Here is the Cliff’s Notes version of Kansas football coach Turner Gill’s comments at his weekly press conference today.
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• **Gill started by talking about where KU was at as a program.** He said he’s telling his players and coaches that it’s a new month. And it’s also about how you finish. Gill is telling players and coaches they need to finish this season in a positive way. He said KU players and coaches just need to keep working hard, keep watching a few more things (like film) a little bit longer and keep talking about things to get better at. Gill said the goal is for everyone to become more detailed in what they do. Then, the team just needs to keep on pressing forward.
• **Gill says he’s determined to change what KU has done so far this football season.** He’s says he’s going to do everything in his power and his will to continue to work hard with the coaching staff and players to finish the season in a positive way.
• **Gill said there were no significant injuries for the Iowa State game.**
• **One thing that stands out to Gill about Iowa State is that it is averaging 5.5 yards per carry.**
• **Gill said that calling this season “disappointing” would be a good assessment.** It’s not the way you’d like to have it be at this point in time, but KU has an opportunity to improve with four games left.
• **Gill says there have been some areas of improvement, but there has been a lot of inconsistency.** The team needs to be exactly right on everything. There’s no room for error.
• **Gill says his players have been playing with passion at times, but it’s been inconsistent.**
• **KU deferred after winning the coin toss simply to change it up.** The coaches had been talking about the third-quarter problem and wanted to try something different to see if that would make a difference. Gill said one small victory was that KU played better in the third quarter compared to what it had been doing (KU was outscored 7-0 in the quarter by Texas).
• **As a coach, when you hit tough times like KU is going through, Gill says you have to come up with new ways to give your team hope.** In most cases, if you finish well in November, you can show everyone, including your fans, that you are making progress.