Offseason KU football & hoops chatter and a farewell to Shane Jackson

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Breaking down the wave of Buffalo transfers joining the KU football program

First-year KU AD Travis Goff on Friday morning announced the hiring of Buffalo coach Lance Leipold as the new leader of Kansas football. Leipold comes to Kansas after successful stints and turnarounds at Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater and Buffalo and takes over for Les Miles, who left last month amid controversy. By all accounts, Leipold, 56, is a classic, old-school football coach who likes to let hard work, discipline and humility do his talking for him. He also has a stellar national reputation and has been in the mix for other Power 5 jobs based off of his successful run at Buffalo and Wisconsin-Whitewater. With that in mind, here are our initial reactions to the new hire.

Initial reactions to the hiring of Lance Leipold as KU's new football coach

On Monday morning, three days after his hiring was announced, new Kansas football coach Lance Leipold met with the local media for the first time at KU's indoor facility. In addition to introducing himself, Leipold, along with KU AD Travis Goff, fielded questions about the search that landed him, the fit, his plans for the Jayhawks and the future of Kansas football. Several KU supporters and staff members were in attendance at the introduction, which came one day after Leipold met individually with KU's coaching staff and just minutes before he began to do the same thing with the KU players. While there remains a lot to analyze and watch and break down in the coming months as Leipold and company begin the process of rebuilding the program, there was a lot of interesting information to take away from his first public moments on KU's campus. Here's a look at our thoughts on some of that...

Breaking down Lance Leipold's introductory press conference

A look back at a tough win in Lubbock, ahead to the Big 12 hoops season & a few KU football signings by KUsports.com

A look back at a tough win in Lubbock, ahead to the Big 12 hoops season & a few KU football signings

Assessing what KU football got out of the 2020 season & where the program goes from here by KUsports.com

Assessing what KU football got out of the 2020 season & where the program goes from here

Predictions & projections for the 2020-21 Kansas men's basketball season by KUsports.com

Predictions & projections for the 2020-21 Kansas men's basketball season

Talking NBA draft, young football talent & what's ahead for college hoops by KUsports.com

Talking NBA draft, young football talent & what's ahead for college hoops

Diving deeper into the 2020-21 KU hoops season & is 38 points too big of a line for KU-OU football? by KUsports.com

Diving deeper into the 2020-21 KU hoops season & is 38 points too big of a line for KU-OU football?

Have we officially reached the end of KU football season & the beginning of basketball? by KUsports.com

Have we officially reached the end of KU football season & the beginning of basketball?

Discussing the departures of Pooka Williams & Silvio De Sousa by KUsports.com

Discussing the departures of Pooka Williams & Silvio De Sousa

What's next for Kansas football & will Les Miles be on the sideline Saturday? by KUsports.com

What's next for Kansas football & will Les Miles be on the sideline Saturday?

As the Jayhawks head into another bye week, Matt Tait, Benton Smith and Shane Jackson field some reader questions about the current state of the Kansas football program.

Answering reader questions about the current state of Kansas football

Les Miles talks Pooka Williams, QBs and the bye week on Monday's Big 12 teleconference.

Les Miles talks Pooka, QBs and the bye week on Monday's Big 12 teleconference

On this week's episode we talk almost exclusively about KU's freshman quarterback, Jalon Daniels, who started at Baylor and showed some promise despite the rough afternoon for the KU offense. What will Les Miles do at QB from here? What should he do? And what are some reasonable expectations for Daniels the rest of the season?

Is it time for The Jalon Daniels Show at Kansas?

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