Candidates for Game Balls and Gassers following Kansas’ 59-14 loss to Baylor …
• Brandon Bourbon, with more room to run because the defense had to respect Montell Cozart’s running ability, took a pitch and ran 22 yards for a touchdown.
• Rodriguez Coleman caught a 45-yard pass from Montell Cozart and a 30-yard TD pass from Jake Heaps.
• Jake Heaps got off to a rough start, misfiring on his first five passes, and finished the day 7-or-19 for 85 yards as his season completion percentage dropped to 50 percent, his yards per attempt to 5.4.
• The entire team for not running out of the locker room and onto the field with enough speed and passion.
• Jeremiah Hatch, a 300-pound center making a bid to be remembered as KU’s best receiver of the 2011 season, dove to catch a Baylor fumble in the end zone. He and his line mates did a nice job of blowing open holes for the running backs.
• Darrian Miller turned 24 carries into 147 yards. He has rushed for 543 yards, second to James Sims (604 yards).
• Chris Omigie had a false start penalty on third and 3 forcing KU to pass on the next play. Jordan Webb’s pass was picked off. At the end of D.J. Beshears’ potentially momentum-swinging kick return, Omigie was flagged for blocking a Baylor player in the back. The player already was out of bounds.
• With the first-half clock expired, Anthony Davis was flagged for a face-mask penalty, giving Baylor an extra play, an extra 15 yards and an extra three points.
