Notebook: Kansas Prepared for Nevada

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Lance Leipold backs claims Kansas was set to face Missouri in Liberty Bowl – On3
“2025,” Leipold said of when they’d play again. “What’s the date? I think it’s, like, first or second week. … It was supposed to be the Liberty Bowl last year, but that’s another conversation.”

Three things I’m looking for in KU’s Week 3 contest against Nevada
By now you’ve heard the saying “New Era” around the KU program. Yes, we’ve entered a new era for the program and with that comes new expectations. The players and coaches would say the same thing, even if outside expectations aren’t what they’re worried about. This is a game where the expectations should shift.

Travis Goff discusses potential crowd size for KU’s game against BYU, warns of large away crowd
If the KU football program is able to take care of business on the road against Nevada this weekend, the Jayhawks will return to Lawrence for their first Saturday home game of the season against BYU. It’s set to be an afternoon kickoff, with the game slated to start at 2:30 p.m. CT and the game televised nationally on ESPN.

Eraser Dust

Custom Leatherwork and Boot Repair Shop Opens in Kalispell – Flathead Beacon
Right before joining the military about 10 years ago, Jesse Dicken started to teach himself how to do leatherwork, making custom belts, wallets, chaps and tack after becoming discouraged with the low-quality craftmanship at the local shops. Tired of buying cheap western wear that fell apart, he wanted durable leather that would withstand heavy use.

‘They knew better,’ Mitt Romney blasts Josh Hawley, other GOP colleagues
“I really do believe many of the people in leadership, meaning elected officials, who claimed 2020 was a stolen election, that we need to recount the ballots, other than through the normal judicial process, I think they knew better,” said Romney. “I have expressed that numerous times. It’s not a surprise.”

Aaron Rodgers says surgery ‘went great’ following season-ending Achilles injury | CNN
“Surgery went great yesterday. Thank you for all the love and prayers and support,” Rodgers shared via an Instagram story on Thursday.

Jill Duggar reveals dad Jim Bob once offered to send her husband Derick Dillard to REHAB – because he drank a SINGLE beer | Daily Mail Online
In one story, Jill recalled the bizarre time her dad offered to send her husband to rehab after accusing him of being an alcoholic, because he had a beer at dinner.

Taco Bell’s newest menu item is a first for the chain – TheStreet
“Taco Bell’s Chicken Enchilada Burrito features grilled chicken, seasoned rice, zesty red sauce, 3-cheese blend (mozzarella, cheddar, and Monterey Jack cheeses), and reduced-fat sour cream wrapped in a warm flour tortilla for a suggested price of $2,” Brand Eating reported.

IRS halts employee retention credit processing
The employee retention credit, or ERC, was created to support small businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. It can be worth thousands of dollars per employee and has sparked a flood of specialist firms falsely promising businesses they qualify for the complicated tax break.

Kim Davis ordered to pay $100,000 to same-sex couple she denied marriage license : NPR
A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a same-sex couple who sued a former county clerk in Kentucky who refused to issue them a marriage license, claiming that doing so would violate her religious beliefs.

3 Movies Every Dave Matthews Band Fan Should See –
Though Matthews and Company are known for touring all over the world, there is one venue more than any that they are associated with today. And that’s The Gorge. Located 150 miles from the city of Seattle, which Matthews calls home these days, the venue is one of the most beautiful in the world. It’s also where DMB plays every year during Labor Day weekend in September, bringing friends like Brandi Carlile and others to enjoy the spotlight. To know The Gorge is to know the modern-day DMB experience. This 2019 doc, which includes interviews with Matthews, depicts the scenic venue like none other.

A comment shouted from a stranger in a passing car saved her life : NPR
But right as she was in one of her darkest moments, a person in a car behind her shouted, “Don’t jump.”

Chattanooga accounting firm lays off entire staff, locks doors | Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Chattanooga accounting firm Croft & Frost abruptly laid off all of its employees Tuesday after struggling for months to meet payroll.

That Time ‘The Clone Wars’ Got Hit With Censorship
As Ventress faces off against a squad of clone soldiers, she corners a trooper named Colt who has been tasked with safeguarding the Kaminoans’ precious DNA samples; this is the most prized item on the entire planet, as it contains the genetic information of Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison) that has been essential to recreating his likeness. At this point in the series, Ventress has yet to begin her redemption arc and shows no mercy to the clone. She brutally impales Colt in the chest and plants a kiss on his cheek before watching his body crumble to the floor. This was the sort of violence that Star Wars fans may have come to expect from a dark side Force user, but it may not have sat well with the families watching Cartoon Network for more kid-friendly programming like Chowder or Adventure Time.