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A defiant Mark Mangino insisted he plans to be the coach at Kansas next year, but will have no regrets if he's not.

WHEN MISSOURI PASSES With 173 yards last week, Danario Alexander was 27 yards from becoming the third player in major college history to have 3 straight games of 200 or more receiving yards.

Texas improved to 11-0 on the season and 7-0 in conference play. The Longhornsa win secures them for the Big 12 South title.

A Kansas attempt to claim momentum with an onside kick came up about 3 yards short in an eventual 51-20 loss Saturday night to Texas.

Jake Sharp took flight on a run at Texas. Nov. 21, 2009 AUSTIN , Texas Despite driving into Texas territory repeatedly in the first half, Kansas could only come up with six points as No.

For all the underachievement and disappointment in the Big 12 North this season, at least the division will be spared a final indignity.There will be no confusion about the winner, no drilling into the conference tie-breaker rule book to unlock four 4-4 teams or some such season-ending pile-up of mediocrity.Saturdays results brought clarity at ...

Nebraska quarterback Zac Lee scores a touchdown while tackled by Kansas linebacker Justin Springer and linebacker Drew Dudley during the first half of their NCAA college football game Saturday in Lawrence.

It's getting harder and harder to pick the positives out of Kansas football. Especially after a game like yesterday's when the Jayhawks had every opportunity to be victorious, yet they were squandered.A It's amazing to realize that had either of two specific penalties been avoided by Mark Mangino's defense, the result would have been a fourth down, ...

At a time like this, excuses can seem pretty futile. So Kansas senior Justin Thornton wasnt going to blame his personal-foul penalty in the fourth quarter on the stroke of bad luck that placed his hand on the other guys facemask during what was otherwise a pretty outstanding defensive play.Its not a matter of luck, Thornton said.

Husker assistant wary of KU offense despite woes 6:57 p.m. Forget the Jayhawks' recent struggles on offense.

Husker assistant wary of KU offense despite woes 6:57 p.m. Forget the Jayhawks' recent struggles on offense.

Kansas State quarterback Grant Gregory found room to run in the fourth quarter during Kansas State University and University of Kansas football game at Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday, Nov 7, 2009, in Manhattan, Kansas.

Ex-Husker against ex-Husker 11:06 a.m. Remember former Nebraska I-back Leon Jackson? Part of the Huskers' ballyhooed 2005 recruiting class, Jackson tried both I-back and safety and left the program before the 2006... >> >> TWITTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FOOTBALL Getting to know Kansas LAST TIME OUT The Jayhawks continued their fall out of the Big 12 ...

Maybe the most alarming reason given for the benching of Todd Reesing last week was that Kansas coach Mark Mangino feared for his quarterbacks safety playing behind a struggling offensive line.

Todd Reesing's recent struggles aside, if you're picking sides, is anybody taking Grant Gregory over Sparky? Reesing has had two really bad games and a third that was really bad at the beginning, but he's more talented and much more experienced than Gregory.

Kansas State, currently atop the Big 12 North standings, returns home to begin the month of November as rival Kansas visits Bill Snyder Family Stadium for the 107th edition of the Sunflower Showdown.

The blocking was bad, the quarterback play was bad, the receivers were bad and the play calling was bad.

In this conference, and for this KU team, that's usually plenty good enough to win, especially when you get a takeaway or two, as KU has.

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.

If the Jayhawks want to win even one more game this season, they're going to have to take some things away from the past two weeks.A Fortunately, if there really are a thousand lessons in defeat, Mark Mangino and company have plenty to work with.