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Big 12 notebook: Les Miles addresses Pooka Williams reinstatement

ARLINGTON, Texas – No one can say Kansas coach Les Miles didn’t know what he was walking in to.

KU’s decision to suspend running back Pooka Williams for only one game after punching a woman he was dating this offseason has been scrutinized plenty, so Miles made it the first thing he addressed at Big 12 media days.

“There is no violence – violence will not be accepted with women, period,” Miles read from a prepared statement. “Action was taken immediately. We felt like a strong point was made not only with Pooka Williams, but with the team.