Jayhawks relishing chance to play on national TV
LAWRENCE, Kan.: Kansas coach Mark Mangino got his start in the high school ranks, so he knows the magnitude of Friday night.
The idea of infringing on a night so special to so many is one of the reasons he doesn’t like the idea of Friday college football games. The short week of preparation isn’t exactly appealing, either.
So when it came time to schedule his team’s game against No. 19 South Florida, Mangino reluctantly agreed to play on Friday night.
The reason, not surprisingly, was television.
Told the game wouldn’t be televised nationally if it were played on Saturday, the 13th-ranked Jayhawks and Bulls had a choice between Thursday and Friday. Mangino didn’t want to shorten his team’s workweek by one more day, particularly for a road game so far east, so the teams worked out a deal to play Friday night.
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9/10/08
