Has the Kansas football program raised the bar to an unsustainable height?
This is an article-long question we are going to attempt to answer with some words from head coach Lance Leipold filed in between.
Since Leipold has arrived in Lawrence, the progress has been evident. After inheriting a 0-9 team the year prior, the Jayhawks saw a 2-10 season, then a massive jump pushed Kansas up to a 6-7 record. Those were heights Kansas hadn’t reached since 2008. Things got even better when the Jayhawks notched a 9-4 record in 2023. Since those three years, it wouldn’t be fair to say that Kansas has completely stalled, yet at the same time, it is completely fair to say that Kansas hasn’t kicked on from its hot start under Leipold
"There's pressure in this job every single day,” quoted Leipold after Kansas’ latest 31-21 loss to the No.