Update with Simmons. Possible visit this offseason.

Week 1, let's run it.

He is accountable. He is real. He made no excuses and took all of the criticism and rolled with it.

This was just UAPB but we looked good. Organized. In sinc.

We have legit depth at the QB and it goes three deep.

He had to keep recruiting the portal and keep the holdovers when everyone said he was on the hot seat.

Not sure how the year will play out but i think Sam will be more appreciated twenty years down the road than he is right now.

Great DUB and GO HOGS GO

Figured I’d get this going with MILB in full swing. Feel free to add anyone I missed - I’m sure there are a few.

Kjerstad - AAA
Kopps - AAA
Bob Moore - AA
Wicklander - AA
Franklin - AA
Biggers - AAA
Lanzilli - HiA
Kostyshock - AA
Noland - AA
Opitz - HiA
Ramage - just released
Costlieu - HiA
Adcock - A
Cali - A
Hollan - Reds ACL team, on 60 day dl
Josenberger - HiA
Jace B. - HiA
Jared Wagner - AA
Wallace - AA
Pallette - HiA
Battles - AA
Evan Taylor - HiA
Michael Turner - AA
Zeb - A, on 60 day dl
Adamiak - A
Lockhart - AA
Monke - HiA, 60 day DL
Welch - just cut by Seattle
Casey Martin - AA (same team as Bob Moore)
Cronin - still rehabbing, AAA
Scroggins - AA
Grant Koch - AAA
Evan Lee - tbd, Nats AA/AAA
Jake Reindl - AA

We'll have them here.

Playing Kansas St, TCU and Michigan for our 3 games.

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Head coach Sam Pittman revealed Arkansas' four team captains for the Oklahoma State game during his weekly live show Wednesday evening.

It should be noted that Pittman opted for a new team captain approach entering the 2024 season, as the Razorbacks will select players on a game-by-game basis.

Last week against Arkansas-Pine Bluff at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas chose Nico Davillier, Eric Gregory, Isaiah Sategna and E'Marion Harris.

Against Oklahoma State, Luke Hasz, Joshua Braun, Xavian Sorey Jr. and Jayden Johnson will have the 'C' on their jerseys. So far, eight different Razorbacks have been named a team captain during the 2024 season.

A native of Oklahoma, Hasz caught three passes for 42 yards against the Golden Lions in Arkansas' Week 1 70-0 victory. Despite playing close to home, Hasz said the game against the Cowboys is strictly business.

"It won’t really be emotional because I wasn’t very interested in Oklahoma State, but I was grateful that they offered me," Hasz said Tuesday. "I’d say it’s more like a business trip just like any other game though, same as last week.

"We’re going to go in there, we’ve prepared for them well this week, and our coaches have a good gameplan with us watching film against them. We’re just going to go in there like it’s a business trip like any other week."

Braun — Arkansas' starting right guard who was named Third-Team Preseason All-SEC by Phil Steele — played 49 snaps against UAPB and finished with a 74.4 offensive grade according to Pro Football Focus.

Johnson and Sorey were members of an Arkansas defense that suffocated the Golden Lions to just 130 total yards. A senior safety from Georgia, Johnson recorded two tackles against UAPB. Former Georgia transfer linebacker Sorey also registered two tackles and a sack in the Hogs' season-opener.

Arkansas and No. 16 Oklahoma State are set for an 11:00 a.m. CT kickoff on Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The game will be televised on ABC.

Arkansas football continues its 2024 season against No. 17 Oklahoma State in just four days at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy spoke to the media Monday to preview the matchup.

Oklahoma State opened its season with a 44-20 win over reigning FCS national champs South Dakota State. Star running back Ollie Gordon II rushed for 126 yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries, while seventh-year quarterback Alan Bowman completed 25-of-34 throws for 267 yards and three scores.

Last season, Oklahoma State finished with a 10-4 (7-2 Big 12) overall record including wins over Oklahoma, Kansas, Kansas State and Texas A&M in the 2023 Texas Bowl.

This will mark the 47th meeting between the two teams, and Arkansas leads the series 30-15-1. The last meeting came back on Sept. 20, 1980, when then-No. 17 Arkansas secured a 33-20 win over the Cowboys at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.

Here's everything Gundy had to say about head coach Sam Pittman and the Razorbacks:

On playing against SEC size:​

Gundy: "When you play a team in the SEC, you're going to play girth. You're going to play massive guys that have a lot of size and are physical in the box, and they have a really good geographic location for producing bigger, tight bodies like that. So, that's where I mentioned we, we need to make good strides between last week and this week in order to block a completely different front than what we saw last week."

