Print subscribers If you're a print subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Riding the bench is part of the game Posted David Colburn David Colburn If you’re a University of Kansas alum, as I am, there are two givens about Jayhawk sports. First, you will spend most of your adult life doing whatever you can to excuse or distance yourself from the university’s hapless football team. It’s absolutely untrue that the TV show “The Biggest Loser” was named after the Jayhawks’ football team, but it’s easy to see how folks could jump to that conclusion, particularly after this year’s dismal 0-9 record. It’s little wonder that the most popular football cheer at KU has long been “Wait until basketball season!” From football’s first kickoff, most Jayhawks already have the first basketball practice circled on their calendars.