No. 15 TCU hosts Arkansas at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth at 7 p.m. ET Saturday, and the residue of the shaky defensive showing in which the Horned Frogs allowed 461 yards to South Dakota State in their opener has Patterson deeply concerned. “Like the celebration. You want to beat good teams, you can’t make those kinds of mistakes”. We’ve lost some close games, stubbed their toe a little bit early on. Allowing 41 points to an FCS squad and fighting it out until the end is not the best look for a team looking to win the Big 12 this season.
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Arkansas was able to strike first, scoring on a three-play, 25-yard touchdown drive to take a seven-point lead.
Formerly rivals in the now defunct SWC, the TCU and Arkansas have not battled it out on the gridiron since 1991 when the Razorbacks defeated the Horned Frogs 22-21.
It was announced Monday that the Southwest Classic between Arkansas and Texas A&M will kick off at 8 p.m. September 24 on ESPN. “He’s been a professional about it ever since he’s been here, he’s been a great student, he’s done everything right”.
Tennessee 45, Virginia Tech 24: Outside of Arkansas’ win, Tennessee-Virginia Tech was the only other matchup that was remotely interesting.
Texas State looms. Hopefully, overconfidence does not. And after averaging 5 yards per rush a year ago, Arkansas gained only 106 yards on the ground on 40 carries against Louisiana Tech, an average of 2.7 per carry.
QB Brandon Harris, LSU: It’s usually not a good sign when you struggle against Jacksonville State. Ask Ole Miss and Auburn. He was flagged 15 yards for an unsportsmanlike penalty. Etling completed 6 of 14 passes for 100 yards and a touchdown and also rushed for another touchdown.
The combination of Boise State’s blue turf and Washington State’s quirky head coach Mike Leach was bound to produce a memorable game Saturday night that would serve as a flashback to WAC shootouts from yesteryear. But his 320 yards passing were Florida’s most against an SEC opponent since Chris Leak threw for 322 yards against Arkansas in 2004. After the offense fell apart near TCU’s goal line at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Allen and Co. saddled up and drove 58 yards on just four plays to tie things up with an unthinkable two-point conversion on a reverse pass from receiver Keon Hatcher to Allen.
“Finding a way to win and getting it is huge for this season”, said linebacker Brooks Ellis, who recorded the first touchdown of the game on a 47-yard interception return in the second quarter.
373: Maybe Nick Fitzgerald just needed to know it was his job. Wazzu scored two touchdowns in the 4th quarter to cut it to a one score game with four minutes to go but couldn’t quite force overtime or find a game-winner.
Nor did the 27-yard field goal with 12:07 left in the second seem to do the trick. Not bad. Not bad at all, young pup.
Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M all still loom in the SEC West division, but after beating a top-15 team on its home turf and looking like the best team on the field while doing it, dreaming isn’t too hard.
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The now No. 24 Razorbacks and No. 17-ranked Texas A&M Aggies will kick off their SEC opener at 8 p.m. September 24 on ESPN, it was announced Monday. The Red Wolves had six tackles for loss in a loss to Toledo last week. The Hilltoppers play No. 1 Alabama on Saturday. That being said, the Rebels beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., previous year without left tackle Laremy Tunsil so anything is possible.
