Mark Van Sickle

Last week we took a look at the top five offensive players coming out of the Big 12 that should be drafted this week at the 2026 NFL Draft. This week,

Kansas landed their guy on Tuesday night. Tyran Stokes announced he is joining the Jayhawks for the 2026-2027 season and it was a much needed shot in the arm for a Kansas program that has not lived up to their preseason hype the last few seasons. How Stokes Helps Kansas Now The addition of Stokes […]

With the NFL schedule release taking up so much energy around the sports world this week, it’s not too early to take a look at some of the best football games on the Big 12 schedule for this fall. There are so many excellent games to choose from, but here are five games that stand […]

Kansas head basketball coach Bill Self nearly retired after the 2025-2026 basketball season. This was widely speculated but confirmed this week after Self spoke to the Kansas City Star about making the decision to return to Kansas for another season. Due to the ever-changing landscape of college sports, Self knew he couldn’t waste any time […]

Kansas released its official non-conference schedule for the upcoming basketball season on Tuesday afternoon. Shockingly, it’s flying a bit under-the-radar. Yes, Kansas baseball has taken the spotlight for the time being after winning the Lawrence Regional and getting ready to host the program’s first ever Super Regional. However, basketball is still king of Kansas and […]

The Big 12 released their first ever Matrix Schedule on Thursday. Each school will play three teams in a home and away setting while they will host six stand alone home conference games and be on the road for six stand alone away games. In this new format, there is supposed to be competitive as […]

Kansas Athletics announced it would partner with Ripple, a blockchain-based enterprise solution spanning traditional and digital finance. The partnership will land an XRP Cryptocurrency patch on every jersey worn by University of Kansas athletic teams across the board. We all know what’s going on here: it’s all about the money. Does that make this announcement […]

It’s no surprise that the Big 12 doesn’t have the best preseason strength of schedule, given the media bias toward the Big Ten and SEC ahead of the 2026 season. When a majority of the games are played against teams in your own conference, preconceived ideas about conference play factor into those preseason rankings and […]

We are just a few weeks away from the kickoff of college football season! The slow build from spring practices, to Big 12 Media Days, to Week 0 is about to come to a head. The Big 12 has several high profile non-conference games for the 2026 season and it starts in Week 0 and […]

We are just a few weeks away from the kickoff of college football season! The slow build from spring practices, to Big 12 Media Days, to Week 0 is about to