I know I’ve been slacking on this so let’s just get it over with. (Hey, maybe that’s KU’s slogan for football this year?)
Kansas came into the game as approximately a 27-point underdog, and lost by 3. Progress?
Eh.
As David said in the postgame, this seems like nothing more than KU’s annual close-game-against-a-conference-opponent-to-give-you-hope-before-getting-embarrassed-again. David Beaty won six games in four years; two of those games featured a +6 turnover margin. Against Tech, the Jayhawks were +4, plus, Tech missed 3 field goals (40, 41, 45).
In other words, it’s not exactly a repeatable scenario.