It seemed like a throwback to the Jones era...playing "not to lose" instead of playing to win.
We were beaten in all 4 phases.....Which includes coaching. This time last year Pittman's head was on the chopping block and he out coached Heupel. Very concerning.
Yes. Huepel has shown a tendency to be unprepared for road games. This time, the vibe I got was he shot his wad on OU last week and had nothing left for Arkie, in spite of two weeks to prepare.
At the top of the list should have been trying to make sure the team was as motivated as they were in Norman. They were not.
It was also a lot of mental errors. The hitting the punter changed the momentum late. In the presser Heupel mentioned "we didn't get off to our usual fast start" (on offense), but we did complete a 15 yard pass on the very first play, which literally made me think "here we go!", but some knucklehead got called for ineligable receiver and suddenly its 1st and 25. Then of the four (yes, only 4!) drives we had in the first half, two others were hurt by holding penalties. 3/4 drives suffered from penalties. Just can't do that on the road.
