Locked On Jayhawks - Daily Podcast On Kansas Jayhawks Football & Basketball - Can the Jayhawks Defeat the Cyclones? CROSSOVER PREVIEW of Kansas at Iowa State

Episode Date: November 21, 2025

Crossover preview of Kansas Jayhawks at Iowa State Cyclones, breaking down if KU has a shot of winning in Ames to reach bowl eligibility. Can Jalon Daniels and Daniel Hishaw deliver?Locked On Jayhawks host Derek Johnson and Locked On Cyclones host Nick Marovets analyze the contest between Lance Leipold and Matt Campbell. Can Hishaw or Abu Sama or Carson Hansen establish the run? Will Rocco Becht bounceback? What will KU get from Daniels against a depleted 'Clones secondary? How does each team find a way to win the game?Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!GametimeToday's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONCOLLEGE for $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply.FanDuelToday's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Football season is around the corner, visit the FanDuel App today and start planning your futures bets now.FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Iowa State in Kansas, late November, not basketball. We're going football today on a locked on Cyclones, locked on Jayhawks crossover. You are locked on college crossover, part of the Locked on podcast network. Your team every day. Welcome in to a locked on cyclones, locked on Jayhawks crossover, part of the Lockedon Podcast Network. team every day. Now the number one sports podcast network. I'm Nick Marvitz alongside Derek Johnson.

We're going to break down the football game between Iowa State and Kansas this weekend. We're going to go ahead and start with just big storylines overarching. You know, how is the season gone? How could it look in just a few weeks? Then we're going to dive into some key players, key takeaways, or not takeaways necessarily, key guys and how they could impact the game. And then final predictions, general final wrap it up notes type of deal. But before we get that far, today's episode is brought to you by game time. Download the game. game time app, create an account and use code lockdown college for $20 off your first purchase. All right, Derek, let's go ahead and dive into this because this isn't, this is not at the top of

very many people's watch lists, I would assume, unless you're an Iowa State or a K-State fan. But what has Kansas gone through this season that this game has kind of become the pinnacle to move into the bowl eligibility category six wins on the line? What's Kansas been through so far? They've been through hell, basically, to get here. No, I mean, it has not been, it has not been the most fun situation to get to this point. I mean, KU started the season hot. They were looking pretty good.

You had a loss to Missouri, but you had some blowout wins in there. You were three and one. And even the loss of Missouri, you were leading late. And then from there, things have just kind of fallen apart a little bit for different reasons. Some games it's been the defense, some games it's been an inability to close. Some games it's been, you know, maybe not scoring in the second half. Some games, it's been a little bit of everything, like the Kansas State game. And now you're in a situation where you're trying to avoid missing a bowl game for a second straight season.

And Kansas is over 30 seniors on the roster. They could really use those extra practices for bowl season to get the young guys, just extra reps headed into, you know, the offseason into spring ball into next year. So this is a huge game for them because this one seems, if you're just basing it off like what Vegas is going to project the point spread as, they're three and a half point underdogs. that's going to be a smaller line than they're going to have in the Utah game for Senior Day, where I'd imagine that'll be a double-digit line. Yeah, Utah, obviously, I have had my comments about Utah this season, but Utah, a very tough team in Kansas left. I think get done this weekend.

I will admit, I watched Kansas early on this year, namely against Fresno State and then in Missouri. I thought you guys looked good. I genuinely was a little frightened of Kansas and what Jalen Daniels, what you guys' ceiling was, essentially, didn't quite cap out around there. Where would you put them kind of in your preseason ceiling floor situation? Did they kind of live up to expectations? Because I see, the way I see the schedule, I've said this week, perfectly mid.

You beat the teams you're supposed to beat and you've lost to the teams that probably weren't supposed to beat. So where do you rank this season so far and how terrified should Iowa State be that they come out screaming out the gates? Yeah, I think that's a good way putting it. like they've just been kind of an average football team, right? I think it's something where before the season started, they were seven and a half on the Vegas over under win total. So I think the hope was could they at least get to seven wins? I think the baseline, though, it's can you get to bowl eligibility?

