Arkansas Online · Sep 21, 2022
ASU defense making communication key after ‘catastrophic errors’ rear their ugly head again
JONESBORO -- In a game with 10 combined touchdowns and no shortage of late-game drama, it's likely a relatively simple completion over the middle gets cut from the highlight packages.
But Memphis' fourth-down conversion with just under three minutes to play in Saturday's 44-32 victory over Arkansas State is a clip that is being closely examined in the Red Wolves' meetings this week.
"When you get a team in the deep end of the pool, you've got to finish it, and we weren't able to finish it," Coach Butch Jones said at his news conference Tuesday. "We had run that same call 17 other times, and I don't know if the moment was too big. That's all part of the learning curve."