On Sam Pittman:​

Gundy: "He's been at Oklahoma, but I think when he was at Oklahoma, I was at Maryland or something. I can't remember. I had seen him before, know people that know him moreso than me. He's a lot older than me. I say that jokingly. People that I know that know him speak very highly of him as a person and a football coach. So, I've just been more aware of him and not really known him."

On the Arkansas-Oklahoma State series:​

Gundy: "I think the series is good for reasons...because you're going to want to play quality non-conference schedules now so the committee will have respect for that, and this is a good matchup because it's two hours and 45 minutes away and you have a lot of crossover with people.

"There's a lot of Arkansas people that can live here and there's a lot of Oklahoma people that have migrated there with Walmart and all of that stuff. So, I think it's good."

On Arkansas QB Taylen Green:​

Gundy: "You got to have a guy for him. When you are competing against a guy that has the ability to run, you have to take that into account in your structure of defense and the style of play. So, we have plenty of ways to do that because we see them quite a bit now, it's just a matter of being disciplined, make sure somebody has responsibility for the quarterback."

On Arkansas' talent level:​

Gundy: "The running back. He's a guy that can make plays. I've scanned through over the summer and they have four or five games they played last year that they could have won. So, I don't know what their record was last year, but it looked like to me they could have won eight games pretty easy in obviously a very difficult conference.

"They played against good teams and lost single-digit points late in the fourth quarter. So, this team that we're playing Saturday, regardless of what anybody in the country may think, will be as talented as anybody we play all year, in my opinion."

On Arkansas OC Bobby Petrino:​

Gundy: "He's got a system he believes in. I think from a distance, and (I've) crossed paths with him some and seen crossover tapes on him for years, he's got a system that he's going to stay in and then he's going to vary it a little bit based on what the strengths are for his skill players which is what he's referring to, would be my guess.

"So, a comparison would be like what we've done here the last 15 years on offense. We don't get away from our core system on offense, but it varies based on who our quarterback is, what kind of a threat we have outside and who our running back is.

"So, we look a little different now that we looked when Mason Rudolph was playing here and that was because of Mason and the skill we had on the perimeter compared to what we have with Ollie (Gordon II) right now. So, I'd say that would be a pretty good illustration of what his system is in my opinion, I could be way off, and what he's trying to accomplish."

doesn’t he usually do them on wednesday

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The four-star linebacker from Jesup (Ga.) Wayne County committed to Arkansas over Georgia, Florida State and Florida in July as the Razorbacks made him a top priority from the beginning and landed his commitment. But the word is Florida is working hard still to flip him so it will be something to watch - depending on how the Razorbacks and the Gators perform this season.

Was scrolling through Oklahoma State's game notes and wanted to share some I found interesting. These are all via Oklahoma State Communications.

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- Oklahoma State is tied for the second-most wins in college football (24) since 2020. Only Alabama (26) has more home wins. The Cowboys’ overall home record since 2020 is 24-3.

- The Cowboys also have won the most one-possession games in college football since 2015. OSU is 34-16 in one-possession games over that span. Northern Illinois (30-31 record since 2015) has the second-most one-possession wins in that span.

- OSU’s offensive line had 215 combined career starts entering 2024, which is the most of any team in the nation.

- Oklahoma State has won nine of its last 11 games.

- Mike Gundy has a record of 57-14 in September games.

- Oklahoma State is 11-0 in the last 11 games when winning or tying the turnover battle.

- The Cowboys’ offensive line has not allowed a sack in seven of the last 11 games.

- OSU has held its opponent scoreless on its game-opening drive in 41 of its past 59 games.

- The Cowboys have held their opponent to less than a 50% third down conversion rate in 48 of their past 53 games.

- OSU is 39-16 in its past 55 games decided by fewer than 10 points.

- Oklahoma State’s 34 seniors rank 4th-most nationally.

- The Cowboys are tied with Utah for the most full-time position coaches (5) entering the 10th or more season at the same school in the FBS.

- OSU's defense returns 25 of 35 letterwinners and 10 players who made at least six starts in 2023, including eight who made double-digit starts.

- Last season, linebacker Nick Martin was one of three Power Five players and five FBS players to record multiple 17-tackle games during the season and was one of two FBS players to record at least seven tackles in 13 games, joined only by first team All-American Jay Higgins of Iowa.

