As much as Les Miles enjoyed his first four preseason practices as the head coach at the University of Kansas over the course of the past week, it was the fifth one that he looked forward to most. “Being in full pads,” Miles said Thursday afternoon, “has made it a lot more fun to be a football coach. You know, there’s aggression and contact and some enjoyment in competition that has a physical core to ...
Six practices into preseason camp, Kansas football coach Les Miles has seen a lot of his Jayhawks over the course of the past week. And if you asked him to name a position group or player who stood out, Miles’ answer might surprise you. “The linebacker, Kyron Johnson, with moving inside, to me he’s made a tremendous difference with that team,” Miles replied Thursday to that exact question. Even though ...
It’s been a long time since the Kansas football team put together an offensive line that consistently gave its quarterback ample time to survey the field and its running backs reliable paths to chunks of yardage. While Les Miles isn’t predicting his first KU football team will buck the program’s recent history of O-line issues, the program’s new head coach actually felt optimistic about the offense’s ...
During the introductory years of his decades of college football experience, Les Miles played for and later worked for iconic Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler. It was a different era for offensive schemes and strategies, predating innumerable modernizing adaptions that have emerged since. Although Miles’ first team at the University of Kansas isn’t expected to zig while everyone else is zagging and turn ...
For all of the Kansas football program’s recruiting success this summer, as it stacked up new commitments in bunches, the Jayhawks’ 2020 class lacked a marquee talent. Until Tuesday night. Even though four-star Dallas linebacker Brennon Scott’s list of five finalists included programs synonymous with college football success — Texas, USC, Auburn and Oregon — Scott ultimately decided to commit to ...
One of the top basketball prospects in the country plans on joining the college ranks a year sooner than originally expected. Joining the recent reclassifying trend for players of his caliber, Kansas basketball recruiting target J.T. Thor, rated a five-star power forward, decided to move up a year and join the Class of 2020, Corey Evans of Rivals reported. Listed at 6-foot-9 and 185 pounds, Thor already ...