I think the real hope here was could you get to a bowl game and beat one of your rivals? You didn't be one of your rivals. So that's already, you know, gone and past. You still have a chance to get to a bowl game here if you can beat Iowa State. And so it's a little bit of opportunity for redemption. it did feel like, you know, last year they had such bad luck almost, I don't know, bad luck, maybe not the right word, because they kind of made their bad luck in a lot of ways in what they did or didn't do. But last year, there were one and five in one score games. And sometimes that

number can like flip year to year. You know, some teams are just good at it. Some teams are bad at it based on certain factors. But for a lot of teams that can be a number that's fickle year to year and the hope was hey maybe some of those can start going your way well turns out this year not really the case you lose a one score game to a Arizona you lose a one score game to UCF you lose the Missouri game's not a one score game but you were up with like six minutes to go in that game so it's kind of like a one score game you haven't had that that reverse of fortune um and so now you come into this game and what's just by Vegas expected to be a close game that is certainly scary for kU fan i think it's interesting because i almost think like the the way of looking at

at this is could both fan bases be scared? Kansas fan base is scared because if it's a close game like that probably doesn't add up well. Iowa State is there a level of nerve coming into this game knowing they've lost three straight to Kansas? I don't know. I would assume on some level there is in the back of their minds to kind of go off of your flipping the token from last season, right? Iowa State has kind of been in the same boat, but it really comes down to the injury situation. So that'll probably come up more in the key players on our second segment. But for now. I'm amazed Iowa State has made it to six wins already. The big win was against TCU, I feel like early on in the season. We were 5 and O, like everything was going. And then

you lose a ridiculous number of guys in the secondary especially, but across the team, obviously now with Gabe Burkle out of the tight end position, I don't know how they're able to band together every week. But against this Kansas team, they're really going to have to, like, the list is ridiculous as far as the three or four it goes. It really, it's, they've, they've actually stopped putting guys on the list because it just would be too long for the graphic. If they're out season, they no longer appear on there. So how was Iowa State season gone? You know, like just generally, kind of amazing. Somehow they find themselves in a situation where they can go eight and four in the regular

season after losing four straight. Like nobody saw that coming. I'm curious. You've obviously in some ways, I think, moved on to basketball. right there is definitely an element of just as the fan base goes i think that's totally fair i i wouldn't be surprised if a lot of iowa state fans felt that way prior to the tc u win do you think that there's anything like that going on not necessarily obviously football guys moving on to basketball they're not like i can't wait to go watch basketball but uh done with the season or is this like they can feel that you got to get to six wins um there's always a section of of k u football diehards and k u football fans that are that are going to be there but i do think the the average fan that the general fan

it has been a little bit of a moving to you know k u basketball season um i think i think having the by week last week right when it was really starting to ramp up and you get the champions classic this week i do think there's back to kind of a big focus on basketball for a majority of k ufans now um i think you'll be able to see that a little bit in the utah game like if you go look online like if you go look at game time and go look at tickets for for the game last I checked like you could get in for like seven dollars which is by far the cheapest ticket of any game this year I do think part of that too it's not just about the the interest fading it is about it's black Friday at 11 a.m so like that's going to be tough but um you know point being I

I do think that that is interesting but I don't know maybe in a way that's like good that they're on the road for this game because it is I imagine you tell me is this going to be a pretty juiced environment senior day right i yeah it is going to be senior day i think it's going to be pretty juiced up for iowa state this has been a year of this is like a loyalty test is kind of how i viewed it just as far as like how last season went you know you go to the conference championship and then you start the year five and oh what are we built uh or built you know what are we made of when we're oh and four through our last four right that's it feels like the the fan base has really bounced back and supported these guys and show we've done this in the past right like

I think we had a four-win season. I don't remember how many years ago it was, but the fan base will always be there. And Jamie Pollard mentioned that this is going to break attendance records for Iowa State this season. I don't know if it's this game or if it's the final game. No, it would be this game because it was last home game. So this game is going to be actually totally packed out. It's going to be a huge environment.

