Circle the wagons, play the disrespect card, cue up an “us against the world” mentality, pick your favorite cliché for the underdog state of mind. Any of these approaches could work for Kansas football.
It’s difficult to come up with another major program headed into a season as lightly regarded as the Jayhawks are in 2018.
Take the Big 12 preseason poll. Fifty-two members of the media projected an order of finish, with one point assigned to each position: 10 for a first-place vote, nine for second, and so on, down to on point for 10th place.