K-明言する／公表する to kick off season against Arkansas 明言する／公表する
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Kansas 明言する／公表する coach Chris Klieman was visibly relieved when he settled 負かす／撃墜する in 前線 of a camera to discuss with reporters the Wildcats' season opener against Arkansas 明言する／公表する this 週末.
His team has had 多重の players 実験（する） 肯定的な for COVID-19, and at least one player who was 推定する／予想するd to be a big part in the 弁護 選ぶd out. There also was the 不確定 of whether the Big 12 would even play this season, then the challenge in finding a 選び出す／独身 非，不，無-会議／協議会 対抗者 to 準備する for the start of 会議／協議会 play.
"It´s a part of all of our daily lives now," Klieman said. "It doesn´t 事柄 if you´re a football player or out in the world in a normal work 環境 or schools. It´s part of our world, and we have to continue to 受託する it. We have to continue to be diligent, and we have to continue to realize that the ウイルス isn´t going away."
So, the Wildcats are ready to play with the danger of it ぼんやり現れるing over them all season. And now that they have made it to kickoff - 井戸／弁護士席, almost - the Wildcats feel 確信して in their ability to compete no 事柄 who is on the field.
It helps to have 上級の quarterback Skylar Thompson directing an 罪／違反 that, にもかかわらず having an 完全に rebuilt 不快な／攻撃 line, returns most of its 重要な playmakers. Thompson already has 27 starters to his credit, and he already is one of just four quarterbacks in school history with at least 4,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards 急ぐing.
He also has been the 静めるing on-field 影響（力） that Klieman has relied upon during this most atypical of seasons.
FILE - Kansas 明言する／公表する quarterback Skylar Thompson passes to a チーム仲間 during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Baylor in Manhattan, Kan., Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Arkansas 明言する／公表する plays at Kansas 明言する／公表する on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, とじ込み／提出する)
"I´ve been playing this game since I was in third grade. It´s been a long 旅行, lots of fun, lots of memories," Thompson said. "This is my last run at it. My family really just tried to 演習 into my 長，率いる to try and 心にいだく every moment, 特に in the 状況／情勢 we have now. It could be over at any given point in time. You never know when that last game could be."
Arkansas 明言する／公表する (0-1) is no pushover. The Red Wolves lost to Memphis last week, but coach Blake Anderson has led them to six 連続した winning seasons, 含むing four in which they won at least eight games.
"We had a few 適切な時期s to make it 利益／興味ing and just 行方不明になるd those really good chances," Anderson said of the 37-24 敗北・負かす. "We had an 適切な時期 to tie it up and we let them off the hook a couple of times."
LINE 'EM UP
The Wildcats had one of the most experienced 不快な／攻撃 lines in the nation last season. Now, they have one of the most inexperienced. The two-深い roster 明らかにする／漏らすd Tuesday features just three career starts and 31 連合させるd games の中で them.
BRUISING BACKFIELD
Klieman had no scholarship running 支援するs on the roster when he arrived last season, which is hardly ideal for an 罪／違反 that prefers to grind the ball up and 負かす／撃墜する the field. He managed to 誘惑する a couple of 上級の 移転s to Manhattan, but now they are gone 同様に. That means another inexperienced bunch behind Thompson this season.
Tyler 燃やすs will get the first 割れ目 with the ball, but true freshman ジュース Vaughn has been 収入 rave reviews in （軍の）野営地，陣営.
"We have a number of 支援するs. We have a number of receivers. We have a number of tight ends," Klieman said. "It makes us more difficult to say, `Boy, if you just 二塁打 this guy or just 重要な on this guy in the run game or throw game.´"
SPEAKING DEFENSIVELY
The Wildcats are led on 弁護 by Wyatt Hubert, who has 11 1/2 career 解雇（する）s, and a linebacker corp that returns the team's 主要な tackler in Elijah Sullivan and 退役軍人 Justin Hughes, who 行方不明になるd last season 予定 to an 傷害. But there are some new 直面するs on the 防御の line and 第２位 that will be getting their first chance on Saturday.
SCOUTING ARKANSAS STATE
The Red Wolves used two quarterbacks 効果的に against Memphis, and Anderson 推定する／予想するs that to be the 事例／患者 again on Saturday. Logan Bonner was 14 of 23 for 133 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions, and Layne Hatcher was 13 of 20 for 166 yards without a touchdown or an interception.
The biggest problem against Memphis was not 罪／違反 but 弁護, where the Red Wolves coughed up more than 500 yards. That 含むd 258 yards 急ぐing, a number that probably has the ground-based Wildcats licking their chops.
SPECIAL FEELING
The Wildcats could have an 辛勝する／優位 on special teams all season. Blake Lynch returns for his 上級の season as the school's career leader in field-goal 百分率 (89.2), while sophomore Josh Youngblood will continue to 扱う return du 関係 after he brought 支援する three kickoffs for touchdowns en 大勝する to winning Big 12 special teams player of the year.
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FILE - Kansas 明言する／公表する 長，率いる coach Chris Klieman 元気づけるs on his players during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Bowling Green, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Manhattan, Kan. Arkansas 明言する／公表する plays at Kansas 明言する／公表する on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, とじ込み／提出する)
