A team is only as good as its mascot. And Kansas has one of the best in the country in Big Jay, a jovial-looking songbird with deep sapphire feathers.

And when KU football players first took the field in 1890, they were called Jayhawkers. It would be years before an official mascot emerged on paper. Here, according to KU, is the evolution of KU ...

If you are a Kansas fan, the first half of the Sunflower Showdown was a letdown. The Wildcats took advantage of a pair of punting miscues by the Jayhawks that turned into touchdowns, and they led ...