Tim Brewster the next Kansas football coach?

I’ll be in Tempe, Arizona, to watch Iowa State play Minnesota in the Insight Bowl, but Tim Brewster might not be patrolling the Gophers’ sideline.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Tuesday that Brewster’s name is being talked about as the next football coach at Kansas, and Minnesota’s athletic director made no guarantees that Brewster would be back for a fourth season

“There are rumors that he’s going to Kansas, so I don’t know,” [Gophers athletic director Joel] Maturi said Tuesday. “What can I say? So I can’t guarantee it, no. I can’t guarantee the decisions of other people.”

Maturi told the Pioneer Press that Kansas A.D. Lew Perkins hadn’t contacted him, but added:

“I’m smart enough to know that (Brewster’s) not going to tell me, nor is the athletic director (Lew Perkins) at Kansas going to tell me until it’s a done deal.”

If Perkins hired Brewster, I’d bet on a Jayhawk meltdown. Brewster’s Gophers finished 6-6 this year, and his overall record is 14-23 in three seasons at Minnesota. Plus, he’s never been National Coach of the Year.

But The Kansas City Star is playing spoiler, reporting today that Brewster isn’t a candidate. Better tell Maturi.