seen Chase Jenkins? I don’t like having a crypto company patch on the uniforms, but I do like how much money Kansas […]
What Kansas head coach Lance Leipold said during Big 12 Media Days
Kansas head coach Lance Leipold and team representatives took the podium on day two of the Big 12 Media Days. The Jayhawks were part of the final day of festivities from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The Big 12 kicked off an action-packed summer of media days across all major conferences. […]
An introduction to Rock Chalk Talk
The Fourth of July has come and gone. Football season is right around the corner and basketball season is shortly after that. What better time to begin talking about one of the better athletic programs in the nation? That is what I will be doing as a new contributor to Rock Chalk Talk moving forward […]
The Daily Mauling 7.8.26
Kansas Jayhawk News Well, the Big 12 has announced their Preseason All Big 12 and: However, Kansas football is one of four Big 12 programs – along with Colorado, Iowa State, and UCF – without a player represented on either side of the ball. It’s the first time since 2022 that no KU player has made an […]
The Daily Mauling: 7/7/26
Kansas Jayhawks News Jeremy Case sat down with 247 and broke down each member of KU’s 4-man transfer class Darryn Peterson says he was thinking about Kansas in the NCAA Tournament during his impressive NBA summer league debut Links! The USMNT ‘s World Cup run came to an ugly end yesterday A former city official […]
The Daily Mauling: 7/6/26
Kansas Jayhawks News Darryn Peterson put on a show in his first NBA Summer League game 247 put together a guide to watching Jayhawks in the summer league, if you’re into that sort of thing What are Bill Self’s options in putting together a starting lineup for next season? Links! Was Trump involved in getting […]
Independence Day Weekend Mauling: 7/4/26
Have a happy 4th of July and stay safe! Question of the Day What artist have you seen in concert that you’re just glad you got to see at least once? Conversely, who do you really hope you get to see before they hang it up?
The Daily Mauling: 7/3/26
Depending on where you are, it’s already fairly late in the morning. Let’s just do QOTD and pretend the rest never happened. Question of the Day What concert have been to that surprised you the most? I’ll leave it open ended as to what surprising can mean
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