Perhaps more than any other FBS team, the Kansas football program is in need of some games.
Preseason talk won’t do much good this year. With a 3-33 record in the past three seasons and only one FBS win over that time, the Jayhawks know that the only thing that will change opinions about them — both among their own fanbase and also nationally — will be getting results on the field.
David Beaty also understands the significance when it comes to his own future. The fourth-year coach was No. 1 on multiple hot-seat lists the last few months, and with new athletic director Jeff Long officially in charge of the program as of Aug.