There were plenty of interesting stats to dissect from the first Kansas football game of the year, stats that were telling of the disappointing outcome.
The struggle for Kansas on third down has been well documented. The Jayhawks converted less than 30 percent of their third-down chances last year and went 6-17 (35 percent) against an FCS defense in the first game of 2018 (Nicholls State, meanwhile, went 10-20). So yeah, not good.
I was planning to write something on Kansas’ struggles there, but my curiosity took me to wondering how they got into those unsuccessful third-down positions.