Lawrence Journal-World: Poor execution costs Kansas in heartbreaking home loss to TCU
By Benton Smith
A 54-yard field goal hung in the air Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium as the Kansas football team’s head coach said a prayer and its starting quarterback looked away, too nervous to watch.
The collective gasp from the 23,946 in attendance signaled the result before the officials positioned in the south end zone waved their arms, making the miss and the Jayhawks’ fourth consecutive loss all but official, with just two ticks left on the game clock.
In the minutes following a 24-23 defeat at the hands of TCU, second-year KU head coach David Beaty, who just watched his team’s defense spearhead a would-be upset that nearly ended the program’s 14-game Big 12 losing streak, had to dial down his patented positivity to make it clear moral victories shouldn’t be the endgame.
“Fighting tooth and nail is not the goal. The goal is to go win the game,” Beaty said after senior kicker Matt Wyman’s would-be winner missed to the right. “Fighting tooth and nail, that’s the minimum expectation — that’s the price of admission. That team (TCU) fought tooth and nail, as well. You’re gonna get that week in and week out in the Big 12.”
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