SportsBeat KC: Even in fewer games, KU seeks to at least match 2019 victory total
The 2020 college football was supposed to start this weekend with a handful of games followed by the traditional full slate of games over Labor Day weekend.
There won’t be a grand opening for the sport this season, but rather a staggered start, with the Big 12, ACC and other conferences kicking off Sept. 12 and SEC schools beginning on Sept. 26.
Every day there’s more news about COVID-19 on campus, and playing inside a bubble or bubbles, however unlikely it may be for college teams, appears to be the best solution for getting in a full season. But teams are practicing and planning for their openers whether they’ll be playing them at home or on the road.
On this episode of SportsBeat KC, The Kansas City Star’s daily sports podcast, Kansas beat writer Jesse Newell talks college sports and the questions facing the Jayhawks this season. Can Kansas match last year’s victory total of three games, even with two fewer games on the schedule? What’s the quarterback situation and who could emerge on defense? We even get into a little basketball.
Because, after all, it’s Kansas.
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This story was originally published August 25, 2020 at 12:46 PM.