I also did not get to watch until after the game, currently just hit 8:50 left in 3rd quarter.....
Shit just went sideways. It's 16-7 arkies, defense had just pulled an INT and gifted the O guaranteed points from field position where we ran Bijan to mediocre affect and found ROJO out of the backfield for one or two of apparently incredibly rare passes to RB this game..... Bijan and Rojo get us in the endzone. Card looks limpy and not throwing it away and getting mashed for a 1 yard scramble. Defense looks and feels like it's got it's head out of it's ass on the line. Even knowing the outcome, at this point the game totally felt fine, like it was road jitters and the small comeback was about to happen. Hindsight, this is the point to put in casey and blame hudson limpy ankle.
nope.
Arkie goes max protect while we rushed 3 or 4, had a bunch of mid level defenders guarding nobody, and they hit over the top with a long throw to a WIDE OPEN WR on the left side. Stadium explodes. Defense is standing there like they can't believe they just got bombed. 3 or 4 plays later the arkies are in the endzone after running the same play over and over with tempo. Texas looks without gas.
up to this point, game changing plays that didn't execute...... JWhitt drop/bad throw for TD. Another JWhitt drop on and underthrow.....
Following drive, another miss on Worthy open down middle.... Then another wide right launch to JWhitt who beat his man.
there's the 4th down attempt stuffed in the backfield after a 3rd and 4 with a bunch of 5 yard hitch routes but no throw and card tried to scramble to no affect.
yeah i'm turning it off. i'll watch Casey tomorrow.
scratch that. defense is already exhausted but held them to a FG. This D has a fighting spirit. Offensive line is baby shit. that's my takeaway.
It took way to long to figure out running on first down set up 2nd and long and 3rd and long. Criminal lack of use of Bijan in the pass game. Card missed open guys when we took shots. Our line is made of tissue paper but we didn't call the game as if that was the case.
Lot's to learn from and see if we can grow. Better skullfuck the rest of the schedule.