Football Friday: Kansas Preview
September 22, 2017 08:06 PM | Football
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas - West Virginia begins Big 12 conference play on the road at Memorial Stadium Saturday in Lawrence, Kansas against the 1-2 Jayhawks.
Kansas started the season with a 38-16 victory over Southeast Missouri State and has since dropped games to Central Michigan, 45-27, and to Ohio, 42-30.
West Virginia improved to 2-1 following last Saturday's 59-16 victory over Delaware State. The Mountaineers lost 31-24 to Virginia Tech in the season opener at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland and defeated East Carolina, 56-20, two weekends ago in Morgantown.
ESPNU (Mike Couzens and John Congemi) will televise the game nationally while Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG radio coverage kicks off at 8:30 a.m. with the Mountaineer Tailgate Show (Dan Zangrilli, Dale Wolfley and Jed Drenning) leading into regular game coverage at 11 a.m. EST with Tony Caridi and Dwight Wallace on stations throughout West Virginia and online via WVUsports.com and the mobile app TuneIn.
Kickoff is set for high noon EST.
Here is Saturday's Countdown to Kickoff:
10 - The defense produced TEN tackles for losses against Delaware State last weekend - the most since 2015 against Kansas State.
9 - Dana Holgorsen's Mountaineer offenses have scored 50 or more points NINE times, including twice already this season against East Carolina (56) and Delaware State (59).
8 - Senior linebacker Al-Rasheed Benton has either led or has tied for the team lead in tackles in every game so far this year with EIGHT stops in all three games.
7 - Since 2011, West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen's Mountaineer teams have been ranked during six of the SEVEN seasons he's been at WVU, totaling 37 weeks during that span of time.
6 - SIX Mountaineer players have now started at least 12 career games led by senior right guard Kyle Bosch's 32 career starts.
5 - Wide receiver David Sills V's FIVE touchdown receptions ranks second in the country. He also ranks 13th this week in receiving yards per game (88.7).
4 - The Mountaineers have now scored 20 points or more in a quarter FOUR times this year - twice each against East Carolina and Delaware State. West Virginia did it only twice last year against Kansas and Texas Tech.
3 - Senior running back Justin Crawford produced his THIRD straight 100-yard rushing performance of the season against Delaware State last Saturday. Crawford now has eight 100-yard games for his career.
2 - West Virginia has only had TWO scoring drives of 10 plays or more so far, but has 10 scoring drives of 70 yards or longer (all touchdowns).
1 - A total of 31 different players have seen their FIRST action as collegiate players, including 15 on defense.
Enjoy today's game and be sure to stop back afterward for the most comprehensive postgame coverage anywhere.
Kansas started the season with a 38-16 victory over Southeast Missouri State and has since dropped games to Central Michigan, 45-27, and to Ohio, 42-30.
West Virginia improved to 2-1 following last Saturday's 59-16 victory over Delaware State. The Mountaineers lost 31-24 to Virginia Tech in the season opener at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland and defeated East Carolina, 56-20, two weekends ago in Morgantown.
ESPNU (Mike Couzens and John Congemi) will televise the game nationally while Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG radio coverage kicks off at 8:30 a.m. with the Mountaineer Tailgate Show (Dan Zangrilli, Dale Wolfley and Jed Drenning) leading into regular game coverage at 11 a.m. EST with Tony Caridi and Dwight Wallace on stations throughout West Virginia and online via WVUsports.com and the mobile app TuneIn.
Kickoff is set for high noon EST.
Here is Saturday's Countdown to Kickoff:
10 - The defense produced TEN tackles for losses against Delaware State last weekend - the most since 2015 against Kansas State.
9 - Dana Holgorsen's Mountaineer offenses have scored 50 or more points NINE times, including twice already this season against East Carolina (56) and Delaware State (59).
8 - Senior linebacker Al-Rasheed Benton has either led or has tied for the team lead in tackles in every game so far this year with EIGHT stops in all three games.
7 - Since 2011, West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen's Mountaineer teams have been ranked during six of the SEVEN seasons he's been at WVU, totaling 37 weeks during that span of time.
6 - SIX Mountaineer players have now started at least 12 career games led by senior right guard Kyle Bosch's 32 career starts.
5 - Wide receiver David Sills V's FIVE touchdown receptions ranks second in the country. He also ranks 13th this week in receiving yards per game (88.7).
4 - The Mountaineers have now scored 20 points or more in a quarter FOUR times this year - twice each against East Carolina and Delaware State. West Virginia did it only twice last year against Kansas and Texas Tech.
3 - Senior running back Justin Crawford produced his THIRD straight 100-yard rushing performance of the season against Delaware State last Saturday. Crawford now has eight 100-yard games for his career.
2 - West Virginia has only had TWO scoring drives of 10 plays or more so far, but has 10 scoring drives of 70 yards or longer (all touchdowns).
1 - A total of 31 different players have seen their FIRST action as collegiate players, including 15 on defense.
Enjoy today's game and be sure to stop back afterward for the most comprehensive postgame coverage anywhere.
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