The Bear Necessities

Source: KU Sports

I should have known better. Last week, the Jayhawks put together a string of 4 quality quarters against the Texas Longhorns at home, but still lost in the waning seconds. They would have snapped a 16 game Big 12 losing streak, and a nearly 70 year drought since last beating UT. They played well enough to beat them-- well enough to beat a lot of teams in this conference (Baylor included)-- but still couldn't. I should have known that it would be a lot to ask of this young team to respond with a road victory against an athletically superior Baylor team. How could I be so vain?

The misfortune all started on Baylor's first drive of the game. Baylor converted a first down, and then on a 2nd and 7, quarterback Nick Florence fumbled the snap, picked up the ball, and completed a pass to Terrance Williams for 9 yards. Later in the drive, on a 4th and 3 from the KU 30, Florence completed another pass to Williams for a 6 yard gain. After an incompletion, Florence completed another pass, but this time to KU's Greg Brown. An offsides penalty offset the interception, and 2 plays later, Williams caught an 11 yard touchdown pass.



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