The Jayhawks have been on the wrong end of a pair of notable officiating decisions over the last two games — one of which actually earned an acknowledgement of sorts from the Big 12 office.

A week before the Jayhawks' 37-34 win over Texas Tech, the team was on the road in Austin taking on the Texas Longhorns. The Jayhawks were unable to keep Texas from marching down the field on the final drive of the game and kicking a game-winning field goal to bring the final score to 50-48.

The Longhorns received the ball at their own 25 with 1:11 to play and two timeouts. Texas reached the 15-yard line with five seconds left before kicking the game-winning field goal from 33 yards away. However, KU coach Les Miles later noted he felt there were some issues with the clock on the final drive of the game.

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“We did review that," said Big 12 officials coordinator Greg Burks. "I had a conversation with Coach Miles. The clock should have started at 32 seconds after the quarterback [Sam Ehlinger] made a first down. The chains were reset. The referee wound the clock, and we missed, I’m going to guess, four seconds that should have come off the clock at that point."

If you don't quite remember the sequence, here's a recap of what happened.

On a 2nd-and-10 from just behind midfield, Ehlinger completed a pass down to the KU 32 for a first down. The clock stopped since the Longhorns moved the chains, but it should have started again after the ball was spotted. Instead, the clock stayed at 32 seconds.

Later in the drive, the Longhorns had the ball on the 21-yard line of KU with eight seconds left. They ran a play, taking three seconds off the clock and gaining six more yards to set up an easier field goal. In theory, that play should not have happened, given the clock should have had around four seconds remaining — and thus Texas would have kicked from the 21.

The difference? Texas' field goal for the win was a 33-yard kick rather than a near-40-yard attempt. Cameron Dicker, Texas' kicker, has missed kicks this season from 49, 42 and 26 yards. He is 10 for 13 on the season.

"It was an error by the clock operator," Burks continued, "and also the officials on the field should have noted that, reset it to 32 and wound it on his signal. So we did acknowledge that to Coach Miles and Kansas."

As far as how the process should have worked, Burks said the official on the field motioned to start the clock with a winding signal, which should have led to the official in the booth starting the clock.

"We don’t have the ability to start the clock on the field," Burks said. "And so when we evaluate timing, there has to be a little bit of lag time there for recognition in the booth, but that’s why we put the clock operator in the booth, so he can see the entire field."

Miles was asked about the play at his weekly press conference.

"I think they made a mistake that was fundamental, and I accept that," Miles said. "Four seconds probably meant a play, and if you'd have backed it up, who knows."

The Jayhawks were also part of a controversial play against Texas Tech where wide receiver Stephon Robinson appeared to score a touchdown but was spotted down at the one-yard line. There was no review on the play despite the Jayhawks appearing to stand around and wait for the review to commence. Eventually, KU took a timeout.

"I did not get an explanation," Miles said, asked why the play wasn't reviewed. "If they had a good view — sometimes those good views are not the views we have in the stadium."

On Monday, Robinson was asked if he should have been marked down.

"Nah, that's a touchdown," Robinson said. "At first when it got called down, I was like, 'Yeah, I was down.' I looked at the replay, and I was kind of hurt. That's a big difference between two touchdowns [for me on Saturday] and three touchdowns, but we still got in the next play, so."