Jeff Long slipped into the interview room, taking a seat toward the back as to not create attention.
The new Kansas athletic director was here to watch KU coach David Beaty in his postgame press conference after Saturday’s 48-28 home loss to Oklahoma State, and one had to wonder what went through his mind as he continued his season-long evaluation of both coach and program.
Long had just seen what everyone else had: KU’s best quarterback performance of the season had come from previous third-stringer Carter Stanley.
And this, it turned out, was not a topic that Beaty wanted to discuss much.