Kansas University’s seniors may be tempted to omit some information on future job applications.

“A loss to Baylor is not something you want on your football resume,” KU senior center Greg Nicks said Tuesday, three days after the Jayhawks put an end to the Bears’ 29-game Big 12 Conference losing streak. “All the seniors are down about the loss. (But) we’ve put it behind us.”

After all, there are six games remaining on the schedule, including Saturday’s homecoming battle against Colorado, a 3-2 team that surprised Kansas State last Saturday in Boulder.

“You see the way everything has gone in college football this year  big-time teams losing. Anything can happen,” Nicks said. “With Nebraska, Florida, Florida State all losing  it proves anybody can lose on a given Saturday. You never know who is going to win in college football this year.”

Last week, Bears’ fans tore down the goalposts following a 35-32 victory over KU (2-4).

“I’d like to see the goalposts come down here (Saturday). I think I’d join in. Coach would probably be over there (by posts). It’d be huge,” Nicks said of what would be KU’s first Big 12 win of the season.

A victory would be as huge as Nicks himself, who has had some wild weight fluctuations in his career.

The former Maize High offensive and defensive lineman started at Butler County Community College at a whopping 325 pounds. Disappointed at a lack of playing time his rookie season, he actually quit football for a year and dipped to 255 pounds.

“People didn’t recognize me. They liked me better big. They said I looked sick,” Nicks said. “I was, ‘I’m not sick. I just lost weight, 68 pounds or something.”’

Nicks missed football and returned to the BCCC lineup at 295 pounds after his year hiatus.

“When I was at 325 I was pretty soft,” Nicks said. “It was almost like I was burned out. I was young and thinking too much of myself. I took a semester off and grew up, basically. I got in the weight room with a buddy of mine who was a body builder and put it back on the right way.”

At BCCC, Nicks received scholarship offers from Kansas and Southern Mississippi and a walk-on offer from Kansas State. He chose Terry Allen’s Jayhawk program and is now finishing under first-year coach Mark Mangino.

“I talked to my dad and he liked KU a lot and they were in dire need of a long snapper,” Nicks said. “I thought I’d long-snap for sure. I got my chance this year (playing center).”

Now he wants his first major victory in a Jayhawk jersey as early as Saturday.

“We’re making progress,” he said. “We’re putting some points on the board. I believe we can win and the true fans believe we can win.”