Kansas Jayhawks football tickets? You mean Jayhawk basketball tickets, right? Wrong. For decades, Kansas Jayhawks basketball tickets have been the hottest ticket around Lawrence, Kansas. But since head coach Mark Mangino’s arrival three years ago, the Jayhawks football program has been re-energized and heading into the 2005 NCAA college football season, the talk around Lawrence is centered on Kansas Jayhawks football tickets.

In 2004, Mangino led the Jayhawks to wins over each of their biggest Big 12 rivals for the first time in 15 seasons. The Jayhawks’ return to Big 12 respectability began with a thrilling 31-28 triumph over instate foe, the Kansas State Wildcats, and ended with a convincing victory over the Missouri Tigers in the Border War.

A sell-out crowd of more than 50,000 college football fans bought Kansas football tickets to watch the Jayhawks end their 12-game losing streak to Kansas State. The Jayhawks defense limited the Wildcats’ explosive running back Darren Sproles to only 73 yards in the victory and held off a late Wildcat charge to win the Governor’s Cup for the first time since 1989.

After dropping an excruciating 27-23 decision to the Rose Bowl-bound Texas Longhorns, the 2004 Kansas Jayhawks destroyed the Missouri Tigers 31-14 in the season finale. Running back Clark Green, who returns to Lawrence for his senior year in 2005, lit up Missouri’s defense for 188 yard, including a 12-yard touchdown burst to give the Jayhawks an early lead that they would not relinquish.

To the delight of 2005 Kansas Jayhawks football ticket holders, seven starters return from a Jayhawks offense that averaged more than 21 points a game last year. Amongst the returning starters is quarterback, Adam Barmann, last season’s leading passer. The Jayhawks defense, which returns eight starters, is expected to improve, with Nick Reid leading a dynamic group of linebackers.

The 2005 Kansas Jayhawks schedule features home games against Florida Atlantic, Appalachian State, and Louisiana Tech. Big 12 foes Missouri, the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Iowa State Cyclones also will visit Memorial Stadium this season. And you can bet Kansas Jayhawks tickets to the their showdown with the Oklahoma Sooners at the Kansas City Chiefs’ home field, Arrowhead Stadium, will be high demand. We’ll talk basketball later; right now it’s all about Kansas Jayhawks football tickets.