Arkansas just lost to a coach in his first year at a program. A quarterback that had made two career starts going into the game and a playcaller in Colin Klein.
Klein is just in his first year doing that at the SEC level and just his third year being an offensive coordinator at any level. Along with Texas A&M coach Mike Elko and quarterback Marcel Reed they just highlight the lack of progress after five years for the Razorbacks.
The only coach who has stayed at Arkansas throughout his five years once again had issues getting the field goal unit on the field for the second straight season. It was a rough day for special teams coordinator Scott Fountain in a 21-17 loss to the Aggies.A similar situation cost them an attempt last year against Mississippi State. A game the Razorbacks would go on to lose 7-3.
The mistakes also continue to compound, Pittman then burned a valuable second-half timeout to call a fake field goal that failed spectacularly after already a successful fake punt earlier in the game.
Elko also isn’t the only coach in the SEC that is slowly passing the Razorbacks by as the Hogs’ continuously shoot themselves in the foot.
Eli Drinkwitz at Mizzou and Pittman were hired in the same season. After three average seasons, Mizzou entered the AP Poll in Week 5 of last year and has been ranked in the Top 25 ever since. He has also won three of the our head-to-head matchups with the Hogs, two of which were won by one-possession, Pittman’s kryptonite. He is now 6-16 at Arkansas in game decided by eight points or less.