Turner Gill

Kansas won't have to look far Saturday to find an example of a program that has clawed its way to respectability. Baylor was one of the worst programs in college football when Art Briles took over. With a win over the Jayhawks, they could become bowl eligible in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1991-92. The Bears were 31-94 over the 11 season before Briles arrived. The Jayhawks won the Orange Bowl just a few years ago. But at 2-7 and without a Big 12 win this season, time is running out for coach Turner Gill to engineer an upset victory and perhaps salvage Year 2 of his own rebuilding project.

Former Wichita Heights standout running back Dreamius Smith has committed to play football for the Butler Grizzlies next fall. Originally Smith was heading to the University of Kansas to play for Turner Gill and the Jayhawks but he did not make the required score on his ACT.  Grizzlies head coach Troy Morrel told Eyewitness Sports this afternoon that Smith visited both Hutchinson Community College and Butler before finally deciding...

Kansas University football coach Turner Gill announced two personnel changes regarding the Jayhawk football roster Tuesday afternoon. Gill first announced that freshman quarterback Brock Berglund will no longer be taking part in practice during the fall semester, but will remain a member of the Kansas football team. “Due to legal issues, Brock will no longer be attending practices with the team this fall,” said Gill. “He will remain enrolled as a KU student, and plans to resume all team activities in the spring semester.” Additionally, Gill announced that due to a violation of team policies, sophomore running back Deshaun Sands has been removed from the team effective immediately.

Freshmen tailbacks Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron combined for 255 yards rushing and four touchdowns as Texas ended a five-game home losing streak in the Big 12 with a 43-0 romp over Kansas on Saturday night. Texas rushed for 441 yards as a team against the worst defense in the country. Brown reached the 100-yard mark by halftime and his 635 yards this season already are the most by a Texas player since 2007. Freshman quarterback David Ash got his second consecutive start for Texas (5-2, 2-2 Big 12)

Charlie Weis is guaranteed $2.5 million annually over the course of his five-year deal with Kansas, along with incentives that could push the total over $3 million. A copy of the contract, which is dated Dec. 9, was obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. Weis' base salary is $230,000, though he is also in line for an additional $2.27 million in "professional services rendered," which includes educational, promotional and public relations duties. According to the Topeka Capital-Journal , Weis also gets the use of two university vehicles, a $2 million life insurance policy, six season basketball tickets and reimbursement of travel expenses for Weis' wife and two children for away football games.

Kansas head football coach Turner Gill announced Friday that assistant coach Robert Wimberly has been promoted to Pass Coordinator of the Jayhawk defense. Wimberly, who is entering his second year with the KU program, will continue serving as the safeties coach in addition to his new duties.   “Robert is a dynamic teacher of the game of football,” said Gill, who is beginning his second season at the helm of the Jayhawk program. “He possesses outstanding organizational skills and is a phenomenal recruiter.

Kansas football head coach Turner Gill named sophomore Jordan Webb as the starting quarterback here Friday afternoon. Webb, who was in a battle for the top spot with senior Quinn Mecham, was the Jayhawks' starting signal caller in seven games as a redshirt freshman. "After evaluating our quarterback position with (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach) Chuck (Long), we decided at this time to announce that Jordan Webb will be our starter at that position," said Gill, who is entering his second season at the helm of the KU program.

Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach is the new football coach at Washington State. The school said Wednesday that Leach had agreed in principle to a five-year contract. He will be introduced next Tuesday at a news conference in Pullman. Terms of the contract were not immediately available. The 50-year-old Leach posted an 84-43 record at Texas Tech, leading the Red Raiders to 10 bowl appearances in 10 seasons. He was fired in 2009 amid allegations he mistreated a player with a concussion.

A crowd of 6,000 basked in the 70-degree Kansas sunshine and watched the Kansas football team close its second spring practice under the guidance of head coach Turner Gill with its annual Blue-White game Saturday afternoon. Quarterbacks Jordan Webb and Quinn Mecham each tossed a touchdown pass and threw for more than 100 yards in the game. Webb, a sophomore-to-be, who started seven games last season, connected on eight-of-14 attempts for 108 yards, one score and one interception.

For What it's Worth on February 1 -- Bill Snyder signs a new five-year deal that will keep him coaching at Kansas State until the age of 78. That's a sentence that wouldn't have been believed four years ago. Lest we forget--- The 2005 retirement of Bill Snyder was generally accepted as the right thing by K-Staters after he went 9-13 in the last two seasons of his first tenure. His return after three forgettable years from Ron Prince at the Wildcat helm was widely looked upon as a stop gap. Four years later, there's nobody else the Wildcat Nation would stand for on its sideline.