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The Burks catch - best catch by a Hog since...?

I’m trying to remember a better catch by a Razorback and am not coming up with one.

My memory goes back to the early 90’s. There was a crazy Cedric Washington catch against Bama, I think. Jarius Wright had a similar catch against Tennessee (same game as the crazy Joe Adams punt return). Those 2 were a bit lucky to me and not as difficult as today’s Burks catch. The Birmingham catch to send the Hogs to Atlanta has bigger stakes. But from a pure ability, and difficulty level I can’t think of a better catch than Burks’ today.

Football SIAP: Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week

So who do they choose? The one-armed former walk-on who had 19 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sack, 2 PBUs and a game-clinching pick-six? Or the current walk-on with three interceptions against a QB who had only one the first three weeks + made 5 tackles?

How about none of the above? That’s right, they went with South Carolina cornerback Jaycee Horn...who had two interceptions, four PBUs and three tackles against a Chad Morris-coached QB.

It’ll be interesting to see what the SEC does with its awards today. My GUESS is that Morgan and Horn will be co-DPOTW, while Clark will be the SEC Freshman of the Week.

3 Predictions for the rest of the season

I’ve seen enough from our defense now that I like our chances in every remaining game except Alabama. These are not necessarily bold predictions at this point, but they would have been unthinkable 3 weeks ago. I just want to highlight how far we’ve come in Pittman’s 1st season.

1. We finish .500 or better in SEC play for the first time since 2015

2. We hold Alabama to their lowest point total this season (currently Mizzou at 38)

3. The Pitt Boss sweeps the 1st-year SEC coaches (currently at 2-0 with only Drinkwitz left.) I realize this isn’t saying much at this point, but imagine thinking this at the beginning of the season! And I can’t wait to see what Barry Odom does to Mizzou’s offense…

Tell me I’m wrong

U of A Athletic Department

Name a single team on campus, men’s or women’s, that TODAY you as a fan are disappointed in.

Hunter Yuracheck has built/retained an incredible roster of coaches across both men’s and women’s athletics and it’s quite incredible.

P.s. I know you can point to our men’s T&F but the reality is that they are top 10-15, and that’s not in my mind worth the term “disappointment”
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