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Kansas Jayhawks News and Notes: 9.03.15

Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?

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- Kansas Sports -

CB Boateng dismissed from KU football program | KUsports.com

"Matthew has been dismissed from our program for a violation of team rules,” Beaty said in the release. “We wish him well in his future endeavors.”

Jayhawks seek right emotional state | KUsports.com

“As a coaching staff, we have an extra job Saturday to try to manage that emotion that’s going to be wrapped up,” Beaty said. “Being able to step out there just for warm-ups, if nothing else, is going to be something we’re going to have to be able to manage, particularly with the number of young players that are going to be experiencing their first Division I football game.”

VIDEO - 6 Questions with Montell Cozart

Each week during the 2015 Kansas football season Mick Shaffer from Time Warner Cable SportsChannel will grill a Jayhawk player in an episode of 6 Questions. In addition to being a KUAthletics.com feature, 6 Questions will also air weekly on #RockChalkTV, Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel, beginning Sept. 8. In this week's episode, Shaffer takes KU QB Montell Cozart to task.

Walk-on Clay Young Added to KU Men’s Basketball Roster

Forward Clay Young has joined the Kansas men's basketball team as a walk-on, KU head coach Bill Self announced Wednesday. A transfer from Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC), Young (6-5, 205) will be a redshirt sophomore at KU.

Rock Chalk Weekly: The Bechard Bond

"The '69 Orange Bowl cemented my ties to the Jayhawks," Bechard reflected. "I can just remember sitting with my family and the disappointment in my older brothers and in myself - that's when I realized that, if I get that disappointed in just a football game, I must be developing some form of allegiance with KU."

Rock Chalk Weekly: The Consummate Journeyman

While Shaw is thankful for the bond he has formed with his mom as part of his travels, he also credits his opportunity to explore other parts of the world for his easygoing nature when it comes to taking on multiple tasks at one time and embracing change.

Women's Soccer - Jayhawks Welcome Santa Clara for Home Opener Friday

After kicking off its season with four-consecutive matches away from home, the Kansas soccer team is set to return to the friendly confines of Rock Chalk Park this Friday, Sept. 4, to take on the Santa Clara Broncos.

- Potpourri -

Nebraska fires PA announcer one day after hire over old Facebook post - CBSSports.com

A Facebook post critical of Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman cost new Huskers public address announcer Jon Schuetz his job only a day after his hire.

LOOK: Royals kid eats ice cream like George Costanza from 'Seinfeld' - CBSSports.com

Ice cream is good enough to be savored, but sometimes it's just too warm and it melts fast and you've got to race to finish it, as this young man at Kauffman Stadium showed the world Tuesday night.

LOOK: Tourists ask A-Rod to take photo ... of themselves - CBSSports.com

During a recent tour of Harvard, a pair of tourists apparently asked Alex Rodriguez to snap a photo. Of themselves, not with A-Rod.