With its prominent television position on ABC kicking off the first big Saturday of the college football season, albeit opposite Texas’ blowout of Michigan, Arkansas’ second-half collapse in a 39-31 double-overtime loss at Oklahoma State drew national attention and varied opinions.
Much of it reflected what one would read on “X” from Razorback fans. Media from coast-to-coast asked, like the Hog faithful, how Arkansas and head coach Sam Pittman could lose their grip on a game seemingly under control at halftime.
It doesn’t appear anyone asked the same question of BYU head coach Kalani Sitake, a fairly well-respected fellow in his profession, and his Cougars last season when they lost in Stillwater in virtually identical fashion to what is darned-near the same identical Oklahoma State team, save three starters from last year’s Cowboys that finished 10-4 and reached the Big 12 title game.