If actions speak louder than words, Kansas University interim head football coach Tom Hayes is making sure the Jayhawks hear him loud and clear.
Hayes who was brought in by former coach Terry Allen to be the assistant head coach/defensive coordinator because of his strict, no-nonsense approach to discipline said Wednesday that sophomore cornerback Carl Ivey had been suspended for Saturday’s game at No. 5 Texas.
“Carl Ivey will not make the trip,” Hayes said following his first weekly press conference. “He was suspended for violating team rules, and that’s the only thing that I can say.”
Kickoff is 11:30 a.m. at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The game won’t be televised.
Hayes didn’t announce the suspension so much as senior cornerback Andrew Davison let it slip.
“Coach Allen was a nice guy, but at times he was too nice,” Davison said. “You need a head coach like coach Hayes who demands stuff and will lay down the law. Coach Hayes suspended Carl Ivey this week. I don’t know what the reason is.
“You need discipline on a football team and it will help our football team to get better.”
Hayes, who has known about the suspension since Monday, said senior Quincy Roe would start, with junior Matt Jordan and red-shirt freshman Johnny McCoy as backups.
“My personality is such that I lay out the stipulations or the disciplines and if they’re violated, I react,” Hayes said, “and I react the same every time. I don’t waiver. I don’t feel bad because I’m not going to apologize for having a rule. I never have and I never will.
“I want to make sure our players are treated firm, but fair. That’s kind of the theme I go by.”
While the defensive players have been able to see firsthand what Hayes will and will tolerate, the interim head coach addressed the offense on Sunday about what his expectations are.
“I told them, ‘It’s like my first day on the job as a defensive coach here. I evaluate you on everything, everyday. That doesn’t just mean football. That’s off the field, over at the training table, at the dorm. That’s my job, and now it’s my job for the entire team,'” Hayes said. “So for the next three weeks, that’s what I’ll be doing.”
Open market: One player already benefiting from Allen’s ouster is sophomore quarterback Zach Dyer, who had been battling for the starting position before Allen gave the nod to red-shirt freshman Mario Kinsey.
Hayes and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Rip Scherer have re-opened the competition for the starting job.
“If it’s open you’ve got a 50-percent shot,” Dyer said. “When he (Allen) said he’s the starter, then you’re not. I think that pretty much put me out of it.”
Let them eat steak: Something Hayes implemented since taking over has been to ask KU director of strength and conditioning Fred Roll to tweak the pregame meal. Hayes said if a player wants to have a steak, he should be able to.
“Some guys can’t eat before a game. That was never my problem. Trust me,” Hayes quipped. “When I was a player I was trying to get all the linemen to sit by me because they were so nervous and I wanted all their steaks. At 180 pounds or whatever I was it wasn’t enough. I wanted to eat.”
Calling the shots: Hayes reiterated Wednesday that Scherer would be calling the offensive plays. Scherer and Allen had been sharing the play-calling duties.
“I am going to take time out and sit down with Rip early in the morning that’s when we’ve been doing it of late and try to get a feel for the team we’re playing, the opponent, the skills, the techniques, the scheme that they play,” Hayes said, “and just say, ‘Hey, Rip, you know what? When we saw these things happen to us at other places I’ve been, this is what we did.’
“Am I going to try and force it down his throat? No. We don’t have that kind of relationship. He is a longtime colleague and friend.”
Looking for tickets: KU junior tight end David Hurst will feel right at home this weekend literally. Hurst, who attended McNeil High in Austin, lives about 30 minutes from the UT campus.
He is one of 26 Kansas players from Texas, a fact that made securing tickets a tough task. Hurst has received about 30 ticket requests from family and friends, but likely will be allotted just 15.
“I wanted my high school coaches to come,” Hurst said. “My dad had a list of about 10 and my sister had a list of about 10 so that just excludes my friends. I got left out in the cold. But that’s just the nature of the beast, especially with so many players being from Texas.”
Thanks, but no thanks: ABC Sports college football studio analyst Terry Bowden told a Kansas City radio station Wednesday that he wasn’t interested in KU’s coaching vacancy and that if he did get back into coaching, he would prefer to be in the South. Bowden, the son of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, was head coach at Auburn for five seasons before making the move to television.