And we've seen how teams have performed at Jack Trice under this environment, namely, obviously the Iowa team didn't quite get it done there. But the early segment against BYU was another one that I looked towards because Bear Bachmire, a true freshman. And it's going to be tough. Now, Jalen Daniels obviously veteran quarterback, right? Like he knows his way around the football field. So next, we need to talk about how important is Jail and Daniels going to be and a few other

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Markovets here breaking down the Kansas versus Cyclone football game. We're still in football mode here, even though it is late November. We're going to go ahead and pivot towards key players, right, keys that have to go a specific way, namely players, though, where we're going to start. For Iowa State, I just want to get this out of the way. It's got to be Dom Orange, okay? And there's no other way around it, especially on the defensive side. Now, on the offensive, we can go towards that in a minute.

but just based on what Iowa State has remaining, it has to be Dom Orrne stepping up big time. And I watched a few of Kansas's games. And I guess you can kind of answer this question for me here. But I feel like Kansas really, they love the screen game. Do they not? Last year more so than this year, but they definitely will use it, especially with Henderson and Pickett, who are a couple receivers that they like to get the ball in their hands. Yeah, that was one thing that I feel like I don't see a lot of screen just across college.

you'll see it from time to time, but I noticed it prominently against Kansas. So I circled it. And that's one thing that I think Dom Orange can do. I feel like he has a really good feel for when it's too easy. He's got to back off. So I expect him to step up big in that regard. But the other takeaway I had from Kansas watching a few of their games was they like to get east to west a lot of the time. But when they don't, they are not afraid to bring it straight up the middle with, you know,

Hysha or whatever, just come a million miles an hour down the A gap. And I expect Don to clog that whole. reset that defensive line of scrimmage. How big do you think Dom Orange will be as far as stopping Kansas? And then who do you have first up as your key player? Yeah, I mean, shoot, I remember Dom Orange's recruiting situation. I think it was like Iowa State, Michigan, maybe Kansas was trying to get in on. He's a Kansas City kid.

And so, yes, he's been so good. I mean, you look at the raw stats. He might show 18 tackles. Like what? No, this dude is like a game changer. He's taking up blocks. He's opening up things for other people. So, yeah, I think it's a great matchup, too, because KU's strength of their offensive line is the interior.

So I think that'll be a fun matchup. I'm going to actually reverse it and take a KU defensive tackle who's from Iowa, and that would be Blake Harold. Blake Harold is having a great season right now for KU. He's a red shirt sophomore. It seems like every week, there's one or two plays every week where you go, wow, that was great play by Blake Harold, whether it's a pressure or a TFL or a sack or something. he's been really good for KU. And I know the Iowa State, you know, offensive line, like looking at the pro football

focus grades, looks like the left tackle is more of the weakness as opposed to, like, the center has really good grades. So I think that just becomes a really interesting matchup. And that is one of my worries against the Iowa State offense is our Hanson and Sama is the running game of Iowa State going to be able to just, you know, pound their way down the field. And that's kind of where a player like Blake Harold and the defensive tackle comes If you're asking me, they can. The offense or the running backs can do that to Kansas.

Whether Taylor Mouser thinks that's going to happen or not is a totally different question. And that's really, you know, to pivot to the offense, I want to say Rocco Bect is the most key player, it's Taylor Mouser. If he can manipulate this offense the right way, Iowa State has a chance to win this game. But we've seen time and time again that he just doesn't, I don't know what it is. Something is not quite there. It might be a third and five that he wants to run a sprint out. I said yesterday, if I see one sprint out, I'm going to lose my mind in this game.

He loves to go to the sprint out in, you know, third of five, third and six in the goal line situations. I don't know why he loves to do that. He might just prefer to maybe Cubey sneak with Gabe Berkel, who will be out for this game. But, you know, that's kind of his vibe. It's just random plays at times that feels like we can't afford to do that. So my offensive guy is sadly Taylor Mouser because this team is good enough. on offense. Rocko Beck's had a rough few weeks. He just needs to step it up. He's very capable.

We've seen him do it before. The wide receivers need to stop dropping passes. Yeah, but I can't pick one guy out of a whole group. It's not just one. It's the whole thing. So really it comes down to offensive coordinator for me. Jaila Daniels is the guy I'm probably the most scared of on Kansas. Is that fair? Or is there maybe someone else I'm overlooking? Yeah, I think it's really interesting with all the injuries for Iowa State. Because you It's just every year Iowa State has one of the best defenses, one of the best passing defense, not just like in the conference, but in the country. And obviously all these injuries have hindered that, right?

