Sal Capra News

Statements to the media are made for numerous reasons. They can be made to apologize for wrongdoing, like Brady Morningstara s letter after his drunken driving.

With the college football bowl season just weeks away, and with Kansas Athletic Director Lew Perkins searching for a replacement for the resigned Mark Mangino, members of the Kansas football team, through the Kansas Sports Information Department, crafted the following letter to Kansas football fans for release on Tuesday.

Mississippi coach Houston Nutt says he "appreciates the interest Kansas showed in our staff" but he will not pursue the Jayhawks ' coaching vacancy.

LAWRENCE, Kan. a ' Todd Reesing highlighted the list of 15 Kansas football players named Academic All-Big 12 by the league office Tuesday.

Justin Thornton blamed nobody but himself for the key facemask penalty that extended Nebraska's go-ahead drive.

Usually, Kansas wide receiver Kerry Meier doesn't pay much attention to an opposing team's defensive tackle when he is watching film.

With the defensive chart already in the books , it's time to look at those big vacancies about to pop up on the offensive side of the ball... Left Tackle Tanner Hawkinson hasn't been spectacular, but continues to grow physically and mentally.

KU shuffles offensive lineKansas had started the same offensive line until Saturday.The Jayhawks shuffled Brad Thorson from left guard to right tackle, where he replaced Jeff Spikes.

Maybe the most alarming reason given for the benching of Todd Reesing last week was that Kansas coach Mark Mangino feared for his quarterback's safety playing behind a struggling offensive line.

Sal Capra listens to Todd Reesing changing a play. Oct. 14, 2009 For the past three seasons Sal Capra , 6-3 290-pound junior, offensive lineman has been working hard to improve his offensive line skills.

There's been plenty of hype surrounding KU's offense over the past year or so, but just how good have the Jayhawks really been through the first three games? Well, not particularly spectacular, to be honest.

There are no seniors on the KU offensive line two deep in the depth chart, but that has not stopped the No.

Two things happened early on Saturday night that indicated this would have to be a different kind of Kansas nonconference football blowout.On one hand, you had standout wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe standing on the sidelines, one of four players suspended for the season opener.

Kansas right guard Sal Capra and left guard Brad Thorson admit that they have a connection.

He thanked them for braving the rain to watch one of his team's final tune-ups before game week, but Kansas coach Mark Mangino had bigger things to discuss with his growing fan base.