Kansas was a better football team in 2016 than it was in 2015.
David Beaty has the Jayhawks, who lost 34-19 to Kansas State on Saturday, going in the right direction.
There are still detours. There are still winding roads. There are still guys in orange vests waving warning flags for the danger ahead.
But KU and Beaty can put 2016 to rest with a more relaxed bedtime story than the one they told last year.
“One of the things we’ve done,” Beaty said after a lengthy chat with his seniors after Saturday’s game, “is to develop the guys we have in our program.