Arkansas led Alabama at halftime 7-3 but finally gave way to the Crimson Tide the final 16:39 of the game as the Crimson Tide pulled away for a 27-14 win in Tuscaloosa Saturday night.
Nobody likes losing, obviously. While the team had the right attitude and expected to win the game, any fan who expected Arkansas to win was setting themselves up for disappointment. Now hoping to win, that's a different story, but no sensible fan should ever expect a win in Tuscaloosa against a team like that - even if Arkansas is really good, which they are not yet.
On to the main complaints…Why didn't Arkansas go deep earlier in the game? -It simply was not there, and that was incredibly obvious to those who were at the game. Arkansas' receivers were covered extremely well.
Why did Bret Bielema not go for it on fourth-and-one in the fourth quarter instead of simply trying to draw Alabama to jump into the neutral zone? -Because...
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Nobody likes losing, obviously. While the team had the right attitude and expected to win the game, any fan who expected Arkansas to win was setting themselves up for disappointment. Now hoping to win, that's a different story, but no sensible fan should ever expect a win in Tuscaloosa against a team like that - even if Arkansas is really good, which they are not yet.
On to the main complaints…Why didn't Arkansas go deep earlier in the game? -It simply was not there, and that was incredibly obvious to those who were at the game. Arkansas' receivers were covered extremely well.
Why did Bret Bielema not go for it on fourth-and-one in the fourth quarter instead of simply trying to draw Alabama to jump into the neutral zone? -Because...
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