David Beaty speaks to me. I am moved by his enthusiasm and his genuine love for Kansas football.
KU fans I talk to think he will succeed in making the Jayhawks viable again. By the sheer force of his passion, this has to work.
Right?
Then there was last Saturday’s first-half meltdown against Ohio. The Jayhawks, looking every bit the Jayhawks we’ve come to know and ridicule, could do nothing right. And the Bobcats, a middling team from the Mid-American Conference, jumped all over Kansas.
It was embarrassing, ugly and a stark reminder of just how far the Jayhawks have fallen and how difficult it will be for Beaty, or any other coach, to pick them up.