The one positive thing that I've always said Helton has going for him is that the kids have always played hard for him and never quit. This was an example of that, imo.
Unfortunately, for whatever reason, they've also played undisciplined football for him a lot too and we saw plenty of that as well.
Hopefully, it was a matter of first game jitters/sloppiness and playing a very good opponent rather than some mid-major that they could just "out talent" while playing through mistakes.