The Deion Sanders present is coming to Kansas Metropolis.
Sanders and No. 16 Colorado will take a look at their mettle towards Kansas on Saturday in Kansas Metropolis, Mo. The sport will probably be performed at Arrowhead Stadium, as all of Kansas’ dwelling video games this season are away from Lawrence, Kan.
The Buffaloes (8-2, 6-1 Large 12) have received 4 straight video games. In the event that they win their final two — together with a house contest towards Oklahoma State on Nov. 29 — they’ll play within the Large 12 Championship Sport on Dec. 7 for a spot within the School Soccer Playoff.
However first issues first. The Buffaloes possible could have their palms full with the Jayhawks (4-6, 3-4), who’ve received two straight video games towards ranked groups for the primary time at school historical past. Every week after knocking off Iowa State at Arrowhead, the Jayhawks handed BYU its first lack of the season on Saturday night time with a 17-13 choice in Provo, Utah.
“I really feel like our workforce has all the time achieved a fantastic job having the ability to keep the course,” quarterback Jalon Daniels mentioned. “I really feel like a giant staple inside our program is having the ability to belief the method.”
The Jayhawks’ bowl probabilities appeared all-but achieved after they misplaced to Kansas State on Oct. 26 to fall to 2-6 general. But when they knock off the Buffaloes after which win at Baylor on Nov. 30, they’re going to be bowl eligible.
“I’ve plenty of respect for Coach Sanders,” Kansas coach Lance Leipold mentioned Monday. “The factor we’ve in widespread is that we have come up by means of the ranks. He is discovered a approach to achieve success utilizing his personal philosophy. He is constructed a school soccer workforce that is probably the most improved in school soccer in a really brief time period.
“They are a very proficient workforce that is taking part in with plenty of confidence.”
The Jayhawks’ victory over BYU was a defensive wrestle, which snapped a streak of six straight video games of scoring at the least 27 factors.
The Buffaloes have been scoring plenty of factors of their four-game profitable streak. They scored 34 factors in back-to-back video games earlier than scoring 41 at Texas Tech and 49 towards Utah final Saturday.
Nonetheless, Sanders wasn’t fully glad.
“We’ve not even put all of it collectively but,” Sanders mentioned at his postgame information convention. “Like we’ve not even performed our greatest sport. That ought to be in itself scary. After I mentioned (when he was employed at Colorado), ‘We comin.’ We nonetheless coming. We by no means stopped coming. We’re coming, and we ain’t almost there but.”
Now, with the Jayhawks of their sights, Sanders is not going to take something with no consideration.
“They’re powerful, they’re bodily, they play a constant sport,” Sanders mentioned. “That quarterback provides you issues as a result of he is very versatile. The protection can take the ball away interception-wise they usually haven’t given up — no matter what the document could state — the final two weeks. They’ve knocked some folks off their toes. It should be an incredible job for us.”
–Area Degree Media