What Josh Heupel said about Tennessee's snap infraction, penalty discrepancy against Arkansas

Josh Heupel didn’t have anything to share when asked about the snap infraction called on Tennessee in the second half Saturday against Arkansas, the one that turned a fourth-and-1 that the Vols were lined up to go for into a fourth-and-6 and a punt.
“Yeah, I can’t speak to the explanation that I got,” Heupel said during his postgame press conference.
Heupel didn’t have an explanation for the discrepancy in penalties, either, in No. 12 Tennessee’s 34-31 win over the Razorbacks at Neyland Stadium.
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The Vols (5-1, 2-1 SEC) were penalized 10 times for 78 yards in the win. Arkansas (2-4, 0-2), despite firing its head coach and three defensive coaches two weeks ago, were called for two penalties, with only one being accepted.
The snap infraction called on center William Satterwhite in the third quarter was called after it appeared the left side of the Arkansas defensive line jumped offsides, leading to the right side of the Tennessee offensive line to jump.
After officials huddled on the field, it was ruled a false start via the snap infraction.
“Our fans can watch it,” Heupel said, “and judge for themselves what they thought.”
Tennessee was called for four false starts, three personal fouls, defensive holding and an illegal formation, as well as one intentional delay of game.
Linebacker Edwin Spillman was ejected in the second half on a targeting call, after a helmet-to-helmet hit on Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green.
The illegal formation was called after Tennessee didn’t have enough players on the line of scrimmage. The other personal fouls were hands to the face against Jaxson Moi and another on offensive tackle Lance Heard, which put the Vols in a second-and-23 at the 30-yard line after driving to the Arkansas 15.
Arkansas was called for one hold and Tennessee declined another, after sacking Green despite holding being called on the play.
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Arkansas was called for two holds, only one accepted
Arkansas interim head coach Bobby Petrino was asked about his team only having one penalty in the loss, but pivoted elsewhere with his answer.
Instead, he focused on the four Arkansas fumbles — three were recovered by Tennessee — and the fourth-and-three he went for instead of attempting a field goal.
“What doesn’t make you feel good is those turnovers and going for the fourth down instead of kicking the field goal,” Petrino said during his postgame press conference. “But I’m proud of the way the players competed and the way they stuck together. Because there was a point in there offensively that it felt like, hey, this thing’s falling apart a little bit.”
Arkansas led 17-10 after the game’s first 20 minutes, only for Tennessee to answer with 24 straight points to take a 34-17 lead in the third quarter.
“They came together and talked about it with each other,” Petrino said of his team, “and then went out and competed. We had probably six plays where all of a sudden one guy’s making a mistake here, then the next guy, then the next guy, and it looked like, oh, shoot. But they did a good job of coming continuing to compete.”