LAWRENCE — Kansas coach David Beaty had a question for the defensive players on his leadership council earlier this week.
After allowing 45.4 points per game through five contests, what changed last Saturday when the defense held high-powered Texas Tech to 23 offensive points?
Defensive end Ben Goodman spoke up: KU’s players simply got tired of talking about changing things but not having it happen.
“At that moment in time I think they drew off some early confidence that they had, and they believed in one another,” Beaty said. ”That was another thing that they said is we believed in one another, that I could do my job (and) trust him to do his.