LAWRENCE
After a fourth-quarter interception, with Kansas trailing Baylor 49-7 last Saturday, defensive coordinator Clint Bowen sent his first-string players back onto the field.
His message was simple: Don’t let the Bears score.
Bowen had reason for doing this. He wanted to get a look at how guys performed in tough circumstances when it would have been easy to not give full effort.
The red-zone drive likely was part of the reason defensive tackle DeeIsaac Davis earned the team’s defensive player of the week honors.
On first down, Davis worked his way up the field, then hustled behind the play to help fall on the legs of Baylor running back Wyatt Schrepfer.