LAWRENCE
In the final moments of a steamy afternoon, as the clock ticked down and the football rested at the 33-yard line, Matthew Wyman stood on the sideline of Memorial Stadium, counting the yardage for his game-tying field-goal attempt.
Wyman, a junior kicker who specializes in long-range bombs, had his helmet on, ready to go, a 50-yard field goal coming up to send Kansas’ season opener against South Dakota State into overtime.
All Kansas quarterback Montell Cozart had to do was spike the ball.
This was the final seconds before everything went haywire, before Kansas lost a football game on a fumbled snap, before KU coach David Beaty lost his head coaching debut in bizarre and deflating fashion, before Cozart attempted to explain the confusing final seconds of the Jayhawks’ 41-38 loss to South Dakota State on Saturday afternoon.