LAWRENCE
It is a Wednesday night in November, and Shaky Smithson is talking about his little brother. He does this often, of course, telling anyone who will listen about his swelling pride and deep love for his brother, the boy named Fish, the one who is leading all of college football in solo tackles per game as a junior safety at Kansas.
But Shaky, a former Utah star who had a brief stint with the Green Bay Packers, stops for a moment. A few days ago, he says, after another Kansas loss, this one a 23-17 gut punch at TCU, he tapped out another text message for Fish, a starter in the Jayhawks’ secondary.