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As you can tell from my screen name, I live in Arkansas, and have for a while. Given that, it's hard to escape anything related to the Razorbacks - it's kind of similar to the situation in Nebraska in that regard.
For those that didn't see it or read about it, Texas barely escaped Arkansas last Saturday. The score was 22-20 - and Arkansas should have won. On its first series, Arkansas had to punt - and the new deep snapper sailed it over the punter's head and out of the endzone for a safety.
In the final two minutes of the game, Arkansas was inside the red zone and driving - at the very least they could have kicked a field goal and won it there. The game was lost when the quarterback scrambled, and had the ball knocked loose at about the 15. He had it tucked away - the defender simply punched it out.
The point, though, is this - Arkansas lost 18 starters off last year's team. Ten of them were lost off offense alone. On defense, only one returning starter started all the games last year. The secondary is completely new.
Let me tell you - stop Benson, and you stop Texas. While he ran for a little more than 150 yards on Arkansas, they were tough to come by for the most part. The quarterback - Young - wasn't much of a threat. Arkansas crowded the line and didn't give him a chance to run much. While Young hit a couple of relatively long passes, in each case there was a defensive breakdown and the receivers were wide open. I mean wide open. I didn't see Young really drill one in between tight coverage. And Arkansas was able to move the ball - both on the ground and in the air.
Texas was saying all week that after they lost to Arkasnas last year, they vowed to get tougher. And I'll admit that their running attack was better statistically than it was last year against Arkansas. But this was supposedly the number 7 or 8 ranked team playing an unranked opponent that lost damn near every starter from last year - and they should have lost.
Look for Oklahoma to b!^@h-slap them again this year. I can't wait...
For those that didn't see it or read about it, Texas barely escaped Arkansas last Saturday. The score was 22-20 - and Arkansas should have won. On its first series, Arkansas had to punt - and the new deep snapper sailed it over the punter's head and out of the endzone for a safety.
In the final two minutes of the game, Arkansas was inside the red zone and driving - at the very least they could have kicked a field goal and won it there. The game was lost when the quarterback scrambled, and had the ball knocked loose at about the 15. He had it tucked away - the defender simply punched it out.
The point, though, is this - Arkansas lost 18 starters off last year's team. Ten of them were lost off offense alone. On defense, only one returning starter started all the games last year. The secondary is completely new.
Let me tell you - stop Benson, and you stop Texas. While he ran for a little more than 150 yards on Arkansas, they were tough to come by for the most part. The quarterback - Young - wasn't much of a threat. Arkansas crowded the line and didn't give him a chance to run much. While Young hit a couple of relatively long passes, in each case there was a defensive breakdown and the receivers were wide open. I mean wide open. I didn't see Young really drill one in between tight coverage. And Arkansas was able to move the ball - both on the ground and in the air.
Texas was saying all week that after they lost to Arkasnas last year, they vowed to get tougher. And I'll admit that their running attack was better statistically than it was last year against Arkansas. But this was supposedly the number 7 or 8 ranked team playing an unranked opponent that lost damn near every starter from last year - and they should have lost.
Look for Oklahoma to b!^@h-slap them again this year. I can't wait...