College football fans can rest easy; you’ll officially get your fill of the Mad Hatter this fall.
Tuesday, FOX Sports announced that Les Miles has been hired by the network as a college football analyst. You’ll have to wait a bit for Miles’ in-game pearls of wisdom, however, as his first game won’t come until Week 3, a matchup between Northern Illinois and Nebraska in Lincoln. Interestingly, one of Miles’ sons, Ben, is a true freshman fullback for the Cornhuskers.
The hiring comes nearly a month after Miles indicated that, following an audition with FOX, he wouldn’t be doing television this year. Miles reversed course nearly two weeks later, stating that he’s “going to be in media and in a number of different places” for the college football season this fall.
One other different place for Miles is the SEC Network as the former LSU head coach will serve as a guest analyst for their pregame show, SEC Nation, ahead of the Florida-Michigan opener in Arlington.
In addition to Miles’ hiring, FOX also confirmed the hiring of former Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich and former Florida State quarterback Danny Kanell as college football analysts. Kanell was a part of ESPN’s latest purge of talent this past April.