Adapting common approaches to various aspects of life has become routine in the time of COVID-19. No one likes the new normal, but most of us grin and bear it as best we can while following guidelines that hopefully make this all go away before long. One very minor consequence of the pandemic in the grand scheme of life is the fact that Kansas football preseason practices are completely closed to the ...
As of the start of the third week of August, six of the 10 FBS conferences plan on playing college football this fall. For the three Power Five programs forging ahead without the Big Ten and Pac-12, though, if something goes awry due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they might just all take the off ramp in one big caravan together and try to play a season in the spring. It’s not a scenario in which Big 12 ...
There was no mention of quarterbacks, position battles or depth charts, but Kansas football coach Les Miles finally spoke publicly about the Jayhawks’ preseason camp on Monday night. The Jayhawks, now with an official season-opening date and opponent, resumed practicing in pads and prepping for a season during a pandemic. It felt like all of college football was sitting in a holding pattern just a week ago, ...
There’s a reason the Kansas football program continues stockpiling Class of 2021 recruits amidst a pandemic that keeps the coaches from visiting with prospects in person. When head coach Les Miles and his assistants are able to meet with a player and his family via video calls, a virtual tour and meeting can almost be as good as the real thing, according to KU’s recruiting coordinator and tight ends coach, ...
As the Big 12 moves full steam ahead toward a 10-game college football season, conference administrators have made sure to remind those watching it unfold that there are no certainties. University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long earlier this week echoed comments made by Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby when asked during a media video conference about whether it would be possible to safely get through a ...
While planning a college football schedule the Big 12 hopes to play to completion during a pandemic, the conference tried to build in a little wiggle room. The Big 12’s programs might need some flexibility after all, if a team or two have to suspend play in the middle of the season due to a COVID-19 outbreak (see: MLB’s St. Louis Cardinals). As of this point there is no specific figure in terms of a number ...