Ahead of the Kansas football team’s midseason bye week, the offense didn’t perform at a high enough level against Oklahoma to satisfy the Jayhawks. But they at least saw running back Pooka Williams Jr. start to look like his old self again. Following his performance, which included a season-high 137 rushing yards and career-high 23 carries, Williams said it marked the first time during his sophomore season ...
There were cold and snowy days in January, before anyone knew for sure what type of player Andrew Parchment would be for the Jayhawks, when the receiver slogged across the University of Kansas campus in footwear more suitable for his hometown of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Parchment didn’t have a car to drive at the time. To make matters worse, he described himself as “not really equipped for the cold weather”: ...
Even before Les Miles decided to make a drastic change on his coaching staff, firing offensive coordinator Les Koenning and promoting Brent Dearmon to O.C., the Kansas football coach knew the Jayhawks’ bye week would be critical. Ahead of the team’s seven days of relative down time, Miles said not having a game this week would allow players who are “nicked up” to get healthy, and provide KU’s coaches ...
With a 25-point home loss to No. 6 Oklahoma still taking up space in their minds, Kansas football players and head coach Les Miles didn’t really have any momentum to cling to while heading into their first bye week of the season. However, receiver Stephon Robinson Jr. provided one positive development the Jayhawks (2-4 overall, 0-3 Big 12) can take with them into the second half of the season. In what proved ...
The bloodbath some may have expected Saturday out of a matchup pitting offensive guru and Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley, his latest Heisman Trophy-aspiring quarterback, Jalen Hurts, and the No. 6 Sooners against an overmatched Kansas team didn’t turn out obscenely gory. Still, the Jayhawks left David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium with a 45-20 defeat and feeling as if some missed chances cost them from ...
Following a 45-20 loss to No. 6 Oklahoma, Kansas football coach Les Miles had no interest in revisiting the departure of former senior running back Khalil Herbert. Speaking with media members for the first time since Herbert posted a letter to KU fans and teammates in which he stated he didn’t want to leave the Jayhawks when he decided to redshirt, Miles declined to respond to Herbert’s claim. “We're ...