Through one half of this game, Coastal Carolina appeared to be a more talented, skilled, athletic, and better-coached football team than the Kansas Jayhawks. Two early turnovers helped doom KU out of the gate, but they couldn't accomplish anything offensively, and looked absolutely clueless defensively, so the turnovers simply made a bad situation worse.
Thomas MacVittie got the start, his first as a D1 quarterback, and managed to throw an interception on the first drive (though it was a deflection and not entirely his fault). "Dual threat" QB Miles Kendrick also got some early playing time as well, losing three yards on two first half carries while adding an interception of his own late in the half after Kansas finally got a defensive stop.