The Guaranteed Rate Bowl rematch between the Kansas Jayhawks and UNLV Rebels comes just nine months after the first matchup.
was a major cap on the 2023 Kansas Jayhawks’ season. It also got fairly chippy between KU and the UNLV Rebels. Well, we don’t have to wait long for a rematch. UNLV will be coming to Children’s Mercy Park to take on KU on Friday, September 13 as the Jayhawks’ final non-conference game.Last year’s UNLV season was a big upturn from recent years. The 9-5 record in coach Barry Odom’s first season was the Rebels’ first winning season since 2013 and highest number of wins in a season since 1984.
But Maiava capitalized on his success with a move to a power program as he transferred to USC to play for Lincoln Riley.Odom’s solution for replacing Maiava was to bring in a couple of transfers, including veteran Holy Cross QB Matthew Sluka. Sluka broke out as a junior, throwing for 2,491 yards and 26 TDs to four INTs, and then followed it up with 1,723 yards, 20 TDs, and 5 INTs last year.
Sluka is a dual-threat who also piled up 1,000-yard rushing seasons the past two years and 38 career rushing touchdowns. He’s been doing it at the FCS level but has proven himself worthy of being taken seriously. He threw for 286 yards and ran for 300 yards combined against Boston College and Army last year.
Even bigger is the return of receiver Ricky Davis. Davis finished the year with 1,483 yards and nine touchdowns and led UNLV in the bowl game with 97 yards on seven catches and a touchdown.The Rebels’ defense left something to be desired. Kansas scored 49 points and racked up 591 total yards and it was the sixth game where UNLV gave up 30 or more points. Odom went to the transfer portal for this need as well, bringing in a pair of SEC players .
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