Todd Reesing News

At a time like this, excuses can seem pretty futile. So Kansas senior Justin Thornton wasnt going to blame his personal-foul penalty in the fourth quarter on the stroke of bad luck that placed his hand on the other guys facemask during what was otherwise a pretty outstanding defensive play.Its not a matter of luck, Thornton said.

Nebraska At Kansas FACTS & STATS: Site: Memorial Stadium -- Lawrence, Kansas. Television: ABC.

NU quarterback Zac Lee fumbles as the ball bounds into the end zone. Roy Helu recovered.

Lost amid all of the attention paid to Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing's struggle during KU's four-game losing streak is the fact that Reesing has had little help from his running game.

If it's Saturday morning, then I'm cruising down Highway 10 toward Lawrence, looking for Naismith Drive and wondering: Which Kansas will we see today? Which Todd Reesing will Nebraska get? This is an interesting question, the question of the day.

We're going to find a way to get better, that's the way we do it here. We keep looking for solutions.

The Nebraska football team practiced for a little over two hours on Wednesday utilizing both the Hawks Championship Center and the Ed and Joyanne Gass practice fields just northeast of Memorial Stadium.

After knocking off nationally-ranked Oklahoma last weekend, the Nebraska football team began preparations for its matchup against Kansas this weekend with a 90-minute practice on Monday afternoon.

More than an hour after the final whistle, the parking lot was still half full, purple-clad tailgaters flipping burgers and drinking beer, sitting in camp chairs under portable awnings.

Maybe this was all inevitable, Kansas States emergence as the only team capable of seizing control of the embarrassingly mediocre Big 12 North.In hindsight, there is little reason to be surprised that Bill Snyder would squeeze more out of his collection of two- and three-star recruits than would Mark Mangino, Gary Pinkel, Bo Pelini, Dan Hawkins and ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. Daniel Thomas ran for 185 yards and a touchdown, and Kansas State harassed Todd Reesing into three turnovers to remain in control of the Big 12 North with a 17-10 victory over rival Kansas on Saturday.

Reesing holds a 3.64 grade point average as a double-major in finance and economics.

As college football programs have evolved, becoming bigger and bigger, a new prevailing image has formed of the modern-day head coach: He is the multimillion-dollar CEO, the steward of the ship, a man with so many big-picture responsibilities that he hardly has time to coach his team.Kansas coach Mark Mangino does not see himself this way.

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Gator is suspended for half a game Top-ranked Florida will be without standout linebacker Brandon Spikes for the first half of Saturday's game against Vanderbilt.

Everyone was a tad bit jumpy, defensive if you will, regarding the current state of this team.

This week we travel to Lubbock to play Texas Tech. Texas Tech is 5-3 and as always, they bring a high-powered offense.

Todd Reesing has started 33 consecutive games as Kansas' quarterback, and he plans to continue the streak until his career comes to an end.

Texas Tech coach Mike Leach has never started a redshirt freshman quarterback -- but that could change against Kansas.

Todd Reesing has been recognized by the National Football Foundation. Oct. 29, 2009 LAWRENCE , Kan.