If the Jayhawks thought the weather was bad at Hoglund Ballpark this past weekend, they might be in for a surprise tomorrow.

Kansas takes its usual break in the Big 12 Conference schedule today as it heads for Iowa City, Iowa, to take on the Hawkeyes at 4 p.m.

Kansas faced high winds, ice and rain as Baylor pummeled the team in a 21-9 loss on Sunday. Coach Ritch Price hasn’t heard anything cheerful concerning the weather so far from Iowa.

“Somebody told me today it snowed four feet up there,” Price said on Sunday. “We’ll have to wait and see what the weather conditions are like as well.”

For now, the weather reports indicate that the temperature could reach the low 20s on tonight. Iowa officials decided to move the game back from its original start time of 6 p.m. to avoid to below-freezing temperatures.

The Jayhawks will have to prepare themselves for a repeat of the weekend’s weather if they are to rebound from their worst loss since 2002.

But the great thing about baseball for most of the players and coaches is the ability to shrug off a bad day. With so many games on the schedule, the turnaround to redeem yourself is just a matter of days.

“We’ve put up good offensive numbers, we’ve been doing great things pitching wise,” sophomore third baseman Tony Thompson said.

“It was just one day. We’re going to go out there and do the same stuff we’ve been doing and I’m sure we’ll be fine,” he said.

Baylor’s victory on Sunday came after a 6-0 loss to the Jayhawks on Saturday. None of the players and coaches sounded like they were ready to hit the panic button just yet, though.

Nobody’s perfect, Price said, and once in a while your pitching staff has an off day.

“Obviously, we have pitched very, very well all season long,” Price said. “That’s the first time we’ve been unable to pitch at a high level.”

Shortstop James Stanfield might be a freshman, but he’s been around the game long enough to know that Price is right.

The best thing to do, Stanfield said, was to forget about this game as quickly as possible.

“You just have to forget about it. That’s one of those games that happens every once in awhile or once in a year,” he said. “It’s going to happen. You just have to put it under your belt, start over, and move on to the next one.”

But if the weather reports hold true for today, the Baylor game might repeat sooner than expected.

— — Edited by Melissa Johnson