Spoiler alert for the quickly approaching college basketball season: David McCormack is not Udoka Azubuike. No one should expect McCormack, now a junior in the Kansas front court, to suddenly be able to pull off everything Azubuike did a year ago just because he is stepping into the sizable hole his predecessor left behind. McCormack won’t be a force of nature with the ball in the paint, or reach as high ...
Although Kansas football coach Les Miles said leading up to his team’s most recent bye week that he thought Jalon Daniels would be able to practice, the Jayhawks ultimately took a different approach with their hobbled quarterback. When asked on Monday during his video press conference whether KU’s starting QB was able to practice, Miles indicated Daniels could have this past week but didn’t. “He’s ...
Safety Davon Ferguson, who started for the Kansas football defense in each of the first four games this season, is no longer with the team, head coach Les Miles said on Monday. “I think he’s opted out,” Miles said during a video press conference when asked about Ferguson, who had missed KU’s previous three games for undisclosed reasons. “And we wish Davon the very best.” Ferguson told the ...
While the blowout margins from the Kansas football team’s losses in Big 12 play routinely lead to questions about the Jayhawks’ defense, head coach Les Miles thinks it’s difficult to excessively criticize what’s happening on that side of the ball, considering how the offense is performing. In conference play, KU opponents are averaging 50.2 points per game, and five of those six foes scored at least 47 ...
One of the greatest players in Kansas football history, Aqib Talib, who happens to be known for his magnetic personality, too, is about to have a new platform. FOX revealed this week that Talib, a first-team All-American cornerback with the Jayhawks before he went on to an illustrious NFL career, will be joining the network’s broadcasting team. Talib, who just retired earlier this year, is scheduled to make ...
On a mostly forgettable recent Saturday for the Kansas football team, soundly defeated on the road by Oklahoma, one of the Jayhawks’ promising young offensive players, Daniel Hishaw Jr., had what amounted to a career day. Hishaw, a true freshman, got his first opportunity to serve as the primary running back and turned in new personal highs for carries (10) and rushing yards (73), while playing in Norman, ...