Following a well-balanced effort in a powerful victory over West Virginia, Kansas will face high-powered Cincinnati on Saturday in a Massive 12 matchup in Lawrence, Kan.
Kansas (3-1, 1-0 Massive 12) defeated the Mountaineers final Saturday 41-10. The Jayhawks ran for 242 yards at almost 6 yards per carry, and handed for one more 146 yards and three touchdowns within the win. Maybe essentially the most spectacular stat was their zero sacks allowed contemplating the Mountaineers got here into the sport with 12 sacks of their first three video games.
Now the Jayhawks welcome the Bearcats (2-1, 0-0 Massive 12), who’re coming off a bye following their 70-0 shellacking of Northwestern State on Sept. 13.
Cincinnati quarterback Brendan Sorsby accomplished all 15 of his passes for 253 yards and 5 touchdowns, all of which got here within the first quarter. He turned the primary quarterback in class historical past and eighth FBS quarterback since 1995 to throw 5 touchdowns in 1 / 4. The Bearcats rank third within the nation in yards per play (8.38).
Now the schedule stiffens with the beginning of Massive 12 play. Whereas Kansas averages 37.3 factors per recreation, Cincinnati averages 40.3.
“(Kansas does) an amazing job with their scheme,” Cincinnati head coach Scott Satterfield stated Tuesday. “Clearly, they will run the soccer. However simply whenever you’re committing to the run, they play-action and there goes a man free.”
The Jayhawks are pretty balanced statistically for the season. By way of 4 video games, they’re averaging 222.8 yards per recreation by means of the air and 191.3 yards per recreation on the bottom, together with 5.4 yards per carry.
Along with standout quarterback Jalon Daniels, the Jayhawks have two highly effective operating backs to rely on in Daniel Hishaw Jr. and Leshon Williams, who had a 129-yard breakout recreation towards West Virginia. Emmanuel Henderson Jr. leads the receivers. Henderson caught six passes towards West Virginia. He additionally had a 94-yard kickoff return to begin the second half that blew open the sport.
“I believed we protected Jalon effectively,” Kansas head coach Lance Leipold stated on Monday. “As the sport went on, I believed we wore them down a bit of bit. I believed we had been in a position to create some issues. We’re (working) to get higher, and there is nonetheless plenty of work to be finished throughout the board.”
Leipold is aware of it will not be straightforward towards the Bearcats.
“They seem to be a actually good soccer group total,” Leipold stated. “I feel our guys are effectively conscious that this would be the greatest group we have performed to this point this 12 months.”
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