The Kansas football team rarely has to deal with expectations of a must-win game.
This season’s opener against Nicholls State, though, definitely qualifies as that.
KU, which has gone 3-33 in coach David Beaty’s three seasons, won’t have an easier contest than this one. Nicholls State is a good FCS team — ranked 17th in the preseason national poll — but even with KU in a rebuilding stage, there still should be a discernible difference between the two programs.
With a win? KU can fully focus on efforts on ending a 46-game road losing streak next week against Central Michigan.