One of the worst things to have to deal with in collegiate athletics as a coach is injuries. You can almost never control the frequency or the severity, and they almost always leave you in a bind. For Kansas head coach Lance Leipold, the 2025-26 season has brought a lot of binds.
Heading into Saturday’s matchup against the No. 7 Texas Tech Red Raiders, things were going to have to go perfectly for a chance at Kansas pulling off a monumental upset, and a 42-17 scoreline clearly can tell you that they did not go to plan.