Depth Chart

From Rob Cassidy

KOA PEAT’S VISIT TO ​

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Date: Sept. 14
Why it’s important: Buzz coming out of Phoenix indicates that Arizona is the program to beat for Peat, who plays his high school ball fewer than 100 miles away from the Tucson campus.

Still, if there’s a program striking some fear into the in-state power, it’s Arkansas, armed with a legendary head coach, an energized fan base and deep NIL pockets. Make no mistake, the Razorbacks are on the outside looking in for the time being, but fall meetings with Calipari have a way of changing things.

Arkansas has work to do, sure, and they’ll be looking to do it come Sept. 14. That said, Arizona holding Peat’s final visit (Oct. 4) is notable.

Thought I had things figured out but not adding up.
We have three perms right? Texas Missou and Aggies
Then I thought we rotated others to where we would play everyone home/home every four years.

But that doesnt add up. WHat am I missing?

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With a pivotal Week 2 road matchup against the No. 16 Oklahoma State Cowboys (1-0) on deck, the Arkansas football team (1-0) will have to overcome daunting odds to pull off the early-season upset Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

According to Oklahoma State's game notes, the Cowboys have won the second-most home games (24) in college football since 2020. That number is tied with UTSA, Clemson and NC State, and only Alabama has more (26) in the same span.

Boone Pickens Stadium is home to Oklahoma State's self-proclaimed "tightest sidelines in all of football", which presents a unique challenge to an Arkansas team chock-full of newcomers on both sides of the ball.

"Very, very loud," Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman said Monday. "Very, very close — as in, they can stand up and look right on top of you. We talked to our players and coaching staff about that as well, because we can’t let their fans be a distraction to us when we’re trying to learn on the sideline or trying to talk about the next series or whatever it may be.

"But it’s extremely close. I think it’s the closest one in the country. Extremely loud. I think they have 55,000, but it’s a loud stadium, so we’ve talked about that. Crowd noise will be a huge part of this week’s preparation and we started that on Saturday."

Besides what will be a loud and raucous Cowboys' fanbase, Arkansas will also have to face an Oklahoma State program that ranks fourth nationally with 34 seniors, possesses a strong historical winning mark in non-conference play (49-11 in last 60 games) and has a 96-24 record versus opponents outside of the AP Top 25 (since 2010).

"You just got to go in and play football," defensive tackle Eric Gregory said Tuesday. "It's football at the end of the day. The only difference really is it's the crowd when you look at it. Once you eliminate that, it's just football, so this is a mindset we come in with. We're going to go in there and eliminate the crowd noise and we're going to play football."

Oklahoma native Luke Hasz — who was offered by Oklahoma State at the end of his high school sophomore season — said this matchup is purely business.

"It’s definitely exciting," Hasz said Tuesday. "I have a lot of former teammates on their team from high school. Just being able to go back to Oklahoma where my family’s at, and just a lot of people I know, it’ll be exciting. This past weekend was exciting too, but I’m definitely excited to get there and play in my home state."

On paper, there's no wonder why BetSaracen tabs Arkansas as a 7.5-point underdog heading into this tilt. But games are played on the field, and the Razorbacks have pulled off a similar upset before.

Almost eight years ago, a 1-0 Arkansas team led by Bret Bielema was tasked with ending a 14-game home winning streak against the No. 15 TCU Horned Frogs. Quarterback Austin Allen and the Hogs defied the odds and defeated TCU, 41-38, in overtime.

The prevailing thought echoed by Razorback players Tuesday evening: it's time for Arkansas to make a statement on the national level.

"I think it’s big," Gregory said. "Our first game of the season we had success, but this is a different team, to be completely honest. A different team. We have to come in kind of with the same mindset. It’s really no different. We come with the same mindset, we have to do what we do. We have to play ball, we have to line up, know our assignment and focus on the small things."

Be sure to tune it to HawgBeat and The Trough premium message board for full game week coverage of the Razorbacks’ matchup against Oklahoma State, which will kickoff at 11 a.m. CT Saturday on ABC.

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Fifth-year head coach Sam Pittman saw success with Arkansas the last time he took the Razorbacks on the road for the first game of the team's recent home-and-home series with a non-conference opponent.

The headline to this story may be deceiving, as Arkansas hasn't played its opponent this Saturday, Oklahoma State, since 1980. But the Razorbacks did take part in a home-and-home series' with BYU — a team now in the Big 12 conference with the Cowboys — and the first matchup in Provo, Utah, was a pretty dominant win for the Razorbacks.

