Count how many times we were one yard short. Not just the 2 fourth and 1 plays, and not just KJ bailing before getting hit instead of fighting toward the 1st down marker (like Shrader would have done). It was the WRs as well, catching the ball and instead of turning upfield to fight for the 1st down, they did spin moves to try to elude the tackler and get YAC yards, and would usually get dragged down even shorter of the line to gain. It was force (the Mullen way) vs finesse (what we are now under Leach)
Credit to Ark. They tackled better than any team I've ever seen outside of a couple of Saban defenses. And we all called it....Zone is a killer for the air raid. Ark was ok letting us do the underneath stuff and closing on our guys immediately and stuffing them. Leach and KJ didn't have the patience to dink and dunk for 15-play drives. Almost every time KJ threw farther downfield, it was into double and triple coverage.
But, I had several $7 beers at Davis Wade, and it was glorious!
