Some good news on the television front. Unless you have a ticket you might have to miss McNeese State but at least the second and third non conference games are now slated for television viewing.
Kansas' home football game versus Northern Illinois scheduled for Sept. 10 has been picked up by Fox College Sports, it was announced Thursday. Kick off will remain at 6 p.m., at Kivisto Field at Memorial Stadium.
The Jayhawks appeared on Fox College Sports twice during the 2010 season, both home games versus North Dakota State and New Mexico State.
Kansas and Northern Illinois will be meeting for the second time in program history with NIU owning a 1-0 lead in the all-time series. The two teams have not met since Northern Illinois claimed at 37-34 win over KU in Lawrence in 1983.