Fresh off three straight losses back in the 2022 season, the Razorbacks were in desperate need for a win at BYU on Oct. 15, 2022. Powered by 367 passing yards and five touchdowns from quarterback KJ Jefferson, the Razorbacks picked up a 52-35 win over the Cougars in a hostile environment at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

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BYU returned the favor last season by earning a 38-31 win over the Razorbacks in the friendly confines of Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville. According to Pittman, it might be a little easier to get the team motivated when going on the road, which they will do Saturday at No. 17 Oklahoma State.

"A lot of times you get your team on the road, you get them together, it’s just y’all versus everybody," Pittman said. "That feeling, at times, if you have a real close team can make you play a little bit better. You don’t have the distractions of as many tickets and all that kind of stuff. I don’t really know the answer to that. I think we’ll be ready to play Oklahoma State. I know they will (be ready for) us, but I think it’s going to be a really, really good game."

RELATED: Arkansas' official depth chart for Oklahoma State game

Based on Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy's comments Monday about the Razorbacks, the Cowboys are well aware that last season's 4-8 campaign could've been much different for the Hogs. Gundy, who has been the Cowboys' head coach since 2005, pointed out Arkansas' five one-score losses last year in his Monday press conference.

"I don't know what their record was last year, but it looked like to me they could have won eight games pretty easy in obviously a very difficult conference," Gundy said. "They played against good teams and lost single-digit points late in the fourth quarter. So, this team that we're playing Saturday, regardless of what anybody in the country may think, will be as talented as anybody we play all year, in my opinion."

ALSO READ: What Oklahoma State HC Mike Gundy said about Arkansas

As for Pittman and the Razorbacks, it's safe to say they had the ability to look ahead to this Week 2 matchup all offseason. After pummeling in-state foe Arkansas-Pine Bluff by a score of 70-0 to open the season Thursday, Pittman began his Monday preview of Oklahoma State by rattling off maybe more individual players for the opponent than he has in a press conference.

"They have 17 to 18 returning starters, played really well Saturday (against South Dakota State)," Pittman said. "Offensively, they have a ton of skill, really good at the skill spots, starting with the quarterback (Alan) Bowman. Then Ollie Gordon is certainly as good as any running back in the country. It starts with Brennan Presley. They love to get the ball to him. He’s a fantastic returner as well.

"And then I like the (De'Zhaun) Stribling kid they got out of Washington State. He’s done a really good job at wideout, and they already had Owens. Then they have their entire offensive line coming back who’s really playing well together. So you know they went to the Big 12 championship game last year and look to be headed north on that as well this year."

MORE: What Sam Pittman said about Oklahoma State

The Head Hog continued to go in detail on the Cowboys' defense and special teams, as well, and he even talked about how he was able to tune in live to Oklahoma State's 44-20 win over reigning FCS national champs South Dakota State on Saturday.

"Watching games live, they came out and they went fast pace early," Pittman said. "You don’t necessarily, as you’re watching cut-ups, get that feel. So we certainly have to be ready for their fast-paced offense. They don’t run it all the time, but we have to be ready for that. He opened the game with it, Coach Gundy did, last week. So yeah, I think there are benefits (to watching live).

"Certainly you can hear calls and different things you can’t hear on cut-ups, but I think you just get a live feel of it watching it… Like you said, you don’t get a lot of that. Now sometimes you do, maybe on the plane coming back or the bus coming back, maybe if your opponent is playing later than you did, but not very often do you get to just sit down and watch a game. As I’m watching, I go, ‘Man, they’ve got a really good team.’"

ESPN analytics give Arkansas a 44.1% chance to beat Oklahoma State on Saturday, and BetSaracen currently has the Razorbacks as a 7.5-point underdog.

Saturday's matchup, which will be broadcast on ABC, is slated for an 11 a.m. CT kickoff at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Cowboys are set to return the home-and-home favor with a matchup in Fayetteville during the 2027 season.

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FAYETTEVILLE — The Arkansas Razorbacks have released the depth chart for Saturday's Week 2 matchup against the No. 17 Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Arkansas' biggest change in this week's pecking order comes at running back, where Ja'Quinden Jackson is now the lone listed starter and Rodney Hill is the backup. Freshman Braylen Russell is listed on the third team with Rashod Dubinion and Tyrell Reed at fourth and fifth string, respectively.