But at the end of the day, like, they're still, I'm looking at the numbers right now. Like, they're still 58th in the country. So they're still like, you know, slightly above average in yards per attempt and 56th in the country and completion percentage again. So it's like it's not a bad unit, but maybe there's even more injuries now that has taken it to another level. I don't know. But, you know, it's really interesting with Jayland, because,

he has been hit or miss against these styles of defenses. It's either like he's thrown for over 400 against Cincinnati, who runs the same scheme, or he's under 100 yards like we saw against Iowa State in 2022, where he had like 120 yards against Kansas State who runs kind of a similar defense. So I don't exactly know what to expect, to be completely honest, like when Kansas went up to Ames and won in 2023, it was Jason Bean making some great throws and the receivers making some contested grabs. I don't know that they have the possession receivers they had now

or that they had then that they have now. They have more yard after catch receivers. I'm going to be interested to see how that kind of comes together. I'm kind of looking at Daniel Highshaw, if I'm being completely honest, because I look at Iowa State and I say, okay, they are 97th in the country in yards allowed per carry right now, 86th in the country in negative play rate against the run.

I think there's something to be had on the run. And I was looking at this earlier. There's a number I've mentioned throughout the week on podcasts here. Iowa State's given up 140 or more rushing yards four times this year. They are one and three in those four games. And the one win was that eight point win against Arkansas State. So I think you could argue that when that's happening, it's not putting them in great spots to win the game.

So I'm actually looking at high shot in this game. That's actually a great stat. I did not know that. When you talk about blocking or stopping the run, my first thought immediately goes. to Arizona State just because that was so ugly. I saw that in person and I was like, I can't even hardly believe what I'm seeing. When you go to the secondary, I'm not exactly sure what we're going to get there.

I know what Kansas is going to lay out, though. I know Kansas is generally in his zone a lot of the time. So I'm interested to see how Chase Sowell is going to read the defense, how Xavier Townsend is going to read the defense. And on Xavier Townsend, Taylor Mouser had some comments this week about Xavier Townsend. basically what he said was we're trying to get him the ball, but teams are not letting it happen. Like they're specifically shutting him down. Do you think he's a threat to Kansas? Or do you kind of see it as like what we haven't really seen him do too much because he's

been shut down, but because we haven't seen anything, he's not really a threat to me. No, I do. And in Kansas's secondary has had some, it's a young secondary. So there have been some games where it's looked really bad for KU. There's been some other games or you've seen some some of the talent be able to flash. So I think just in general, like, it's not even necessarily like one guy. It's just like it's, to me, it's more of like a, what is Kansas going to do this game? Because if it is one of those games where guys are just running wide open, it doesn't really matter which of the receivers it ends up being. And then you get back to, you know, kind of to tie this back together to that running game, like if Iowa State's able to get their play action game going

because they establish the run, like that's going to help in that area too, where the KU linebackers and safeties aren't able to cover, you know, I think of the Iowa State tight ends and how involved they are in the passing game. Then it becomes a problem there too. And I think this all, to me, like, starts with one area because interestingly enough, the Kansas running defense is actually 21st in the country in negative play rate. So they're getting a lot of tackles for loss. They're getting a lot of zero yard runs against them, but they are just getting gashed with explosive runs, 123rd in the country defensively, an explosive rush rate against them. And when I look at Iowa State, it's a good running game, but they're 81st in the country, an explosive run rate.

So what happens when those two things kind of meet together? How is that going to set up the passing game? I do think this is a good opportunity for Rocco Beck, like you said, to kind of have a bounce back game in a real way. But I just think, especially for both teams coming off of a bye week, I'm wondering, like, which team is going to have more wrinkles? And that can apply to offense, that can apply to defense. it is late in the season to maybe have like too much be different, too much be changed.

