Note: all records and stats referenced are current as of September 13, 2017.
Almost three years ago to the day, I wrote a post outlining some candidates for who should replace Charlie Weis as KU football coach. Current head coach David Beaty didn’t make the list, and it is starting to look like it is for good reason. Let’s be honest, other than being able to hire a couple of really good assistants (Doug Meacham and Tony Hull come to mind) and improving recruiting, is Beaty really all that different from Turner Gill? (Other than the fact Gill has been consistently successful as an FCS head coach and has a better win at KU than Beaty has, of course.