For a man who has gone out of his way the past several weeks to reveal as little as possible about what’s going on behind the scenes of his Kansas football program, head coach Les Miles made a relatively startling statement on Monday evening regarding his new team. Asked shortly after the conclusion of KU’s 15th and final spring practice for his assessment of how competitive the Jayhawks could be this fall, ...
The last time the Kansas football program fielded the type of teams capable of generating national attention, Todd Reesing was tossing touchdowns at quarterback and Chris Harris Jr. was making plays in the secondary. They haven’t been teammates since 2009, and the Jayhawks have won three or fewer games every season since then. But as two of the more impactful players in program history returned to Lawrence ...
Spring games aren’t supposed to reveal much of anything about a college football team’s potential — head coaches such as Les Miles would have it no other way. Appropriately, as Miles, the former national championship winning coach at LSU, made his Kansas debut Saturday night at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, he and his staff went out of their way to get as many Jayhawks involved as possible, even ...
As important as Saturday’s festivities at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium were for the Jayhawks who were able to show off their skills during the spring game, the weekend itself doubled as a giant stage for the program and its future under new head coach Les Miles. Although former KU standouts such as Todd Reesing and Chris Harris Jr. attended Miles’ debut and the postgame Rick Ross concert, the night ...
If Kansas football coach Les Miles and his assistants currently have a depth chart they feel good about during the final stage of spring practices, they’re certainly not making it public. However, during the Jayhawks’ open practice on Thursday — a light, pads-free warmup for Saturday’s spring game — the 11-on-11 session provided a glimpse of what KU’s two-deep just might look like right about ...
From the day Les Miles arrived at the University of Kansas as the football program’s new head coach and hypothetical knight in a shining white cap, die-hard fans and deserters alike wondered what the Jayhawks might look like under the guidance of a man who once led LSU to a national championship. Anyone interested in getting a peek at the early stages of Miles’ overhaul has the chance to do so at Saturday ...