Here is the full Arkansas depth chart ahead of Saturday's game against Oklahoma State, which is set to kick off at 11 a.m. CT at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma:

Offense​

Offense

Defense​

Defense
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Special Teams​

Special Teams

On campus now:

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Not so sure we missed out on our savior…

Nm

Did the bears get robbed? Hard to see how they overturned this call on the field considering we never get a clear view of the end of the catch when he hits the ground.

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LITTLE ROCK — It was a successful Arkansas debut for 6-foot-6, 230-pound redshirt junior quarterback Taylen Green on Thursday night during the 70-0 shutout of the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions in front of 40,127 fans at War Memorial Stadium.

The Boise State transfer filled the stat sheet with with 229 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, 88 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. He was 16-of-23 passing (70% completion percentage) on the evening and he carried the ball six total times for an average of 14.7 yards per carry.

Oh, and all of that was just in the first half. Green didn't play at all in the second half, which featured two 10-minute quarters due to the Razorbacks' 49-0 halftime lead. Arkansas ended the game with 687 yards of total offense — third most in school history — and 10 total touchdowns.

"He extended plays," UAPB head coach Alonzo Hampton said after the game. "We couldn’t really get to the quarterback, didn’t get a sack and obviously man, he’s a really good football player. We knew he would run the boot and things of that nature. Early in the game, if you noticed, we made him drive the ball, but he’s a good football player. Again, my hats off to him and what they’re doing."

ALSO READ: Social media reacts to Arkansas' 70-0 win over UAPB

Green's initial drive featured a few first-game jitters, as he was off the mark on a few throws before he started to settle in a little more throughout the first half. That opening drive was capped off by an 8-yard touchdown run by Utah transfer halfback Ja'Quinden Jackson, and Green followed suit with a 5-yard rushing score of his own on the next possession to make it a quick 14-0 lead.

After Jackson posted his second touchdown with a 46-yard don't-look-back run on the next drive and Florida State transfer Rodney Hill added a 4-yard score, his first as a Hog, it was finally Green's turn again.

VIDEO: Sam Pittman, players postgame - Arkansas 70, UAPB 0

Arkansas' fourth drive of the game, which began with 14:54 in the second quarter, featured a 34-yard pass from Green to Texas A&M transfer receiver Jordan Anthony to get deep in Golden Lions' territory. Three plays later, Green found 6-foot-7 wide receiver Tyrone Broden for a 9-yard touchdown, the first passing touchdown of Green's Razorback career.

A native of Lewisville, Texas, Green really started to flash late in the second half, beginning with a 23-yard dime of a touchdown pass right in the breadbasket of tight end Ty Washington's hands to make it a 42-0 lead for the Razorbacks.

"Yeah, that’s straight drill-work," Green said of the touchdown to Washington. "I mean, we, the quarterbacks, Coach Petrino, we work that every single day. When they’re doing special teams, we’re always on the turf field working that exact look and that exact play.

"When we saw it, Coach Petrino was like, ‘that’s drill work’. And just praise to Ty for not stopping on the route. Caught it and scored a touchdown. You know, we had a little celebration that we were practicing, so it was fun."

RELATED: Highlights from Arkansas' shutout win over UAPB

The Hogs' new quarterback one-upped himself on that throw right before halftime, when he dashed from one side of the field to the other while evading UAPB defenders for a 36-yard touchdown run — his second of the day on the ground and fourth total.

"At first, you know, I looked at my first keys and what I have to do, and the routes," Green said. "Then I felt pressure to my right and escaped the pocket. I knew it was the two-minute, and at first I was going to throw it away, but then I decided to run. Of course the clock keeps rolling if I get tackled, so I was like, ‘I better score’. I crossed the field and saw the green grass and, you know, let my speed do the rest."

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"We knew he was fast but we just hadn’t seen it," Pittman said. "The broken play coming down the UAPB sideline there going north, that was a hard run. That was a hard play because he had to come all the way across and he had the speed."

Green wasn't perfect by any means Thursday, and he caught a few breaks on some passes that were not on the mark. There were at least one or two drops by Arkansas receivers, as well.

First-year offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino clearly has a weapon at his disposal in Green, who threw for 1,752 yards, 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions a year ago at Boise State. Green's legs have always been a threat, as he dashed for a combined 903 rushing yards and 17 scores on the ground over the 2022-23 seasons.

Up next, the Razorbacks will hit the road for a tough non-conference test at No. 17 Oklahoma State on Saturday, Sept. 7. Kickoff at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma, is slated for 11 a.m. CT and ABC will televise the game.

"As soon as I went over there, I knew it was home,"