[College Football] Harbaugh likely to take Kansas job

you made the title of the thread harbaugh likely to take the kansas job. inside the article it says hes likely to turn down the offer....

 

Why would Harbaugh take a job at Kansas? He's doing great at Stanford, and Kansas isn't exactly a great football school.

 

No joke.

Who in the hell picks Kansas over California?

 

does it not say below that a source confirmed he was their top target but believe he would turn down the offer?

 

nah not a fail on your part. a fail on the part of the website

 

I doubt this is true, but if it is that would suck for QB Andrew Luck, because one of the main reasons he chose to go to Stanford was because of Harbaugh.

 

LOL at Kanye. What I don't get is Harbaugh avoided Notre Dame like death. Big 12N is up for the taking. He just has to compete with Nebraska. It is a fun scenario, in the Pac-10 you have to win the entire conference outright.

 

turner gill took the job, at least thats what they said during the halftime show of marquette/wisconsin

 

"but stated that they thought he would likely turn down the job if offered."

 

The obligatory...

 

Ya I'm pretty sure standford is the better job that would be very suprising...

 

Buffalo's Turner Gill to take over at Kansas.

ESPN Link


Buffalo head coach Turner Gill will take the same job at Kansas, two people briefed on the decision told ESPN's Joe Schad on Saturday night.

Jayhawks athletic director Lew Perkins had spent the past weeks interviewing candidates to replace Mark Mangino, who resigned under pressure after an investigation into his treatment of players.

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Paul Jasienski/Getty ImagesTurner Gill led the Buffalo Bulls to a MAC championship in just his third year on the job.

Gill spent four years in Buffalo, posting a 20-30 overall record that included a MAC title in 2008.

Gill's best season at Buffalo was 2008 when the Bulls won the MAC championship and went to their first bowl in half a century.

A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Gill is best known in the Midwest as a great option quarterback at Nebraska from 1980-83, a time when the Cornhuskers annually pounded a down-and-out Jayhawk program. During Gill's four years, Nebraska beat Kansas 54-0, 31-15, 52-0 and 67-13.

But without question, the program is much stronger than it was then. Since Mangino took over in 2002, more than $30 million has been spent upgrading facilities, including an entirely new football complex with new weight rooms, training rooms and locker rooms. Plus, new practice fields have been added adjacent to Memorial Stadium and a project is planned to build luxury suites atop the east side of the stadium.

Mangino, who was making about $2.2 million when he resigned, was the consensus national coach of the year in 2007 after taking the Jayhawks to a 12-1 record and victory in the Orange Bowl. The greatest season in school history was followed by an eight-win season in 2008 and a second consecutive bowl victory, another first for the Jayhawks.

But after starting this year 5-0, Mangino's Jayhawks went into an 0-7 tailspin. With two games left, Perkins ordered an internal investigation into the former coach's treatment of players.

Many former players came forward and told of cruel and insensitive things Mangino had said to them during games or practice, but others supported him and said he was only instilling discipline and structure. A settlement was reached with Mangino before he resigned under pressure but the school has refused to make it public.

ESPN college football reporter Joe Schad and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Guy has done good things at Buffalo. Should be great in the Big 12. Doubt that Kansas will ever compete with Texas under Gill, but they should do great under Gill. Native Texan, too.

On a personal note, it sucks because a friend of mine's son just signed on to play offensive guard at Buffalo.

 

Rather be in palo alto instead of Lawrence.

I'm sure it's easier to recruit in northern cal and the west coast.