Kansas Jayhawks College Football Preview 2021: What Will Happen, Season Prediction
The Les Miles idea was a good one, until it really, really wasn’t.
Lance Leipold might not have the big name or the BCS National Championship that Miles owns, but he’s a six-time Division-III national championship head coach at UW-Whitewater – going 109-6 in eight years – who then turned Buffalo to a MAC power.
His big flaw and problem? His UB teams should’ve come up with at least two MAC championships over the last three years and they both whiffed. But that’s a first world problem compared to the problems at Kansas over the last decade.
It really is unbelievable.
Yes, kids, the 2007 Kansas Jayhawk football team were a game away from playing for the national championship, but lost the Big 12 Championship to Missouri. It went on to finish 12-1, followed it up with an 8-5 season, and then …
Yuck.
12 straight losing seasons, no more than three wins in a campaign since 2009, two winless campaigns in the last six years, and with the misery going on and on and on.
Set The Kansas Jayhawks Regular Season Win Total At … 2
Leipold isn’t going to change this in a season – or three.
It’s going to take a massive overhauling of talent, attitude, and expectations to get this program out of the doldrums and make it at least consistently competitive.
However, Leipold’s teams know how to run the ball, they don’t make a ton of big mistakes, and they play an aggressive brand of defense that’s always getting into the backfield.
Last year’s Buffalo team led the nation in fewest sacks allowed, was second in rushing, was sound on special teams, led the MAC in total defense, and …
It took a while to get there. Don’t expect miracles right away.
There should be at least two wins – the Jayhawks might catch someone napping on the wrong day, and they’ll probably beat South Dakota – but there’s hope now. The program got a good coach who knows how to do this.
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