Kansas retains its focus
Jake Laptad smiled. The mistake had already been made, a somewhat sophomoric gaffe by Kansas' sophomore sack specialist. Asked about the Oklahoma Sooners, KU's opponent next week, Laptad did the unthinkable: He answered.
B.J. Upton and the Tampa Bay Rays won a game of home run derby with a shallow fly ball. Pinch-runner Fernando Perez dashed home on Upton's sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and the Rays outlasted the Boston Red Sox 9-8 early Sunday, evening the AL championship series at one game each.
If you're one of the many Kansas football fans who has been waiting all season to see a spark of something that reminded you of 2007, maybe you saw it Saturday.

Kansas fans, what is your temperature through six games?
Jake Laptad smiled. The mistake had already been made, a somewhat sophomoric gaffe by Kansas' sophomore sack specialist. Asked about the Oklahoma Sooners, KU's opponent next week, Laptad did the unthinkable: He answered.
It was mere minutes after Kansas State's 44-30 victory Saturday against Texas A&M at storied Kyle Field, where the Wildcats hadn't won since 1996, and junior quarterback Josh Freeman was reflecting.