UCF Knights at Kansas Jayhawks Kickoff Set

The Jayhawks will be in the mid-afternoon slot for the third week in a row.
UCF Knights at Kansas Jayhawks Kickoff Set
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Another week, another mid-afternoon kickoff with a national spotlight. The Big 12 Conference announced the broadcast schedule for Week 6 today. Yet again the Jayhawks got a featured spot. All Big 12 will be on this matchup, as the Kansas Jayhawks will host the UCF Knights at 3pm on FOX.

Other scheduled broadcasts in the conference are:

  • Kansas State at Oklahoma State: Friday, 6:30pm on ESPN
  • Oklahoma Sooners at Texas Longhorns: Saturday, 11am on ABC
  • TCU Horned Frogs at Iowa State Cyclones: Saturday, 7pm on FOX or FS2
  • Texas Tech Red Raiders at Baylor Bears: Saturday, 7pm on ESPN2 

It is the first time the Jayhawks will host a game on FOX in the Lance Leipold era, and the first time on the channel since last year's regular season finale at Kansas State., when Kansas hosted the Oklahoma Sooners.

The Jayhawks will likely need a win this week to maintain their ranking in the polls, but the Knights probably need more than a big win over Baylor to jump into the rankings.

This game will obviously be an undercard to the Red River Rivalry that is happening earlier in the day, but it's awesome that Kansas will have the whole Big 12 audience to itself. And another chance to showcase a potentially sold-out crowd in a game that Kansas should be favored is always welcomed. The only missing piece will be how high the team and fanbase are flying after the game this week against Texas. Win that game and start 5-0 and the atmosphere might rival College Gameday last year. 

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Andy Mitts
ANDY MITTS

Andy Mitts is an alumnus of the University of Kansas, graduating in 2007. He previously covered the Jayhawks at Rock Chalk Talk and is now the editor-in-chief at Blue Wing Rising. He hosts the Kansas-themed Rock Chalk Podcast, and is VP of Membership of the Ten 12 Podcast Network. Follow him on Twitter @AndyMitts12.