For Pete’s Sake

KU coach Les Miles ‘stole’ the national championship trophy in Dr Pepper commercial

By Pete Grathoff

Updated January 8, 2019 12:38 PM

Kansas football coach Les Miles got quite a bit of air time during Monday night’s broadcast of the College Football Playoff national championship game.

Miles was in a commercial for Dos Equis beer as he watered the field at Levi’s Stadium with, well, beer. He also was part of the conclusion to a series of commercials from Dr Pepper, which ran during the college football season.

There was a cliff-hanger* as Sheriff Brian Bosworth tried to determine who had stolen college football’s national-championship trophy in Fansville.

*Is there such a thing with commercials?

Turns out it was Miles:

GUYS, Les Miles stole the trophy! @KU_Football #kufball #CFBChampionship pic.twitter.com/DnflpeURGK
— Chris Lilly KAKE News (@Chris_LillyTV) January 8, 2019

The Mad Hatter was the mastermind. @CoachLesMiles couldn’t keep his hands off the #NationalChampionship Trophy. #OfficialDrinkofFansville pic.twitter.com/buIVMP5rHY
— Dr Pepper (@drpepper) January 8, 2019

Not surprisingly, Twitter had some fun with Miles being “revealed” as the thief.

Wow. Will Kansas suspend Les Miles following his arrest?
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) January 8, 2019

For clarification purposes, Dr. Pepper arrested @CoachLesMiles. The Lawrence Police Department was not involved in the take down. He will get it legitimately soon enough. https://t.co/6tve0563F4
— Lawrence Police (@LawrenceKS_PD) January 8, 2019

So Les Miles stole the trophy and the Fansville cop arrests him, fittingly imprisoning him at Kansas.
— Mark Trible (@Mtrible) January 8, 2019

Since Les Miles has the trophy, congrats Kansas - 2019 National Champions.
— Carson Cunningham (@KOCOCarson) January 8, 2019

It's a shame that "Les Miles standing on top of a convenience store and getting struck by lightning" was taken by a soda commercial and not when KU fires him for going 4-8 in 2022
— Adam Jacobi (@Adam_Jacobi) January 8, 2019

First Coach Les Miles gets arrested, and NOW he is watering the field with beer! #RockChalk pic.twitter.com/1ZJuQbHcSL
— RISO (@KUKCSGF) January 8, 2019

Next commercial break your gonna see Les Miles in the Avengers trailer.
— Mitchell Mobley (@MitchMob15) January 8, 2019

so THAT explains why Les Miles took the Kansas job
— The Other Matt Brown (@MattSBN) January 8, 2019

This story was originally published January 8, 2019 at 8:16 AM.

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