But maybe that team who comes out with the trick play that works, maybe that team who comes out with the formation or the motion play that they didn't show on film before. Like maybe that ends up being the difference. It could definitely end up being a huge part of this game. But what ends up winning it for either Kansas or Iowa State? We're going to go ahead and cover that coming up right here after this. But first, today's episode is brought to you. by our friends over at Fanduel.

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So head to fandible.com to sign up and play your game with Fandle, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. All right. I think we've laid out what we could see in this game for sure here at crossover between locked on cyclones and locked on Jayhawks. Derek Johnson, what does Kansas need to do? not what could happen, what needs to happen for Kansas to win this game, non-negotiable. It's always one of those like, duh, like turnovers are helpful, right?

I am going to go there and here's why. Iowa State has eight turnovers over their last four games. Kansas defense has forced zero in their last two. They've only forced three in their last six. Where does that number end up being here? You know, for Kansas to win this game, I think they have to win the turnover margin. They're an underdog here. you're playing on the road tough environment to play against i think they have to win the turnover margin

the other one i'm looking at is yeah can you establish the run a little bit here um last year kansas put up 45 points on iowa state and they ran for i mean devon neal himself had like over 200 yards rushing i don't have a devon neal anymore um but can you find a way to i mentioned that 140 number earlier can you at least get to like that point those are the two that i'm kind of really arcing and looking at here and then i guess on the defensive end like just don't get torched by a bunch of big plays. That's valid. Actually, on the turnover battle, you know, it's not a terrible point because I've made that point before. Like, this is a game that you absolutely cannot lose or tie

the turnover battle. This is a game for Iowa State that I feel like they could probably tie. Now, losing the turnover battle, you don't want to do. But in the turnover department, I feel like Iowa State will be okay. I think they're the better team than Kansas. That's how I've approached this game with Kansas's schedule, you know, big wins over bad teams, tough losses to good teams. I think I'm not as good as like a Texas tech, but I think Iowa State is better than Kansas. And I think if we just play our game, it's going to end up with the W. So that's going to be the result. The one thing that I really need to see Iowa State do. And it's non-negotiable for me is lean on the run. Because we've

seen Rocco kind of up and down this season. Great star ever really since ever since the hit against Cincinnati that everybody knows. That's where things started to go downhill a little bit. And so, not necessarily downhill, but up and down. I don't want to see we start hot and then we're, we're cold and we're trying to keep it working. We got to stick to the run game throughout the course of this one. It's not even really developed the run for me. It's like that's got to kind of be the source of offense for Iowa State in this one. Defensively, I think it really just comes down to trying to limit the bleeding. Like if we can hold Kansas to a few field goals, that's a win. Played very well against TCU. So with Iowa State's, you know, defense situation,

honestly, I'm just kind of happy with what they give us. Is there anything you'd like to see? That isn't necessarily non-negotiable. Like, I think Iowa State has to lean on the run, but I would like to see a few deep shots over top. I think Kansas is vulnerable in the cover two through the seam, at least what I've seen this season, but it's not non-negotiable.

What do you got on Kansas side? I would like to see a little bit of a pass rush there. I mentioned earlier that left tackle for Iowa State is like 41 pass block grade on pro football focus. I'd like to see KU, whether it's Leroy Harris, Dean Miller or something, kind of get after him. I'd also like to see the defense. They kind of switch between a four down front and a three down front.

And then they also have this like basically five down front, which is basically three defensive tackles with two defensive ends kind of playing as outside linebackers. And they're doing it too much where the defensive heads are dropping in coverage. I don't want to see that is what I want to see. Interesting. I could, usually I say I want Iowa State to rush more, bring five, bring six. they've done it in the past this game i actually i said this to you before we went live i don't want that i want them to drop eight as much as possible uh really give the secondary the best chance and one of the

reasons that i said that like i think you have to drop eight and i think you probably have to have a guy with his eyes on jeline daniels every single play like i would be okay if we had one spy no matter what just because of what he's capable of but the other reason is it forces Kansas to be you multiple times. You don't have to beat just an eight-man front. Everyone's blood saying there was one hole. We've got Jeff Sims going for 88 yards. All I had to do was break one tackle. I think you drop all those guys. And this is basic football knowledge, but you force Kansas to beat you multiple times, therefore you limit large plays, which has been, I think, a big portion of Iowa State's problems this season is

when you give up those big plays, it's a huge kind of change of momentum for the game. As far as, obviously, I'm sure you're going to take Kansas. I'm going to go ahead and take Iowa State. And that's maybe you're not. Three and a half is not a huge spread. So I wouldn't be too shocked if you went Iowa State. But actual score prediction, what do you have here? Yeah, and real quick, just to add to your last point there, Jalen Daniels this year when he's blitzed, 8.4 yards per attempt, 12 touchdowns, the one interception.

