After eight years, Maxwell Onyegbule most remembers the postgame celebration.
Kansas coach Mark Mangino stood in the middle of the circle as the chant started. Teammates locked arms while swaying side to side, repeating “Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk, KU” in a tradition that always seemed more satisfying in an opponent’s locker room.
“I know we haven’t done it in a while,” Onyegbule said.
His words are true even if they’re painful to say.
Onyegbule had two sacks and six tackles in that game on Sept. 12, 2009 — a 34-7 road victory over UTEP in a time before iPads were invented and when Barack Obama was only eight months into his eight-year presidency.