LAWRENCE, Kan. — By 4 p.m. Saturday, the field inside Kansas Memorial Stadium had been cleared, vacated by all but a couple of workers packing up items from the team benches. To the southwest, outside the stadium, a cleanup crew paced over what students here simply refer to as The Hill.
And with that, an hour after TCU’s 38-31 victory against KU, it was as if it all never happened — a reminder for the program least in need of one of how quickly it all can vanish.
Win or lose, and it did lose, the KU football team actually had a signature moment for its program earlier Saturday, even if its aftermath left not a trace of evidence. A third straight sold-out stadium. A crowd for ESPN’s College GameDay show as deep as you could see if you happened to be looking up The Hill.