When he's not blitzed, 7.9 yards per attempt, nine touchdowns, two interception. So it's not like that different, but he has actually been worse when he's not being blitzed. So to your point there, I actually am going to take Iowa State in this game. I've seen enough of Kings of losing close games. And, you know, I just think, I don't know, Iowa State's lost three straight in the series. I feel like they're kind of due here, playing at home on Senior Day. I'm going to take the Cyclones 27 to 20. That was glorious.

I mean, I so did not see that coming. I've never done a show with a locked on host. It's like, yep, give me the other team. So I commend you for that one. I'm going to go ahead and, I don't know, I kind of like Iowa State to get some points here. We haven't really seen it this season. They've struggled. Sometimes it's a matter of actually getting in the end zone.

We obviously went through the Kyle Conrarty situation, so field goals were hard to come by. But Iowa State has struggled. I think that they break that mold here. I think they score, you know, somewhere around 35 points, which would put Kansas roughly in the ballpark of 17 to 20. So I'm okay with a 3517 victory. for Iowa State. I think they get out ahead early and force Kansas to throw more than they probably would like to. Like you kind of alluded to the run game being a potential threat to Iowa State. I like Iowa State in this game, but I could see this one going either way. That's what's so special

about this Kansas game is. I don't know what it is. And I don't know what it is about Kansas. You've kind of, you kind of said a few things that I don't necessarily agree with Kansas. It feels like is in every game ever. We saw what they did last year in the Big 12. Don't give up now. Don't give up too early on this Kansas team. It's not over until it's over. I've just seen so many of these one score losses. I think it's, I don't know,

three and nine in their last 12 one score games at this point in time. It's it beats you down, man. It's no fun. But, you know, they have had at least some recent success against Iowa State for whatever reason. And it's interesting because each and every one of those three wins is very different. The first one was more defense and Iowa State missing all those field goals. The second one was kind of a balanced game.

It was 28 to 21. And the third one was offense. It was 45, 36. So at the very least, I'm hoping this is a good game. And I do think if you're looking at this from a backs against the wall perspective, like you could make the argument. Kansas is the more desperate team. Iowa state's already bowl eligible.

Kansas is not. So maybe that can be something that Lance Leipold can use and they can pull the upset here. Yeah, definitely. And you brought this up before we went live. I think this is just a valid point to kind of round out today's show. Both teams coming off the buy. From my perspective, Iowa State's been really good coming off the by, dominated Arizona. I thought they had that BYU game.

They were essentially like a player or two away from winning that. Kansas, not quite the same camp there. What do you make of that? I personally think that that lands his hand to Iowa State, but am I missing something? Yeah, so they crushed West Virginia off the by, but West Virginia just, you know, especially at that point with the quarterback situation, not very good. They got destroyed by K State off the buy. What I'm almost more interested in isn't KU off the buy.

It's their opponent off the buy because KU has played two teams coming off of by this year. Cincinnati, who put up 37 on them, had like 600 yards of offense and beat them. And KState, who blew them out. So I do think there's an inherent advantage. KU does some funky stuff with formations, with motions, with how they, you know, call different plays offensively and defensively. I think the extra week of prep against Kansas ends up being really, really impactful. I actually agree with you completely. Watching the film, I was getting dizzy just watching.

I don't know how you do it every single week. So thank you so much, Derek, for putting in the time with Kansas and putting in the time today to help me break down this game and this locked on Cyclones, Locked on Jayhawks crossover. Work, and everybody finds your work. If they're more interested in Kansas, especially going into basketball season. That's right. If you want some Darren Peterson stuff at L.O. underscore Jayhawks over on X, Twitter,

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