FAYETTEVILLE — Asked for his initial thoughts on Arkansas’ 27-24 loss to LSU on Saturday, Razorbacks quarterback Feleipe Franks took a deep breath before getting started.
Sustaining drives and a head-scratching inability to convert on third down were the main points of emphasis in Franks’ response. Those remarks were then repeated in essentially each answer during his six-minute postgame interview.
During Arkansas’ fifth consecutive loss in its trophy-game series with the Tigers, the Razorbacks’ offense failed to convert a single third down in 10 attempts. Saturday’s game marked the first time since a Jan. 2, 2010, win over East Carolina in the Liberty Bowl that the Razorbacks did not convert a third down in a game.