🏈 Kansas Football: Giant Killer

University of Kansas football had really high expectations coming into the season, but a rough start left them looking in the mirror. What they saw, was that dog in them.

If you told me that a 2-6 Kansas team would turn around their season and be sitting at 5-6 heading into the last week of the season, I may believe you. Kansas was losing, but they weren’t getting blown out, they were losing close games. They were on the cusp of winning multiple games, but just couldn’t pull it out.

Kansas is led by a veteran QB and RB duo in Jalon Daniels and Devin Neal, respectively. They have a great head coach in Lance Leipold. Jeff Grimes, their offensive coordinator, is highly respected. They have all the pieces. After the 2-6 start, they knew they had to turn it around.

The thing standing in their way? Three ranked opponents, back-to-back-to-back. No team under .500 has ever won three games in a row against ranked opponents. We can’t use that stat anymore.

Kansas ripped off three straight wins against (at the time) #17 Iowa State, #6 BYU on the road, and yesterday against Deion and #16 Colorado. All of this came on the heels of their 29-27 loss versus #16 Kansas State. An absolute gauntlet for any team in the country, let alone a 2-5 Kansas team in the midst of a disappointing year.

Jalon Daniels has becomes a true leader on the offense, making impressive plays with both his legs and his arm. While the running game has taken off, the defensive side of the ball has done enough to give the Kansas offense enough leeway to win football games.

This 3-game run was capped off with a win over Colorado yesterday. Not just any win, a dominating win. Kansas ran away with the game in the second half, literally. They pounded the football between the tackles, outwilled Colorado, outpowered them. Devin Neal, Kansas star RB, was as dominant as ever yesterday. Amassing 207 rushing yards on 37 carries, 80 receiving yards on four receptions, and 4 total touchdowns.

With a win next week against Baylor, Kansas will qualify for a bowl game in an unimaginable season.

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