If actions speak louder than words, Kansas University interim head football coach Tom Hayes is making sure the Jayhawks hear him loud and clear.
Hayes who was brought in by former coach Terry Allen to be the assistant head coach/defensive coordinator because of his strict, no-nonsense approach to discipline said Wednesday that sophomore cornerback Carl Ivey had been suspended for Saturday’s game at No. 5 Texas.
“Carl Ivey will not make the trip,” Hayes said following his first weekly press conference. “He was suspended for violating team rules, and that’s the only thing that I can say.”
Kickoff is 11:30 a.m. at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The game won’t be televised.
Hayes didn’t announce the suspension so much as senior cornerback Andrew Davison let it slip.
“Coach Allen was a nice guy, but at times he was too nice,” Davison said. “You need a head coach like coach Hayes who demands stuff and will lay down the law. Coach Hayes suspended Carl Ivey this week. I don’t know what the reason is.
“You need discipline on a football team and it will help our football team to get better.”
Hayes, who has known about the suspension since Monday, said senior Quincy Roe would start, with junior Matt Jordan and red-shirt freshman Johnny McCoy as backups.
“My personality is such that I lay out the stipulations or the disciplines and if they’re violated, I react,” Hayes said, “and I react the same every time. I don’t waiver. I don’t feel bad because I’m not going to apologize for having a rule. I never have and I never will.
“I want to make sure our players are treated firm, but fair. That’s kind of the theme I go by.”
While the defensive players have been able to see firsthand what Hayes will and will tolerate, the interim head coach addressed the offense on Sunday about what his expectations are.
“I told them, ‘It’s like my first day on the job as a defensive coach here. I evaluate you on everything, everyday. That doesn’t just mean football. That’s off the field, over at the training table, at the dorm. That’s my job, and now it’s my job for the entire team,'” Hayes said. “So for the next three weeks, that’s what I’ll be doing.”
Open market: One player already benefiting from Allen’s ouster is sophomore quarterback Zach Dyer, who had been battling for the starting position before Allen gave the nod to red-shirt freshman Mario Kinsey.
Hayes and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Rip Scherer have re-opened the competition for the starting job.
“If it’s open you’ve got a 50-percent shot,” Dyer said. “When he (Allen) said he’s the starter, then you’re not. I think that pretty much put me out of it.”
Let them eat steak: Something Hayes implemented since taking over has been to ask KU director of strength and conditioning Fred Roll to tweak the pregame meal. Hayes said if a player wants to have a steak, he should be able to.
“Some guys can’t eat before a game. That was never my problem. Trust me,” Hayes quipped. “When I was a player I was trying to get all the linemen to sit by me because they were so nervous and I wanted all their steaks. At 180 pounds or whatever I was it wasn’t enough. I wanted to eat.”
Calling the shots: Hayes reiterated Wednesday that Scherer would be calling the offensive plays. Scherer and Allen had been sharing the play-calling duties.
“I am going to take time out and sit down with Rip early in the morning that’s when we’ve been doing it of late and try to get a feel for the team we’re playing, the opponent, the skills, the techniques, the scheme that they play,” Hayes said, “and just say, ‘Hey, Rip, you know what? When we saw these things happen to us at other places I’ve been, this is what we did.’
“Am I going to try and force it down his throat? No. We don’t have that kind of relationship. He is a longtime colleague and friend.”
Looking for tickets: KU junior tight end David Hurst will feel right at home this weekend literally. Hurst, who attended McNeil High in Austin, lives about 30 minutes from the UT campus.
He is one of 26 Kansas players from Texas, a fact that made securing tickets a tough task. Hurst has received about 30 ticket requests from family and friends, but likely will be allotted just 15.
“I wanted my high school coaches to come,” Hurst said. “My dad had a list of about 10 and my sister had a list of about 10 so that just excludes my friends. I got left out in the cold. But that’s just the nature of the beast, especially with so many players being from Texas.”
Thanks, but no thanks: ABC Sports college football studio analyst Terry Bowden told a Kansas City radio station Wednesday that he wasn’t interested in KU’s coaching vacancy and that if he did get back into coaching, he would prefer to be in the South. Bowden, the son of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, was head coach at Auburn for five seasons before making the move to television.
