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August 20, 2007
KU hopes for big things from small-town boy
"You put a country kid up in a little square dorm room for a couple of months, and it's hard on him. But you get over it." LAWRENCE | Every once in a while, Jake Sharp straps on his big ol' belt buckle, steps into a pair of cowboy boots and takes a stroll through town. It's gestures like these that make Sharp feel at home, helping him forget momentarily that he lives in the urban confines of Lawrence instead of the wide-open country fields of Salina, Kan. When Sharp, a sophomore Kansas running back, talks about his hometown, you can see the frontier spreading out in front of him. His eyes light up, and a toothy grin flashes across his freckled face. Read more
From KU hopes for big things from small-town boy
Posted by Sean at August 20, 2007 11:11 AM
