KU kept Weis only because they just can't afford to keep riding the coaching carousel. They're gonna give Charlie one more year and pray that he gets them at least 4 wins so they'll have an excuse to keep him on through the rest of his contract.
On a related note, one if my KU buddies was telling me about how KU has approved major renovations to their stadium - now they just need to "finish" raising the money. I just smiled and nodded.
It's that goddam Grid Iron club that will be the death of KSU football, isn't it?
I think, per NCAA rules, that they actually can't fire Weis. I believe they are still making payments to both Turner AND Mangino, in addition to active payments to Weis. If that's the case, should the fire Weis and hire someone else, they'd still be paying Weis out of his contract, making that 4 Head coach salaries, which I believe you can't be paying more than 3 at any one point.