LAWRENCE, Kan.—Kansas thought it silenced the critics when it beat nationally ranked and highly regarded Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl.

Naysayers who’d been harping on a soft schedule as the reason for Kansas’ great 12-1 season of 2007 had to be quiet—for about 10 months.

Now they’re bound to speak up again after No. 4 Texas soundly whipped Mark Mangino’s team 35-7 on a cold, blustery field Saturday in Lawrence. The loss dropped Kansas to 6-5. They’ll be decided underdogs in two weeks when they take on No. 12 Missouri in the final regular-season game and will probabl...

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