Stat of the Game: Fourth and Timeout Against Texas Tech

Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty ImagesTwo weeks to prepare. An offense without Doug Meacham. Yeah...it didn’t matter.

The offense was still dreadful. The defense put up a fight for a while, causing three turnovers and giving the Jayhawks great field position, but it couldn’t sustain what was needed to keep the game close. Basically, it was what we have seen each of the four conference games thus far.

I’m not going to blame the defense. It did its job. And is there much else to say about the offense? Bender was bad. Pooka did what he could. The play calling was questionable. It’s getting laughable at this point. Given that, let’s not even bother dissecting what went right and what didn’t on the…