The Jayhawks’ starting quarterback in their season opener, Thomas MacVittie, had his last name misspelled on the back of his jersey Saturday night versus Coastal Carolina. Perhaps the “MacVitte” on his shoulders was an omen that the Kansas football team would run into some issues at QB. A 6-foot-5 senior, MacVittie started for the Jayhawks, but head coach Les Miles stuck to his plan of playing Miles ...
Junior cornerback Corione Harris’ eight-month suspension from the Kansas football team, dating back to a January arrest, finally reached a resolution this week, as head coach Les Miles reinstated the defensive back. In a statement to the Journal-World on Friday afternoon, Miles said Harris’ official return to the team comes with the “expectation that he continues on a positive path.” Harris will serve ...
Kansas football coach Les Miles decided not to publicly name a starting quarterback ahead of his team’s season debut Saturday night versus Coastal Carolina, maintaining in interviews that the competition would last through this week. Miles even claimed the Jayhawks might play both Thomas MacVittie and Miles Kendrick in the opener. With that as the backdrop for their week of preparation, both Kendrick and ...
— Kansas (0-0) vs. Coastal Carolina (0-0) • 9 p.m. kickoff, David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Game-time forecast: 62 degrees, cloudy, 47% chance of rain • TV: FOX Sports 1 • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 — Log on to KUsports.com for our live coverage and follow our team on Twitter: @KUSports, @BentonASmith, @mctait and @SJacksonLJW Keys for Kansas 1. Avoid archaic offense The last time ...
No college football player has to play this year, in the midst of a pandemic. But Kansas receiver Andrew Parchment wanted to anyway. With his eyes set on a future in the NFL following what will be a truncated 10-game season at KU, Parchment wasn’t interested in opting out. He hopes to use his final collegiate games to prove his personal goals are more than just talk. “I want to play at the next level, and ...
Les Miles isn’t the only head coach headed into this Saturday’s Kansas football opener keeping his quarterback plans to himself. Coastal Carolina coach Jamey Chadwell told reporters during his Wednesday video press conference he has decided on a starting QB, but will not announce the winner of the Chanticleers’ competition publicly. “We’ll play a little cat and mouse, I guess, with Kansas a little ...