LAWRENCE — Joe Dineen caught his head coach’s eye Saturday but not for anything he did at practice — or even something done during this calendar year.
KU football coach David Beaty was walking the halls of the Anderson Family Football Complex before the team’s annual media day got underway when a highlight of the then-sophomore linebacker Dineen making a tackle displayed on one of the facility’s televisions. Beaty noted how vicious the takedown was by Dineen, who off the field is outgoing and almost always sports a wide grin.
Quite the contrast.
“That dude,” Beaty later said, “he’s got a switch that he flips on game day.