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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE GILL ERA
ETHAN PADWAY
epadway@kansan.com
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Dec. 13,2009 Gill hired
Athletic Director Lew Perkins announces Turner Gill as the new football coach for the University of Kansas. Gill arrived after spending four years as the head coach at the University of Buffalo, compiling a 20-30 record in four years.
"Turner Gill is a winner," Perkins said. "His accomplishments at Buffalo speak for themselves. But more than that, everyone I talked to about him, starting with Tom Osborne, had the highest praise for Turner as a coach and as a person."
Gill: "I've been asked if I'm taking this job as a way to get to another program. The answer to that is a very decisive no. I did not come here to use it as a stepping stone to a football dynasty, but rather to create a football dynasty here at KU. Rock Chaik Jayhawk, KU!"
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Sept. 4, 2010 — Kansas loses to North Dakota State University, 6-3, in Gill's debut
Kansas turns the ball over three times and converts just four of 15 third down attempts as the Jayhawks lose Gill's debut as coach of the Jayhawks to a Football Championship Subdivision school (Formerly DIAA).
Gill: "It's one game and that's how you have to take it and move on from there. We have to take the things that we did do well and obviously the things that we need to work on."
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Oct. 2, 2010 — Kansas loses to Baylor 55-7
Oct. 2, 2010 — Kansas loses to Baylor 55-7
In his first game as coach of the Jayhawks in his home state of
Texas, Gill's Jayhawks are defeated.
Gill: "I am disappointed. Obviously not a very good job by us as a coaching staff. Great job by Baylor, their staff and their players. They played an outstanding football game and we just could never get away going. We just didn't play very well. You can't turn the ball over and we missed too many tackles."
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Sept. 11, 2010 — Kansas upsets No. 15 Georgia Tech 28-25 Kansas upsets Georgia Tech on the back of the first 100-yard rushing game by freshman running back James Sims. It is the first victory for Gill at the University of Kansas.
Gill: "It's great for our staff, great for our players, great for our alumni and great for our student body. We appreciate all of their support that they gave us today during the game. It gave us energy. It's like I told the fans, we need all of them to come to our games and give us that energy like they did today."
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Feb.2, 2011 Kansas' 2011 recruiting class is ranked 34th in nation by rivals.com.
Gill: "It's a great day. As I think most of you probably remember (from my first) press conference, recruiting was most of what it was about in this coaching profession. This is a great day definitively for Jayhawk Nation as we have brought in a very talented group."
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Oct. 14, 2010 — Kansas loses to KSU 59-7
In Gill's first rivalry game at Kansas, the Jayhawks lose to Kansas State on a nationally televised Thursday night game on FSN.
Gill: I'll just tell them we have to keep working. We have to look at some things on the basics of football like being able to play extras.
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Nov. 6, 2010 — Kansas defeats Colorado, comes back from 35-10 halftime deficit. The Jayhawks score 35 points in the fourth quarter. It is Gill's only Big 12 victory as KU coach. (H)
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Gill: "I'm so proud of these players; they showed a lot of character. It means a lot for our football program. It think it also means a lot for our home and our fans and all of the people who came out. I'm proud and it means a lot."
Sept. 10, 2011 Kansas defeats Northern Illinois 45-42 on last second touchdown in the second game of the year
Gill: "I think it shows we've got a lot of great resolve. I'm proud of these guys. They didn't lose their composure at all. They kept believing; That's what we talked about as our mission statement and I think they demonstrated that today."
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Oct. 22, 2011 — Kansas State crushes Kansas for the second consecutive year. One year after being crushed at home, the Jayhawks don't show much progress.
Gill: "For the three hours out there today, they executed better than we did, offense and defense and special teams. That's why I tip my hat to them. They're a good football team, and they did a good job."
Sept. 17, 2011 Georgia Tech runs over Kansas, 66-24
Gill: "All of our losses are tough to take. We are competitive; we plan on going out and playing well. Unfortunately, things didn't work out, particularly in the second half."
Gill: "We just turned the ball over. We all know you can't turn the ball over three or four times against a great football team like they are. They showed they take advantage of the opportunities. Some of it was misreads, some of it is our offense, as far as doing things we need to do."
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Oct. 8, 2011 — Oklahoma State defeats KU
70-28. Oklahoma State puts in second string at the end of the second quarter. The Cowboys enter halftime with a 56-7 lead after scoring 56 unanswered points.
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Gill: "Tough ballgame. Our guys just didn't seem like they had the energy. We just didn't execute early on. A&M got on us pretty good, we got out-coached and out-played."
Nov. 19, 2011 — Texas A&M hands Kansas its worst loss of Gill's tenure, a 61-7 defeat. Kansas looks unorganized and unprepared throughout the game as it totals 197 yards and had a snap go over punter Ron Doherty's head and out the back of the end zone for a safety.
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Nov 27, 2011 — Gill is fired as coach after a 5-19 record, 1-16 in Big 12 play.
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