While Les Miles observed his Kansas football team from afar this past weekend, the recuperating head coach enjoyed watching the defense perform, especially during the first half at West Virginia. “There was a lot of pass breakups,” Miles recalled earlier this week of one aspect of KU’s play that encouraged him as he isolated one final day due to his COVID-19 diagnosis. “There was a lot of action around ...
As Kansas football players and coaches approach the midway point of the season still in search of the team’s first victory, the Jayhawks now know whatever success they’re able to muster will have to come without Pooka Williams, the running back who was supposed to be KU’s offensive star. And though Williams opting out of the remainder of the 2020 schedule may seem like a death knell to some, at least one ...
The Kansas football program’s 2021 recruiting class lost a prospect for the second time this month on Monday night, when offensive lineman Edgar Amaya announced he was backing out of his commitment. “After countless prayers and conversations with my family, we have decided the best decision is to reopen my recruitment,” Amaya, a 6-foot-3 prospect from Alabama, wrote in a note he posted to Twitter. Rated ...
Les Miles and his Kansas football assistants might not until later in the week have a clearer picture regarding the Jayhawks’ quarterback situation for their upcoming rivalry game at Kansas State. But one thing was for sure as of Monday: junior Miles Kendrick is in line to start. After Kendrick and the rest of the KU offense struggled in a 38-17 loss at West Virginia this past weekend, Miles said at this ...
Les Mies has basically seen it all in his 200-plus games as a head college football coach. But the 66-year-old was out of his element this past Saturday, when his Kansas football team kicked off a road game at West Virginia, and Miles was some 900 miles away, back at home watching the game play out on his television. “It was very difficult for me to do that. I sat there — I didn’t sit there, I stood and ...
What was shaping up as a potentially disappointing year for preseason All-Big 12 running back Pooka Williams Jr. came to an abrupt end on Monday, as the Kansas junior announced he would be opting out of the remainder of the 2020 season. Williams thanked head coach Les Miles and “everyone with the Kansas football program for their commitment and understanding” in a statement on his decision to leave the team ...