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Downtown Lawrence will be filled with a sea of crimson and blue Thursday night as Jayhawk football fans take over Massachusetts Street.

A nasty collision during Thursday's scrimmage left Missouri senior cornerback Munir Prince with temporary loss of feeling and movement in his upper and lower extremities, a condition known as transient quadriplegia.

Texas Coach Mack Brown met with members of the media Thursday on the final day of two-a-days. Brown postponed talking about specific players or the depth chart until Monday, when the chart will be made public.

COLUMBIA | Missouri’s final full scrimmage of the preseason ended in frightening fashion Thursday, when reserve cornerback Munir Prince was wheeled off Faurot Field on a stretcher, leaving coach Gary Pinkel shaken and Prince’s teammates kneeling in prayer. By early evening, Pinkel relayed word from University Hospital that Prince had feeling in all his limbs.

Texas’s quest to beef up its future non-conference schedules took another step forward Thursday, as Texas announced a home-and-home with the USC Trojans.

Texas Tech Athletics Director Gerald Myers announced Thursday that he will step down on May 31, 2011.

A Kansas University football block party will take place on Thursday, Sept. 2, on 10th and Massachusetts Streets in downtown Lawrence.

A Kansas University football block party will take place on Thursday, Sept. 2, on 10th and Massachusetts Streets in downtown Lawrence.

Kansas' Kale Pick, who was named starting quarterback on Thursday, can't wait for the season to begin.

COLUMBIA | Missouri’s No. 1 offense moved through most of Thursday’s scrimmage at Memorial Stadium with the precision coach Gary Pinkel would like to see on the opening drive of the season against Illinois. Or that Missouri fans would welcome as the opening drive against Nebraska on Oct.

Kale Pick will be KU's starting quarterback, coach Turner Gill announced Thursday. Pick, a 6-foot-1, 208-pound sophomore from Dodge City, appeared in seven games for the Jayhawks last season.

Sophomore quarterback Kale Pick has been selected as the Kansas University football team's starting quarterback, coach Turner Gill announced Thursday.

Missouri’s No. 1 offense moved through most of Thursday’s scrimmage with the precision coach Gary Pinkel would like to see on the opening drive of the season against Illinois.

STILLWATER – Following a fifth straight really heated morning workout on Thursday, an Oklahoma State spokesperson reported that head coach Mike Gundy told his team he was proud of the way they had worked through the heat and was more encouraged by his team after a week of practices. Then Gundy told his team there would be no Friday morning practice as scheduled, and they could sleep in.

Flood water from a pump hose runs down a staircase outside Iowa State’s Hilton Coliseum on Thursday in Ames. The building’s playing surface likely will have to be replaced for the second time in 17 years. (Christopher Gannon/The Register) Ames, Ia. ? It?s too early to assess damage to Iowa State athletic facilities engulfed by this week?s flood, senior associate athletic director Steve Malchow said Thursday

STILLWATER – In a contest that probably has two more days where the results may change, Thursday was considered by those on the practice fields east of Gallagher-Iba Arena to be the hottest so far during fall practice. Expect Friday, when the Cowboys will be out for two practices (9 a.m. and 5:50 p.m.) and Saturday with a late afternoon scrimmage to top the Thursday morning session for heat.

By the end of Missouri’s ninth practice of August on Thursday morning, the injury toll had risen to a disturbing 10 players, including defensive starters Aldon Smith, Kenji Jackson and Andrew Gachkar.

Mulhall-Orlando students were back in school Wednesday. More school systems will have opening days on Thursday and Aug. 23.

Texas and Notre Dame, storied programs with the second- and third-most victories in college football history, will play four games over a six-year period beginning in 2015, the schools announced Thursday.

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