A first half penalty kick for freshman forwardHanna Mattinson was the difference in a 1-0 triumph for Midwestern State over Fort Lewis (Colo.) in the Mustangs’ home opener Sunday afternoon at MSU Soccer Field. The Jackrabbits are an FCS school but are extrenely talented an well coached. Safety and corner blitzes are common for the Horned Frogs, but they are so good at disguising those blitzes, just knowing that they will come is little help for opposing offenses.
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The Frogs responded with a punt return for a touchdown by the electric KaVontae Turpin.
Turpin had a 57-yard catch to set up Hill’s 1-yard run to get TCU within 20-14 in the fourth quarter. Hiring Sonny Cumbie and Doug Meacham as the program’s co-coordinators has paid big dividends over the last two years, and the Horned Frogs now have one of the Big 12’s best attacks.
“To us it’s just the next game”, senior defensive end James McFarland said. Allen also threw for three touchdowns and 223 yards. Though Arkansas struggled in victory against Louisiana Tech, the Razorbacks were victorious 21-20 over the Bulldogs. This was a old school low scoring type of football game that was back and forth nearly the entire game.
Odds: TCU opened as a 10-point favorite.
Rawleigh Williams III had a career-high 137 yards rushing for the Razorbacks. The run game is most defintitely the strong suit for the Razorbacks due to their smash mouth style of play. Two of the four sacks that Hogs gave up to Louisiana Tech, Arkansas offensive coordinator Dan Enos attributed to failed assignments by the backs.
Arkansas: The Razorbacks will be heavily favored at home against Texas State on Saturday before coming back to the Dallas area September 24 for their SEC opener against Texas A&M.
What to expect from TCUTCU QB Kenny Hill (LM Otero/AP) 1. He’s a very accomplished player, and very gifted. This unit gave up 333 yards in last week’s win over South Dakota State. He settled in the 2nd half and finished strong.
Hill has done the gesture before but no official had called it before, said a TCU official. He is becoming more effective in the backfield. Expect Kenny Hill to put up bug numbers once again.
Still, a few SEC games may have a significance in the playoff race down the line. In the show of pure will and some lineman pushing from behind Allen pushed through Horned Frogs defenders for the game-winning touchdown to make it to the final score of 41-38.
A road victory over a top-25 team would likely catapult the Hogs into the top 25 next week and would be a confidence boost for the Razorbacks.
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Now the No. 24 Razorbacks (2-0), winners of eight of their last nine games, are looking ahead for a change. There are just to many weapons on the TCU side for them to be able to shut them down.
