In what was an expected win against former colleague Chris Hatcher and the Samford Bulldogs, Coach Smart wasn’t remised to express his disappointment in the offense’s lack of execution saying, “It just wasn’t crisp.”
Just watching the game, it didn’t feel as electric as the offensive performance against Oregon and the fact of that matter is it wasn’t. There were a couple deep passes over the middle to tight ends and some runs that went over 10 yards, but the Dawgs were playing on the conservative side of things anyways. The offense was nickeling and diming down the field to start the game which wound up putting the team in a lot of redzone situations, and that’s where the team found the most issues.