DALLAS — It’s 9:44 a.m., and David Beaty is just a few seconds into his first Big 12 media days when TCU’s mascot nearly crashes into him on an Enduro board.
The Kansas coach, turning his head toward Super Frog, slowly grins while watching the amphibian coast across the floor on the hoverboard-type device.
“That’s talent,” he says with a smile.
Somewhere in the distance, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby is talking in a large conference room about reducing contact days and conference expansion. It’s one of the final calm moments in a busy day for Beaty, so he gathers players for a photo in front of the Omni Hotel’s windows.