Just watched the 2nd half, pretty proud of the team after facing their first bit of real adversity on the season. Lost the emotional leader of the defense and our team captain (Morton) early on. Coupled with Kansas finding a few holes in the defense in the 2nd quarter and seemingly having all the momentum going into halftime, it would have been easy for them to fold up like a chair and make a bunch of excuses. Instead, I thought they responded really well and just put a choke hold on them, physically dominated and left no doubt in the 2nd half.
Not sure what was going on with Hammond early on, he seemed tentative and wasn't putting much zip on his passes as opposed to what he did @ Utah. But in the 2nd half it became obvious that we didn't really need to throw the ball much at all so we just stuck to a power run game which Hammond seems to thrive in and I love to see that. I was worried about that aspect of our offense coming into the season considering a bunch of new OL pieces and the fact that our starting RB got hurt before the season started. Cam Dickey and J'Koby Williams have really stepped up in his absence, though, and the OL is playing really well outside of a few penalties here and there.
It's just Kansas, but that win felt good considering the circumstances. That team really plays for each other and it shows.