Do the Kansas Jayhawks still have a path to six wins and a bowl game?

Oklahoma at home or Texas on the road

Hear me out, it’s possible. Neither team is going to take Kansas football seriously, especially Oklahoma.

Look, Oklahoma will come to Lawrence on October 10 to take on the Jayhawks in a game that shouldn’t be close. Here’s the catch: Oklahoma goes on the road the following week to take on Texas. You’ll have a hard time finding a better “trap game” scenario than that. So here’s the theory, the Sooners come to Lawrence worried about going to Austin in the following week and drop a game to the Jayhawks.

However unlikely, there’s no way Oklahoma staff and players aren’t at least a little more worried about the Red River Shootout than the Kansas Jayhawks.

So, how could Kansas potentially beat Texas on the road? First, the Jayhawks will be coming off their first bye-week of the season after having just played Oklahoma. Texas will have just played Oklahoma the week before, and then have to play the Jayhawks. You can probably see where this is going.

Texas will have put all their energy into the Oklahoma game, once again, not respecting the Jayhawks. Even just last season, Kansas almost stole a game from Texas at the end of the season. The Longhorns squeaked out a 24-17 win last year to beat the Jayhawks.

Plus, we all remember this beauty:

The point here is that neither team is going to respect Kansas, and why should they? The Jayhawks have a chance to shock the college football world again, just like in 2016.