BATON ROUGE, La. — Ken Hamlin asked for more passion from the Arkansas defense during a midweek speech at the Northwest Arkansas Touchdown Club.
The Razorbacks gave him that and more in the first half against LSU. They battled to a 7-7 deadlock for the first two quarters, holding the Tigers to just 135 yards, only 16 in the second quarter.
Safety Santos Ramirez said it was about energy in the first half, but the junior team captain from Shreveport, La., saw it slip away during the intermission.
“I'm not in every guy's head, but I got kind of worried at halftime when I saw some guys laughing,” Ramirez said.