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The Weekend Mauling: 9/5/26
Links! The KC Star breaks down KU’s blowout win over Long Island SI writes that Nik McMillan lived up to his billing in his Jayhawk debut Queen Creek, Arizona (literally right down the street from where I live) has made it a specific crime to damage Flock cameras The John Fetterman drama keeps getting weirder […]
LIU at Kansas: Open Game Thread
Hey, I haven’t posted one of these in a while. It’s football season. Let’s go Jayhawks!
How to Watch: Long Island at Kansas
Kansas opens the 2026 season in the friendly confines at the base of Mt. Oread to take on the Sharks of Long Island. This is the first-ever meeting between Kansas and Long Island. The Numbers Long Island: 0-1, 0-0 NEC Kansas: 0-0, 0-0 B12 Line: KU -41.5 (Yup you read that right) How to Watch […]
Long Island Preview
For the second year in a row, KU opens with an FCS opponent at home, and if all goes according to plan, this should resemble last year’s win over Wagner more than some of the adventures Kansas used to have with FCS teams. LIU (0-1) already has a game under its belt, having lost 42-21 […]
The Gameday Mauling: 9/4/26
Kansas Jayhawks News Take a look inside the new, but unfinished, Booth Stadium Kansas Soccer won again yesterday, this time over Kansas City, who I still think of as UMKC Kansas Volleyball also won yesterday, picking up their first of the year could Kansas lose $1M per home football game this year due to construction? […]
2026 Kansas Volleyball Preview
There are easier ways to begin a volleyball season than playing the #4 and #5 teams in the country. Kansas apparently had no interest in any of them. The Jayhawks opened Matt Ulmer’s second season in Lawrence with matches against Pittsburgh and Stanford at the Opening Spike Classic, losing both in four sets. That leaves […]
The Daily Mauling: 9/2/26
We’re leaving for Kansas very in the morning, so my apologies for the half-assed mauling Kansas Jayhawks News If you want an inside look at the Kansas football team headed into week one, I highly recommend Michael Swain’s podcast Links! The NCAA decided that Cincinnati did nothing wrong in the Brendan Sorsby ordeal, despite the […]
Here’s how KU wins the CFP
With football season upon us, I figured it was time to revisit this old chestnut. But before you dismiss this as the same nonsense I wrote in 2023 and 2024, I would like to direct your attention to the reigning national champion: Indiana. The Hoosiers went 16-0. Indiana! College football has therefore formally surrendered its […]
The Daily Mauling 9.2.26
Kansas Jayhawk Links! Michael Swain at 247 Sports talks about a few changes Lance Leipold is making this season: Let’s start at the end and work our way through a game week. In past seasons, KU has taken the day following a game off. The players got time to rest and recouperate before returning to […]
Kansas Football Releases First Depth Chart, Shares Injury Updates
The football season is officially here and Kansas is preparing to kick off the 2026 season on Friday night. The Jayhawks will welcome Long Island University to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium to begin the year. On Monday, head coach Lance Leipold released the first official depth chart of the season and it answered some […]
Get the best of Rock Chalk Talk on the new SB Nation app
It’s a big day for Rock Chalk Talk. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s the best way to follow the Jayhawks. You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android. A year ago we made some big changes to our community, including offering fewer ads and the addition of […]
The Daily Mauling: 9/1/26
Kansas Jayhawks News The official depth chart is out. Are there any surprises? If nothing else, in this era of college football, you might just need to look at it to learn the names of the players KU has announced what the stadium capacity will be at The Booth this year. It’s not great Lance […]
The Daily Mauling: 8/31/26
Kansas Jayhawks News Jalon Daniels is officially an NFL player and will suit up for Tampa Bay’s first game as their QB2 15th ranked Kansas Volleyball played well against 5th ranked Stanford yesterday, but couldn’t come away with the win Meanwhile, the 17th ranked soccer team tied a program record for shots in a win […]
Longtime Kansas QB Earns Backup Role With Tampa Bay Bucs
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had their own quarterback battle going on during training camp. While it was not for the No. 1 spot on the depth chart, there were multiple options who could back up Baker Mayfield this season. In the end, the Bucs landed on the undrafted free agent out of Kansas. On Sunday […]
The Weekend Mauling: 8/29/26
Links! After scrolling through Google News for five minutes and not finding anything that I feel like posting, I’m declaring this a link-free day Weekend Discussion Topic Today is the start of FBS season with “week zero.” What sports have the best opening day/opening week?
