WRITER: Benton Smith

'I think they dreamed big': Les Miles recalls what made his past teams successful vs. Oklahoma

It’s easy for Les Miles to look back fondly at the times he led a football team onto the field to take on powerhouse Oklahoma. Miles, in his first year as the head coach at the University of Kansas, hasn’t faced the Sooners in nearly 15 years. But his underdog Oklahoma State teams gave rival OU enough fits when Miles led the Cowboys that his mostly favorable memories also include at least one instance of ...

'I don't expect Khalil to be with us': Jayhawks weigh in on RB's absence

All signs point to Khalil Herbert’s Kansas football career being over. While no one within the program, including head coach Les Miles, would offer up that exact information Monday, the picture painted by the words of Miles and two veteran captains was one that doesn’t include Herbert. Two days after KU's senior No. 2 running back abruptly became unavailable for the Jayhawks’ game at TCU for what the ...

Notebook: Les Miles won't say whether RB Dom Williams will redshirt

As the Kansas football team appears prepared to play the remainder of the season without veteran running back Khalil Herbert, head coach Les Miles chose not to address whether another rusher on the roster has any intention of redshirting this year. Junior Dom Williams, who entered the season listed on KU’s depth chart as one potential starter, didn’t play at all in the Jayhawks’ lopsided loss at TCU — ...

Freshmen fill in for veterans in KU road loss

An overall forgettable Saturday for the Kansas football team at TCU featured a couple of individual performances that may prove more memorable for the true freshmen who delivered them. With two key KU veterans absent for the Jayhawks’ Big 12 road opener, running back Velton Gardner and linebacker Gavin Potter became more involved in the game plan out of necessity. And while neither of them — nor any of ...

Jayhawks handed 51-14 thumping by Horned Frogs in 1st Big 12 road game

Fort Worth, Texas — Drenched in sweat as he left the steamy field at Amon G. Carter Stadium on Saturday afternoon, Hakeem Adeniji slowly walked toward the tunnel that led to the visitors locker room. A handful of Kansas football fans dotted the bleachers around the exit, waiting for the Jayhawks and wishing them well. A fourth-year starter on the offensive line, Adeniji, too lost in the moment to notice, ...

Notebook: After missing TCU game, Khalil Herbert's status with KU is uncertain

Fort Worth, Texas — The Kansas football team had to play its Big 12 road opener at TCU Saturday without its leading rusher, senior running back Khalil Herbert. A 5-foot-9 senior from Coral Springs, Fla., Herbert missed what ended up being a 51-14 loss for the Jayhawks at Amon G. Carter Stadium for what a team spokesperson described as “personal reasons.” Head coach Les Miles didn’t provide many further ...