Kansas Jayhawks linebacker Rich Miller discusses the impact of the turnaround of the Kansas program and what it means to be away from home on Christmas during Media Days at the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix, AZ.
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00:00 >> Virginie, sad feelings about not spending Christmas at home or
00:03 just having to be with everyone?
00:06 >> It's never sad feelings about not spending Christmas at home.
00:08 I think I spent about 18 Christmases at home.
00:12 This is probably my fourth one, spending away from home.
00:15 So hey, I'm cool with it, you know what I'm saying?
00:18 I'm a traveler, I like traveling.
00:20 I love going to see new places, seeing what other places have to offer.
00:23 So for me, this is a great Christmas break, you know what I'm saying?
00:27 I'm enjoying it with my teammates.
00:28 We went hiking yesterday or something, I never did, it was crazy.
00:31 I can't ask for anything better.
00:34 >> You got a lot of fans coming out here to support you guys.
00:36 Sold out cookies, all along, that's everything.
00:38 >> I heard, that's amazing.
00:39 That's amazing because I remember 2021 when I first got to Kansas.
00:45 Everybody's talking about how the fans just want something to cheer for.
00:48 You guys gotta give them something to cheer for and it may seem easy,
00:51 you know what I'm saying?
00:52 It's not always easy to give people something to cheer for
00:55 after being down for so long.
00:57 And we were able to turn around and selling out games.
00:59 Last year we sold out, I think, three games.
01:02 This year I think we probably sold out every home game except one.
01:06 That's amazing, you know what I'm saying?
01:08 We really came in, we put the hard work in every day and it's finally paying off.
01:12 So just to have that support and
01:14 people noticing how much we really work and how much we really care about the game.
01:19 That's everything to me, you know what I'm saying?
01:21 We won't really remember the wins and losses.
01:23 We gonna talk about, remember how packed the crowd was?
01:26 How many great experiences we have.
01:28 So we're able to bring people out and do that.
01:30 And it's other people that get to take Christmas trips now,
01:34 you know what I'm saying?
01:34 We were able to help people do that.
01:35 So, you know what I'm saying?
01:37 It's all good, you know what I'm saying?
01:38 It's all good stuff around here.