Topeka Capital-Journal: David Beaty in no mood for moral victories following gut-wrenching KU football loss

Topeka Capital-Journal: David Beaty in no mood for moral victories following gut-wrenching KU football loss

By Matt Galloway matthew.galloway@cjonline.com

LAWRENCE — David Beaty didn’t wait long after Matthew Wyman’s potential game-winning field goal sailed wide right to call attention to his kicker.

Speaking to a demoralized locker room moments after a one-point defeat, which effectively ended when Wyman missed a 54-yard boot with six seconds left, the Kansas football coach gave Wyman a very public — and personal — endorsement.

“I love you like my own children,” Beaty recalled telling Wyman, “and we will ride or die with you, my friend.”

The Jayhawks, 28-point underdogs, put a scare into TCU but surrendered a go-ahead field goal with 2:24 left, came up short on their own response and fell 24-23 Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

Read the rest at http://cjonline.com/sports/hawkzone/2016-10-08/david-beaty-no-mood-moral-victories-following-gut-wrenching-ku-football


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