HEROSPORTS
  • Home
  • FCS
    • FCS Home
    • Big South-OVC
    • Big Sky
    • CAA
    • Ivy
    • MEAC
    • MVFC
    • NEC
    • Patriot
    • Pioneer
    • SoCon
    • Southland
    • SWAC
    • UAC
  • FBS
    • FBS Home
    • AAC Football
    • CUSA Football
    • MAC Football
    • Mountain West Football
    • Sun Belt Football
  • College Basketball
  • Register at BetMGM
  • BetMGM Promotions
  • More
    • About HERO Sports
    • Contact
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • FCS
    • FCS Home
    • Big South-OVC
    • Big Sky
    • CAA
    • Ivy
    • MEAC
    • MVFC
    • NEC
    • Patriot
    • Pioneer
    • SoCon
    • Southland
    • SWAC
    • UAC
  • FBS
    • FBS Home
    • AAC Football
    • CUSA Football
    • MAC Football
    • Mountain West Football
    • Sun Belt Football
  • College Basketball
  • Register at BetMGM
  • BetMGM Promotions
  • More
    • About HERO Sports
    • Contact
No Result
View All Result
HEROSPORTS
No Result
View All Result

The Day Kansas Football Died

HERO Sports by HERO Sports
July 11, 2019
The Day Kansas Football Died

Shortly before 6:00 p.m. CT on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, I scoured the internet for a live stream of the Kansas–Colorado football game. It wasn't available on TV — at least not back home in Saint Paul, Minn., where I was visiting during fall break of my junior year at Kansas — so I was forced into the bowels of the illegal streaming world. 

Eventually, I found the game on BobsSketchyStreaming.com, called my wife (then girlfriend) into the room and we huddled around the desktop computer for the next three hours. We watched Kansas football die an unexpected, rollercoaster death. 

A week earlier, the Jayhawks beat Iowa State in Lawrence to improve to 5-0 and remain in the AP top 25 (No. 17) for the 26th time in the last 34 weeks. They were a worse football team than in each of the previous two seasons but were (presumably) bowl-bound for a third straight season for the first time in program history.

Kansas football was still fun. It still had a pulse. Not yet losing to Nicholls, getting blown out by Central Michigan at home or gaining 21 total yards in a nationally televised game vs. TCU.

Kansas trailed Colorado, 27-10, early in the third quarter after the Buffaloes erased an early 3-0 deficit and scored 27 of the last 30 points. Twelve minutes and 36 seconds of game time later, they led Colorado, 30-27. Like each of the last two weeks — one-score home wins over mediocre Iowa State and Southern Miss teams — it wasn't pretty but they were winning.

Still fun. Still a pulse. Not yet yielding 70 points to Oklahoma State or losing to South Dakota State on a fumbled snap.

Colorado converted three third-down attempts, including a 3rd-and-15, on the ensuing 10-play, 76-yard drive to regain the lead. Kansas didn't score again. Despite gaining 130 yards over their final two drives and forcing a Colorado punt from deep in the Buffs' own territory, they didn't score again. 

MORE: Ranking Big 12 Teams by NFL Earnings

It was the first of loss of 2009 and the first of 97 losses in 115 games. Since defeating Iowa State on Oct. 10, 2009, Kansas is 18-97. They had 20 wins from 2007-08 alone. They have 18 over the last nine and a half years.

Since defeating Iowa State on Oct. 10, 2009, they're 5-82 in Big 12 games. They've never won more than three total games in a season or more than one Big 12 game in a season. And when they visit on TCU on Sept. 28 for their first Big 12 road game of 2019, it will mark 4,011 days since their last Big 12 road win (Oct. 4, 2008).

The four-point Colorado loss wasn't the cause of death (See: What the Hell Happened to Kansas Football?). I didn't even know Kansas football was dying on my computer screen. No one knew Kansas football was dying.

But on Oct. 17, 2009, in Boulder, Kansas football died.

split-fbo-6-23-25
Previous Post

FCS 2019 PREVIEW: North Alabama Football Eyes Being Big South Power

Next Post

FCS 2019 PREVIEW: North Carolina Central Football Excited About New Coach

Next Post
FCS 2019 PREVIEW: North Carolina Central Football Excited About New Coach

FCS 2019 PREVIEW: North Carolina Central Football Excited About New Coach

No Result
View All Result

Recent Posts

  • Did The Pac-12 Provide A Knockout Punch To The Mountain West In Their TV Deal? Nope.
  • 2025 FCS Jersey Countdown: The Best Returning Player For Each Number
  • 2025 FCS Top 25: No. 7 Montana Football Preview

HERO Sports is the go-to website for FBS and FCS football news, analysis, and predictions.

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER (Available in the US)
877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY)
1-800-327-5050 (MA), 1-800-NEXT-STEP (AZ), 1-800-BETS-OFF (IA), 1-800-981-0023 (PR)

For new customer offers, Bonus Bets expire in seven days. One New Customer Offer only. Add'l terms. For existing customers, Bonus Bets expire in seven days. Add'l terms.

21+ only. Please Gamble Responsibly. See BetMGM.com for Terms. First Bet Offer for new customers only (if applicable). Subject to eligibility requirements. Bonus bets are non-withdrawable. In partnership with Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel. This promotional offer is not available in DC, Mississippi, New York, Nevada, Ontario, or Puerto Rico.

Welcome Offer Bet $10, $150 in Bonus Bets

GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-GAMBLER (AVAILABLE IN THE US). 21+ ONLY. CO, MI, NJ, PA, WV ONLY. PLEASE GAMBLE RESPONSIBLY. SEE BETMGM.COM FOR TERMS. THIS PROMOTIONAL OFFER IS FOR NEW PLAYERS ONLY. SUBJECT TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. BONUS BETS ARE NON-WITHDRAWABLE. US PROMOTIONAL OFFERS NOT AVAILABLE IN MISSISSIPPI, NEVADA, NEW YORK, ONTARIO AND PUERTO RICO.

  • About HERO Sports
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2022 HERO SPORTS.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • FCS
    • FCS Home
    • Big South-OVC
    • Big Sky
    • CAA
    • Ivy
    • MEAC
    • MVFC
    • NEC
    • Patriot
    • Pioneer
    • SoCon
    • Southland
    • SWAC
    • UAC
  • FBS
    • FBS Home
    • AAC Football
    • CUSA Football
    • MAC Football
    • Mountain West Football
    • Sun Belt Football
  • College Basketball
  • Register at BetMGM
  • BetMGM Promotions
  • More
    • About HERO Sports
    • Contact

© 2022 HERO SPORTS.