If actions speak louder than words, Kansas University interim head football coach Tom Hayes is making sure the Jayhawks hear him loud and clear.
Hayes who was brought in by former coach Terry Allen to be the assistant head coach/defensive coordinator because of his strict, no-nonsense approach to discipline said Wednesday that sophomore cornerback Carl Ivey had been suspended for Saturday’s game at No. 5 Texas.
“Carl Ivey will not make the trip,” Hayes said following his first weekly press conference. “He was suspended for violating team rules, and that’s the only thing that I can say.”
Kickoff is 11:30 a.m. at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The game won’t be televised.
Hayes didn’t announce the suspension so much as senior cornerback Andrew Davison let it slip.
“Coach Allen was a nice guy, but at times he was too nice,” Davison said. “You need a head coach like coach Hayes who demands stuff and will lay down the law. Coach Hayes suspended Carl Ivey this week. I don’t know what the reason is.
“You need discipline on a football team and it will help our football team to get better.”
Hayes, who has known about the suspension since Monday, said senior Quincy Roe would start, with junior Matt Jordan and red-shirt freshman Johnny McCoy as backups.
“My personality is such that I lay out the stipulations or the disciplines and if they’re violated, I react,” Hayes said, “and I react the same every time. I don’t waiver. I don’t feel bad because I’m not going to apologize for having a rule. I never have and I never will.
“I want to make sure our players are treated firm, but fair. That’s kind of the theme I go by.”
While the defensive players have been able to see firsthand what Hayes will and will tolerate, the interim head coach addressed the offense on Sunday about what his expectations are.
“I told them, ‘It’s like my first day on the job as a defensive coach here. I evaluate you on everything, everyday. That doesn’t just mean football. That’s off the field, over at the training table, at the dorm. That’s my job, and now it’s my job for the entire team,'” Hayes said. “So for the next three weeks, that’s what I’ll be doing.”
Open market: One player already benefiting from Allen’s ouster is sophomore quarterback Zach Dyer, who had been battling for the starting position before Allen gave the nod to red-shirt freshman Mario Kinsey.
Hayes and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Rip Scherer have re-opened the competition for the starting job.
“If it’s open you’ve got a 50-percent shot,” Dyer said. “When he (Allen) said he’s the starter, then you’re not. I think that pretty much put me out of it.”
Let them eat steak: Something Hayes implemented since taking over has been to ask KU director of strength and conditioning Fred Roll to tweak the pregame meal. Hayes said if a player wants to have a steak, he should be able to.
“Some guys can’t eat before a game. That was never my problem. Trust me,” Hayes quipped. “When I was a player I was trying to get all the linemen to sit by me because they were so nervous and I wanted all their steaks. At 180 pounds or whatever I was it wasn’t enough. I wanted to eat.”
Calling the shots: Hayes reiterated Wednesday that Scherer would be calling the offensive plays. Scherer and Allen had been sharing the play-calling duties.
“I am going to take time out and sit down with Rip early in the morning that’s when we’ve been doing it of late and try to get a feel for the team we’re playing, the opponent, the skills, the techniques, the scheme that they play,” Hayes said, “and just say, ‘Hey, Rip, you know what? When we saw these things happen to us at other places I’ve been, this is what we did.’
“Am I going to try and force it down his throat? No. We don’t have that kind of relationship. He is a longtime colleague and friend.”
Looking for tickets: KU junior tight end David Hurst will feel right at home this weekend literally. Hurst, who attended McNeil High in Austin, lives about 30 minutes from the UT campus.
He is one of 26 Kansas players from Texas, a fact that made securing tickets a tough task. Hurst has received about 30 ticket requests from family and friends, but likely will be allotted just 15.
“I wanted my high school coaches to come,” Hurst said. “My dad had a list of about 10 and my sister had a list of about 10 so that just excludes my friends. I got left out in the cold. But that’s just the nature of the beast, especially with so many players being from Texas.”
Thanks, but no thanks: ABC Sports college football studio analyst Terry Bowden told a Kansas City radio station Wednesday that he wasn’t interested in KU’s coaching vacancy and that if he did get back into coaching, he would prefer to be in the South. Bowden, the son of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, was head coach at Auburn for five seasons before making the move to television.
