Sam Pittman discusses Arkansas' blowout loss: 'Georgia was a hell of a lot better than us'
Sam Pittman’s return to Sanford Stadium didn’t go as he or Arkansas had hoped. The Razorbacks head coach, who is a former Georgia assistant, was on the wrong end of a 37-0 game on Saturday that the Bulldogs dominated from the start.
It put a halt to Arkansas’ hot start, as it had won each of its first 4 games to climb to No. 8 in the AP Top 25 poll. However, it ran into a team that is among the top favorites to win the national championship.
“Georgia was a hell of a lot better than us today,” Pittman said during his postgame press conference.
Here’s more of what Pittman told the media following Saturday’s game:
Sam Pittman: "They have the best defensive front 7 that I've seen. They've got guys on the 2-team who could start for a lot of teams across the nation."
— Matt DeBary (@MattDeBary) October 2, 2021
Sam Pittman on commiting three penalties on one play: "Don't jump offsides, don't hold a guy, and don't pass interference a guy. Hell, I don't know"
— Tyler Cass (@TVTylerCass) October 2, 2021
"Our pride got crushed, our ego got crushed, but it's one ballgame against a team in the east. We're still right where we need to be in the west," Pittman says.
— Kyle Deckelbaum (@KATVKyle) October 2, 2021
“Ironically we played them better last year than this year, so we’ve got to figure that out.”
– Pittman on the 37-0 loss to Georgia
— Mason Choate (@ChoateMason) October 2, 2021
“In all honestly we physically got whipped today. That’s what happened, and we poured dirt in the wound with the penalties.”
– Pittman
— Mason Choate (@ChoateMason) October 2, 2021
Sam Pittman: "Kirby Smart is a good person, a good man."
— Matt DeBary (@MattDeBary) October 2, 2021
Sam Pittman said KJ Jefferson was not healthy until Wednesday or Thursday and that’s why they didn’t play him as much today.
— Mason Choate (@ChoateMason) October 2, 2021
