Dezmon Briscoe News

How Missouri fared last week: Not well. The Tigers lost a shocker at home to Baylor, 40-32. Missouri allowed Baylor freshman Nick Florence to throw for a school-record 427 yards and three touchdowns as Baylor overcame an 11-point halftime deficit to stun the Tigers.

Kansas State converted a Jayhawk fumble into a 31-yard touchdown pass from Grant Gregory to Lamark Brown with 20 seconds remaining in the half to take a 10-7 lead into the locker room after the first half of play at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.

What happens when a Wildcat Marries a Jayhawk? Snyder: "Well, I'm quite certain that the vast majority of our players would like to bring the Governor's Cup back to Manhattan.

How KU fared last week: The Jayhawks lost their straight game, 42-21 at Texas Tech, and quarterback Todd Reesing was benched.

Key play: Kansas defensive end Jeff Wheeler sacked Texas Tech quarterback Seth Doege, and KU's Max Onyegbule recovered at the Tech 3 and ran it in for a 7-0 KU lead.

Current Conditions available on our Weather Page . Font Size: Baron Batch rushed for 123 yards and four touchdowns to help Texas Tech beat Kansas 42-21 on Saturday.

This week we travel to Lubbock to play Texas Tech. Texas Tech is 5-3 and as always, they bring a high-powered offense.

I am not a pessimistic person; I just like being prepared. KU should be prepared, too, because as I've discussed before, Dezmon Briscoe has every reason to make his exit after this season along with Kerry Meier.A That means planning to fill two big holes at wide receiver this summer instead of just one.

After this season, wide receiver Kerry Meier is gone for good.A I assume he will be taking his 1,958 career yards, 16 career touchdowns, and his KU-career-leading 186 catches with him.

The high expectations of the Kansas offense coming into the 2009 football season have made the last two weeks frustrating to watch for fans who were expecting to see Todd Reesing and company display the ability to score in bunches on any opponent on the 2009 season schedule.

Kansas junior Dezmon Briscoe was named one of 10 semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award, which is given annually to the nation's top wide receiver.

I sat down today in front of my trusty PS2, popped in NCAA Football 2006 , and ran a quick-play of KU against Colorado on the junior varsity setting.

Jacob Branstetter had just kicked an improbable 57-yard field goal in the final seconds of the first half to pull Kansas to within eight points against Oklahoma on Saturday and he took off in a dead sprint toward the Jayhawks' dressing room.

The beginning of the game can be a hectic time for the Kansas offense. Just about every week, the Jayhawks see something they didnt expect from the opposing defense, and they have to react to it.Theres a lot of communication between me and Warinner, KU quarterback Todd Reesing said.

At the beginning of practice last week, true freshman Bradley McDougald had played every down this season on the offensive side of the ball and redshirt freshman John Williams was an offensive lineman for the Kansas Jayhawks.

It's taken Kansas coach Mark Mangino 17 tries to win five games against ranked opponents.

Well, it appears that Kansas wide receivers Dezmon Briscoe and Kerry Meier don't deserve all the credit for their big day last Saturday against Iowa State.

Darrell Stuckey had 14 tackles against Iowa State in his last game. Oct. 16, 2009 LAWRENCE , Kan.

Life and football practice would be simpler for Bradley McDougald if the only he weren't so gifted.

The Kansas offense would be wise not to spend too much time this week thinking about last year's outburst against Oklahoma, when KU put up 491 yards and 31 points against the Sooners in Norman.