If actions speak louder than words, Kansas University interim head football coach Tom Hayes is making sure the Jayhawks hear him loud and clear.
Hayes who was brought in by former coach Terry Allen to be the assistant head coach/defensive coordinator because of his strict, no-nonsense approach to discipline said Wednesday that sophomore cornerback Carl Ivey had been suspended for Saturday’s game at No. 5 Texas.
“Carl Ivey will not make the trip,” Hayes said following his first weekly press conference. “He was suspended for violating team rules, and that’s the only thing that I can say.”
Kickoff is 11:30 a.m. at Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. The game won’t be televised.
Hayes didn’t announce the suspension so much as senior cornerback Andrew Davison let it slip.
“Coach Allen was a nice guy, but at times he was too nice,” Davison said. “You need a head coach like coach Hayes who demands stuff and will lay down the law. Coach Hayes suspended Carl Ivey this week. I don’t know what the reason is.
“You need discipline on a football team and it will help our football team to get better.”
Hayes, who has known about the suspension since Monday, said senior Quincy Roe would start, with junior Matt Jordan and red-shirt freshman Johnny McCoy as backups.
“My personality is such that I lay out the stipulations or the disciplines and if they’re violated, I react,” Hayes said, “and I react the same every time. I don’t waiver. I don’t feel bad because I’m not going to apologize for having a rule. I never have and I never will.
“I want to make sure our players are treated firm, but fair. That’s kind of the theme I go by.”
While the defensive players have been able to see firsthand what Hayes will and will tolerate, the interim head coach addressed the offense on Sunday about what his expectations are.
“I told them, ‘It’s like my first day on the job as a defensive coach here. I evaluate you on everything, everyday. That doesn’t just mean football. That’s off the field, over at the training table, at the dorm. That’s my job, and now it’s my job for the entire team,'” Hayes said. “So for the next three weeks, that’s what I’ll be doing.”
Open market: One player already benefiting from Allen’s ouster is sophomore quarterback Zach Dyer, who had been battling for the starting position before Allen gave the nod to red-shirt freshman Mario Kinsey.
Hayes and offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Rip Scherer have re-opened the competition for the starting job.
“If it’s open you’ve got a 50-percent shot,” Dyer said. “When he (Allen) said he’s the starter, then you’re not. I think that pretty much put me out of it.”
Let them eat steak: Something Hayes implemented since taking over has been to ask KU director of strength and conditioning Fred Roll to tweak the pregame meal. Hayes said if a player wants to have a steak, he should be able to.
“Some guys can’t eat before a game. That was never my problem. Trust me,” Hayes quipped. “When I was a player I was trying to get all the linemen to sit by me because they were so nervous and I wanted all their steaks. At 180 pounds or whatever I was it wasn’t enough. I wanted to eat.”
Calling the shots: Hayes reiterated Wednesday that Scherer would be calling the offensive plays. Scherer and Allen had been sharing the play-calling duties.
“I am going to take time out and sit down with Rip early in the morning that’s when we’ve been doing it of late and try to get a feel for the team we’re playing, the opponent, the skills, the techniques, the scheme that they play,” Hayes said, “and just say, ‘Hey, Rip, you know what? When we saw these things happen to us at other places I’ve been, this is what we did.’
“Am I going to try and force it down his throat? No. We don’t have that kind of relationship. He is a longtime colleague and friend.”
Looking for tickets: KU junior tight end David Hurst will feel right at home this weekend literally. Hurst, who attended McNeil High in Austin, lives about 30 minutes from the UT campus.
He is one of 26 Kansas players from Texas, a fact that made securing tickets a tough task. Hurst has received about 30 ticket requests from family and friends, but likely will be allotted just 15.
“I wanted my high school coaches to come,” Hurst said. “My dad had a list of about 10 and my sister had a list of about 10 so that just excludes my friends. I got left out in the cold. But that’s just the nature of the beast, especially with so many players being from Texas.”
Thanks, but no thanks: ABC Sports college football studio analyst Terry Bowden told a Kansas City radio station Wednesday that he wasn’t interested in KU’s coaching vacancy and that if he did get back into coaching, he would prefer to be in the South. Bowden, the son of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, was head coach at Auburn for five seasons before making the move to television.
