Kerry Meier News

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

Never mind the fact that Kansas State hasn't defeated Kansas in three seasons. Never mind that fact that the Wildcats are in first place in the Big 12 North and that a win over the rival Jayhawks on Saturday would be a giant step toward the conference title game next month.

Despite a combined 168 yards receiving for KU senior Kerry Meier and junior Dezmon Briscoe , Kansas fell to Sunflower Showdown rival Kansas State, 17-10, Saturday afternoon 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.

Not all of the closets in the Meier home were overhauled after the last boy in the Pittsburg family showed a rebellious streak.

Kerry Meier will face the school where two of his older brothers played before him.

Mark Mangino has coached against his former boss before, so don't expect the Kansas coach to be overly giddy with excitement this week as the Jayhawks prepare to face Bill Snyder and Kansas State in Manhattan.

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

Texas Tech's LaRon Moore celebrates forcing a turnover by hitting Kansas' Kerry Meier and causing a fumble Saturday at Jones AT&T Stadium in Lubbock, Texas.

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

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.

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 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.

Kansas has been ranked in the Associated Press football Top 25 every week this season.

A What if Rodney Fowler had somehow found his way back to the grid-iron?A The former Kansas free safety was quickly becoming a great one until a mysterious injury forced him out of football prior to his senior year.A Had he taken a medical red-shirt and been able to return in '06, either he or fellow returner Rodney Harris could've easily beenan ...

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.

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

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.