The Daily Mauling: 8/28/26
Kansas Jayhawks News You probably already know, especially if you’ve been to the home page, but Isaiah Marshall has been named starting QB, one day after Cole Ballard, not Marshall, was named a captain In case you want different perspectives, the KC Star also has a writeup on the Marshall news SI wrote about ESPN’s […]
Kansas Football Names Starting QB For 2026 Season
The quarterback battle in Lawrence has come to an end. Kansas is set to kick off the 2026 regular season in eight days and now has a starting quarterback. According to multiple reports on Thursday, Kansas has named redshirt sophomore Isaiah Marshall as the starting quarterback, beating out Cole Ballard. Marshall brings a dual-threat ability […]
The Daily Mauling: 8/27/26
Kansas Jayhawks News 247 wrote up a piece on the five players named team captains for Kansas Football. It seems to give a pretty big hint as to who’s winning the QB battle The LJW has a very cautious depth chart prediction for the football team Through the Phog takes a look at the basketball […]
The Daily Mauling 8.26.26
Kansas Jayhawk Links We’re kicking things off with some basketball today as SI projects the starting lineup and rotations for the Jayhawks. The biggest question in KU’s starting lineup is whether Christian Reeves or Paul Mbiya will get the nod at center to open the season. All signs point toward Mbiya being the favorite, as […]
The Daily Mauling: 8/25/26
Kansas Jayhawks News Matt Tait writes about some defensive players who Kansas fans should know about headed into this season Michael Swain of 247 has an injury update on the football team as they prepare for game one in less than two weeks Kansas Basketball is conspicuously missing from a major publication’s preseason top 25 […]
Kansas Football Showing Portal Interest In NFL RB
Kansas is preparing to begin the regular season is less than two weeks but the coaching staff might not be finished adding to the roster. In the current era of college sports as the NCAA’s eligibility rules continue to be a debacle, the Jayhawks might be looking to take advantage of these, while ludicrous, legal […]
The Daily Mauling: 8/24/26
Kansas Jayhawks News The Tampa Bay Times says yes, Jalon Daniels looks good, but tap the brakes on him being QB2 this year OTOH, Pewter Report believes JD6 (JD10 now?) Should be considered for the backup job 12th ranked Kansas Soccer bounced back from their first loss of the year to pick up a road […]
The Weekend Mauling: 8/22/26
Links! Lionel Messi has been fined by MLS for slapping an opponent A passenger’s laptop caught fire mid-flight on American Airlines On3’s “way too early” bracket projections don’t think much of this year’s Kansas basketball team at all Tre White faces a new hurdle in his attempt to return to Kansas for a5th year of […]
Kansas Football: Lance Leipold Gives Update On QB Battle
The Kansas Football season opener is officially two weeks away. The Jayhawks will open the season at home against LIU — a game that seems like a nice tune up for a new starting quarterback. The question is, who will that starting quarterback be? Head coach Lance Leipold has yet to name a starter to […]
The Daily Mauling: 8/21/26
Kansas Jayhawks News Michael Swain of 247 has a QB battle update, and for the first time it sounds like Chase Jenkins is getting a least a bit of consideration 247 also talked to Bill Self, who gave a breakdown of the upcoming season’s roster SI writes that if Jaxon Kohler picks BYU over Kansas, […]
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