Everything you need to know about the Sunflower Showdown football rivalry, including a score prediction for Saturday’s game.

The other area to watch is Jalon Daniels against the Wildcats’ pass defense. Daniels was great against Houston, completing 76% of his passes and throwing for his second-highest output of yards this season. And K-State can be thrown against. KSU’s defense has given up:

Kansas head coach Lance Leipold continues to stand by what he’s been saying throughout his tenure: “To make games rivalries, you got to make them close and competitive.” The Jayhawks suffered a mistake-laden loss to rival Kansas State by four points last year after failing to score for the final 28 minutes.

Kansas coach Lance Leipold kept an even keel when discussing the "Sunflower Showdown" matchup against Kansas State Saturday in Manhattan during his weekly media availability. Despite starting the season 2-5,

The Sunflower Showdown have been a one-sided affair in the past decade-and-a-half, with K-State bringing a 15-game winning streak in the series into this week's game. Since going 0-3 against the Jayhawks under Ron Prince from 2006-08, the Wildcats have won the last 10 under Bill Snyder and five more under Klieman.

Kansan sports staff members and special guest picker Maddie Hartley of the Kansas City Star make their predictions for the Sunflower Showdown.

Kansas State: RB D.J. Giddens is the nation's ninth-leading rusher with 843 yards, even though West Virginia was willing to sell out on defense to stop him last weekend. He only ran for 57 yards but had two more touchdown runs.

But KU's highly anticipated 2024 season is off to a rocky start that included five straight losses — four after leading in the fourth quarter — before the Jayhawks blew out Houston last week in Kansas City,