Sam Pittman admits 'I didn't know what to do' on late field goal decision vs. Mississippi State
Sam Pittman offered some candid comments after Arkansas 7-3 loss to Mississippi State on Saturday. A second-half decision to punt instead of try a field goal was a key call in the game.
“To be honest, I didn’t know what to do, and I didn’t make the decision fast enough,” Pittman said. “I didn’t want to burn the timeout because I wasn’t sure I was making the right decision.”
Overall, Arkansas struggled to move the ball throughout the game, and KJ Jefferson couldn’t find the deep ball hardly at all. The offensive line struggled again, and Pittman admitted that it’s been a season-long problem.
Pittman was asked about making an in-season staff change, and said he didn’t want to answer that question.
Here are other answers from Pittman:
“To be honest, I didn’t know what to do, and I didn’t make the decision fast enough. I didn’t want to burn the timeout because I wasn’t sure I was making the right decision.”
– Head Coach Sam Pittman on electing to punt instead of sending Cam Little for a field goal.
— ESPN Arkansas & HitThatLine.com (@HitThatLineAR) October 21, 2023
“I’m trying not to give them the ball back as well.”
– Head Coach Sam Pittman on letting the clock run after a sack on the drive going into the half.
— ESPN Arkansas & HitThatLine.com (@HitThatLineAR) October 21, 2023
“They called it dead immediately because the wide receiver wasn’t set.”
– Head Coach Sam Pittman on the scoop-and-score that was called back.
— ESPN Arkansas & HitThatLine.com (@HitThatLineAR) October 21, 2023
Sam Pittman when asked if he’d consider an in-season staff change:
“I don’t really want to answer that.”
— Mason Choate (@ChoateMason) October 21, 2023
“Not very good right now. Got a lot of figuring out to do before now and Florida. A lot.”
– Sam Pittman on the play of Arkansas offense right now
— Mason Choate (@ChoateMason) October 21, 2023
“They’ll be off tomorrow and Monday, then they’ll come in and clean up this tape, and we’ll start getting ready for Florida. Then they’ll have the weekend off.”
– Head Coach Sam Pittman on what days off the team will have during the bye week.
— ESPN Arkansas & HitThatLine.com (@HitThatLineAR) October 21, 2023
“Movement has given us problems all year and you saw that again today.” – Sam Pittman on offensive line
— Pig Trail Nation (@PigTrailNation) October 21, 2023
