The mystery surrounding the starting quarterback job for the Kansas football team finally dissipated Saturday afternoon as head coach Les Miles went with — and stuck with — redshirt senior Carter Stanley. But the decision didn’t become clear to even the QB competition’s participants behind the scenes until the eve of the season opener. “I wasn’t too worried about it to be honest,” Stanley said ...
As the start of the college football season inches closer by the minute, here at KUsports.com and the Lawrence Journal-World we are counting down to kickoff by each day revealing a new KU player on Benton Smith’s list predicting the top 11 Jayhawks for the 2019 season. Les Miles will lead the Kansas football team onto the field for the first time on Aug. 31 versus Indiana State. From the instant this list ...
— Kansas (0-0 overall) vs. FCS No. 16 Indiana State (0-0) • 11 a.m. kickoff, David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Game-time forecast: 70 degrees, partly cloudy, 48% chance of rain • TV: FOX Sports Net • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 — Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog and follow our coverage team on Twitter: @KUSports, @BentonASmith, @mctait and @SJacksonLJW Keys for Kansas 1. Play ...
Though Les Miles is about to make his Kansas football debut without the program’s most talented offensive player, the head coach is neither ready to abandon hope nor drastically alter his game plan for the season opener. In fact, it doesn’t seem like Miles expects the absence of suspended running back Pooka Williams Jr. to sway the Jayhawks’ offensive capacity against Indiana State much at all. Miles’ ...
On the eve of his first game as head coach at the University of Kansas, Les Miles’ 2020 recruiting class added yet another high school prospect, giving the program one more player than it could technically sign to join the program a year from now. A three-star linebacker from Harbor City, Calif., Alonso Person made public Friday his commitment to Miles’ Jayhawks. “All the tears, sweat and blood I’ve ...
By now, even if it’s not public knowledge, it’s safe to assume Les Miles knows who will start at quarterback for his Kansas football team on Saturday at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, when he makes his KU coaching debut. Miles and offensive coordinator and QBs coach Les Koenning, no doubt, have determined either Thomas MacVittie or Carter Stanley will enter the season as the No. 1 QB — or that the ...