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According to Plutarch in a report by Dionysius:
Pyrrhus said that one other such victory would utterly undo him. For he had lost a great part of the forces he brought with him... On the other hand, as from a fountain continually flowing out of the city, the Roman camp was quickly and plentifully filled up with fresh men, not at all abating in courage for the loss they sustained, but even from their very anger gaining new force and resolution to go on with the war.
If you haven't followed the analogy to this point, the Kansas Jayhawks are the Romans. Tired of of the humiliation, and eyes locked on the 2017 Sunflower Showdown in Lawrence. Saturday, KU lost the battle to Kansas State, in a series that the Jayhawks still lead 65-44-5, but the dam that has been burgeoning the length of Barack Obama's time as President-- a solid 8 years of embarrassment-- that dam is about to burst. Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder had this to say about the young Jayhawks:
I will say this, the University of Kansas is making headway and I can assure you that. They have done a nice job. The record does not always tell you what the real answers are, but they are getting better and better.
KU's 15-point loss to in-state rival Kansas State, 34-19, meant the Jayhawks would carry their 38-game road losing streak, and 8-game losing streak against the Wildcats into the offseason. Which with a touch of paradox is also the reason it should extend its coach's contract.
