MANHATTAN, Kan.
The postgame speech was difficult.
Kansas football coach David Beaty spent a few extra minutes in the locker room after his team’s 34-19 loss to Kansas State, telling 25 seniors he was proud of them before complimenting them on their resiliency through their careers.
“He definitely got a little emotional,” KU safety Fish Smithson said. “I could tell when he made some eye contact with certain seniors, it hit him that he wouldn’t be seeing our faces around.”
One line was repeated again: Beaty told the final-year players they had helped to lay the foundation for what was to come with the program.