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Arkansas knocked off No. 15 Auburn 2-1 tonight to clinch its second straight SEC West title. It comes on the same day as the men and women swept the SEC cross country championships.

Welp. Not something I expected to be writing this morning... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/walk-on-lb-yurachek-son-of-ad-arrested-for-dwi

This is the first game that I've really felt excited about seeing how we stack up. A&M is a legit football team and this will be a great benchmark to gauge where we stand. I feel like we will be able to better predict the last half of the season, Sunday morning.

Can our D stop Spiller? Can they contain Mond? Will the DBs continue their unprecedented run? Will Hudson Clark stay consistent? Can Fileepaye and Co. get the offense rolling? Can we count on Boyd to not fold like a cheap suit at contact? Will Knox be advantageous over the inexperienced and smaller Aggies DBs? Can Scott Fountain go more than a quarter without ing something up?

6:30 PM Saturday seems like a LONG ways off, but it'll be here before we know it. In the meantime, I will be chewing my fingernails off.

Lots of stuff in here this week... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/emptying-the-notebook-notes-tidbits-stats-on-arkansas-texas-a-m

We were only supposed to get Connor Vanover and JD Notae today but Muss got jealous of the attention and sat down with us for 6 minutes as well, showing off his "Muss bus" halloween costume. He tells us the schedule is finished, just signing paperwork:
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We will be wearing an alternate jersey with a slobbering hog? Any legs?

So the thread about Keith Jackson and subsequent post by @HeightsHog reminded me of my giant database of in-state football players who signed with FBS schools out of high school.

I’ve got a pretty good list of guys back through the 1994 class. Before then, it’s pretty much limited to those who signed with the Hogs (thanks to my old media guides) and lacking on those who signed elsewhere.

That’s where you guys come in. Help me add dudes to my list.

(NOTE: These are only guys who signed with FBS schools, not FCS or DII. It’s also those who signed with FBS schools straight out of HS - so someone like Cortez Kennedy wouldn’t be included. It also doesn’t include walk-ons, so Don Hutson - who was a walk-on football player at Alabama - isn’t included.)

Here’s what I got...

1992 - Ross Greenwood - OL - Fayetteville - Kansas State
1985 - Eric Mitchel - QB - Pine Bluff - Oklahoma
1984 - Mark Hutson - OL - FS Northside - Oklahoma
1984 - Keith Jackson - TE - LR Parkview - Oklahoma
1984 - Curtice Williams - NG - Pine Bluff - Oklahoma
1983 - Leonard Jackson - ?? - Pine Bluff?? - Oklahoma State
1982 - Leslie O’Neal - DE - LR Hall - Oklahoma State
1981 - Danny Bradley - QB - Pine Bluff - Oklahoma
1981 - Ike Jackson - QB - FS Northside - Oklahoma State
1976 - Steve Cox - P/K - Charleston - Tulsa
1951 - Bob Ford - L - Wynne - Memphis
1931 - Bear Bryant - E - Fordyce - Alabama
1931 - Bob Seawall - ?? - Pine Bluff - Alabama

???? - Shawn Jones - RB - NLR?? - Oklahoma State
???? - Stanley Blair - CB - Pine Bluff?? - Oklahoma State

(Also let me know if you can fill in any of the question marks.)

ATTN: @UCABear_8

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Been a long time coming, but here are Matt Jones Hog highlights! Has all 77 touchdowns and some hoop highlights as well, enjoy!

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Login to view embedded media Login to view embedded media Both men’s and women’s team won the SEC championship today.

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They are playing BC this week. Don't think Clemson needs him anyway.

If they lose this week, it’s going to get really ugly.

Been hearing for a week or more now that Ethan Henderson could be in trouble again and potentially removed from the team. The same person that leaked the Reggie Chaney info to me has said that E is off the team. Nothing is “confirmed” yet, but that gives me three sources now saying the same thing, two of them being my most reliable.

Great article about Pittman’s approach and why it seems to be working at Arkansas.

Wrote a 1,700-word feature on Casey Opitz and the significance of his return for Arkansas... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/opitz-eyes-3rd-trip-to-omaha-in-unexpected-return-to-arkansas

Our offensive woes.

From the production our defense gave us this game should have never been close.

Whats working...?

Seems like most things past the LOS is actually working well. Quick slants, screens, even some deep passes are working.

Whats not working...?

Anything running the ball with the QB. Total drive killers. Either hand the ball off or designed QB run. But not both. You combine a slow QB with a slow developing play usually equals a 3-5 yard loss. Like the announcers said, OM wanted us to run that.

We ran one screen, it was set for a huge gain but was dropped. We have completely gotten away from throwing stuff to the RBs.

Unless Briles figures out whats working and whats not working and makes changes his career here at Arkansas has been a mistake.

This fye, but literally pinpoints my point about the ball being handed to us on turnovers. I don’t think a single one of these was caused by contact from us.

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Penn State medical director reporting that 1/3 of all those diagnosed with COVID have myocarditis. I heard this report this morning on the radio on First Team and they were saying that they've spoken to Ohio State and not a single one of their players who tested positive had this. So, not sure who we should believe. Maybe it's all just one team and all of them had it

Big 10 myocarditis