Arizona made a lot more mistakes than Iowa. 12 penalites for over 100 yards. 3 turnovers to Iowa's 1. Sure Iowa had a punt blocked that turned into a TD but Zona muffed a punt that turned into a Hawk TD too.
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Many of the penalties were pass-interference or defensive-holding penalties. If they didn't do those ... then a guy probably would have come open and allowed a big play. How exactly was that a "mistake" by Arizona?
Furthermore, Stoops was concerned about his squad being tough and aggressive enough.
All those penalties were an immediate consequence of the game-plan he had in place. You live by the sword, you also die by it. Last Saturday, Arizona enjoyed some success with at that approach.
Anyhow, as I've already broken things down ... mistakes and/or missed opportunities that immediately influenced "point swings" in the game ... Iowa had A LOT more of them.
Here is the "list" for UA:
- fumble (albeit, it was forced by Tarp)
- muffed handling of punt
- pick-6 (albeit forced by Binns)
And, mind you, ALL those factors had already happened AFTER Arizona had a substantial lead ... AFTER Iowa had to abandon their original game-plan.
Here is the "list" for Iowa:
- blocked punt (mix of execution error by Iowa and good execution by UA)
- pick-6 while Iowa was deep in UA territory (HUGE point swing/momentum swing right there)
- kick coverage errors that left kick-off returner UNTOUCHED for TD
- dropped TD pass (maybe not a perfect ball, but still a catchable one)
- allowing 2 deep passes from Iowa's zone scheme = execution breakdowns