Hogs Blitz Aggies at Jerry World, Now Headed for Top 10 Matchup between the Hedges

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Even arsenic a aforesaid proclaimed “homer” for the Razorbacks, I did not spot this coming. Not astatine this level this fast. After Arkansas’ 20-10 decisive triumph implicit no. 6 Texas A&M, Arkansas has abruptly go the nationalist consciousness bully communicative successful sports, and Sam Pittman has go a household name. The coordinators person risen to the situation and the players, galore who were connected field during the miserable Chad Morris era, are playing with the champion the SEC has to offer.

Saturday, KJ Jefferson answered the questions of his doubters, arsenic helium gashed the apical ranked walk defence for 2 agelong scores and kept the Aggie defence guessing with his quality to run. The Arkansas violative enactment did not conscionable unfastened up moving lanes, they opened up expressways that the Hogs utilized to tally for 196 nett rushing yards connected 49 attempts. Treylon Burks hauled successful an 85 gait touchdown successful the archetypal 4th en way to a 167 gait receiving time and netted the SEC co-Offensive Player of the Week. Tulsa’s AJ Green had a beauteous 48 yards touchdown reception wherever helium broke escaped from a defender and outran the secondary to interruption the crippled open.

The Razorback defence allowed lone 10 points, with the lone touchdown connected a 3rd 4th breakaway tally from Isaiah Spillers erstwhile the Hogs over-pursued and could not drawback the speedster. Arkansas enactment the crippled distant with a 24 gait tract extremity from Cam Little successful the 4th quarter. It was his 2nd of the game, aft helium nailed a 46 gait effort to unfastened the scoring successful the archetypal quarter. Little is the lone FBS kicker who has not missed a FG connected astatine slightest 8 attempts, and his 8 FGs are tied for the nationalist pb for freshman kickers. Arkansas’ Tre Williams harassed Aggie QB Zach Calzada each day, sacking him doubly for 13 yards and added different 3 hurries and gardener the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week award. Williams and the Arkansas defence held the Aggies to a season-low 272 full yards.

The triumph secured the Razorbacks slot connected the nationalist stage, but things are ne'er casual successful the SEC West. Though they played past twelvemonth during the league lone season, the SEC is inactive sending Arkansas to play the East part favourite and no. 2 ranked Georgia Bulldogs. With Arkansas present moved up to no.6, this matchup volition big College Gameday and is definite to beryllium a rowdy ambiance successful Athens.

Keys to the Game:

Can Williams and the Razorback defence get to a banged up JT Daniels?
The Razorback secondaryhas been precise coagulated done 4 games, but it volition beryllium spot connected spot up beforehand erstwhile Williams, John Ridgeway and unit look disconnected against an violative enactment that is regarded arsenic the champion successful the nation.
Pittman knows this violative line, having been their manager conscionable a play and a fractional ago, and volition surely cognize the situation that awaits.

How steadfast is KJ Jefferson? After getting banged up successful the seat country past week, Jefferson
was removed from play for overmuch of the 2nd half. Clearly dejected, Jefferson worked done the symptom to travel backmost successful connected the last thrust and promptly moved the shot down the field, burning timepiece earlier yet taking a genu to tally retired the timepiece astatine the TAMU 11 gait line.
It seems helium was conscionable bruised up from falling into cogwheel connected the sideline and should beryllium 100% for Georgia.
Can the Razorback violative enactment proceed to unfastened up holes successful the moving game? In a comedic
exchange, Head Hog Sam Pittman told Georgia Defensive Coordinator Dan Lanning that helium did not request to dial up immoderate caller blitzes this week. They had capable to hole for.
Lanning’s instrumentality connection was a drafting of a blitz with 11 arrows to the quarterback. Thereis a large respect betwixt these 2 teams, and they some cognize it volition beryllium decided up front.

The betting enactment has been arsenic precocious arsenic Georgia -19.5. While this volition beryllium a precise pugnacious task for the Razorbacks, the enactment seems highly precocious for teams that reflector each different well. With an over/under astatine 48 points, they intelligibly bash not deliberation Arkansas volition people connected Georgia. I deliberation it comes down to a last possession, and Cam Little whitethorn find his mode into Arkansas lore arsenic a freshman.

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