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What Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said after disappointing loss to TCU

Paul Harvey

By Paul Harvey

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The Razorbacks fell to 1-1 in 2017 with a 28-7 loss to No. 23 TCU.

The Hogs could never get the ball moving on offense while TCU scored 14 fourth quarter points to put the game away.

Head coach Bret Bielema has had a rough time during his stay with the Razorbacks. His career winning percentage with the Hogs is back below .500 following Saturday’s loss to TCU.

Here is what Bielema had to say following the game:

Opening statement:

“Just didn’t have a connection, had some dropped balls, had some guys that needed to correct. So as coaches, first, I’ve got to own every minute of that film. As coaches we’ve really got to self-assess what we’re asking our guys to do, especially in the second half offensively and figure out what we can do better, because obviously it didn’t work.

“So we’ve got a bye week. We’ll really take self-inventory. I think the biggest thing is we’ve got to be the most-improved football team in the country from this next week until we play Texas A&M. Their team is very similar to the one we just played, and get a lot better at the details, especially in the critical moments.

“Kicking game, we may either just go for it all the time, or I’ll put in a guy — again, what you see in practice is what you believe is going to happen. We have a kicker that was kicking over 95-percent all the way through fall camp and the first two weeks of the season, and then to go out there and miss two chip shots, especially the second one.

“The reason I wanted to go for it, was it was right in the middle of the field. It was basically a PAT, and it was a perfect protection and perfect snap, it’s inexcusable. So we’ve got to find the other option in that regard because we’re not going to go down that path again. So that one we’ll move forward on.

“With that, injury-wise, I don’t think we really had anybody of significance during the course of the game, a couple of those guys that were there. On defense, just got some guys, but it wasn’t anything significant. So there was nothing from an injury standpoint to be concerned about.”

Question: Are Austin Allen and the receivers not on the same page or were guys just not getting open?

“You know, I don’t want to be too judgmental until I see the lm, but there were de nitely some good plays where he scrapped a lot, made some good plays, but I think there were probably some decisions I bet he wishes he had back, as well as some throws. But I really can’t assess that right now, other than we just didn’t have success.”

Question: As far as the kicker, is (Blake) Mazza the guy?

“I just didn’t want to go to (Connor) Limpert. You know, he’s a lefty, so that means we’ve got to change out the battery, the man that’s holding it. So Limpert has hit the ball well though. So he’s been what we wanted him to concentrate more on just as kickoffs and Mazza, and Cole (Hedlund) have been doing the PATs and eld goals. But obviously something’s going to have to change to get the answer to that.”

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.

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