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Team Grades

~Overall: 70.0

~Defense: 69.9

~Run defense: 74.8

~Tackling: 70.1

~Pass-rush: 53.9

~Coverage: 70.4

Notes​

~ Larry Worth III was once again one of Arkansas' highest graded defenders, as he finished with a 79.3 run defense grade, a team-high 87.1 tackling grade and a 71.1 coverage grade.

~ Hudson Clark (32.2), Cam Ball (40.5) and Brad Spence (41.4) had the worst three tackling grades on the team. Spence also had the Hogs' worst coverage grade (36.3).

~ In his final regular season game as a Razorback, longtime defensive tackle Eric Gregory finished with a 57.4 run defense grade, a 75.9 tackling grade and a 53.1 pass-rush grade.

~ Safeties TJ Metcalf and Jayden Johnson were excellent against Missouri, as both finished with 80.0+ tackling grades and 70.0+ coverage grades.

~ Keivie Rose was Arkansas' highest-graded defensive lineman, as he ended with a 65.8 run defense grade, a 69.7 tackling grade and a 60.9 pass-rush grade.

Arkansas Defense PFF Grades - Missouri

I’m sure he’d come over for six or 10 million.

This is an Andrew Armstrong appreciation post! Dude showed up to play every game and was consistent and gave everything he had. He should be the model of what it means to be a Razorback. Plus everything he has done and accomplished was with sub-par and below average QB play. Whatever the future has in store for him I wish him the best of luck, hopefully he gets a shot at the NFL.

As many faults as this program has in football, this staff actually did put together a pretty solid team up and down the entire roster. There's size, athleticism, and speed everywhere again up and down the entire roster.

OL leaves a bit to be desired but it was better than 2023.

6 wins is what most of us would have been fine with before the season. Not thrilled with but okay. A starting point to another endless rebuild.

But what I have an issue with is:
1) The clunkers at our own home stadium outside Tennessee. You want to go to a game and leave home happy and fired up for the next one. That only happened one time this season for us. I realize we are not an elite football program so losses will happen with our schedule but come on man. The only game I was to proudly call the hogs afterward was Tennessee.

2) SO MANY MISSED OPPORTUNITIES!!!!!!!! I took my six year old son up the road to Stillwater and once again left very empty and disappointed. The fumbles, the penalties, the ridiculous repeated gaffes robbed us of several wins. We had a team good enough to compete with and win against the teams we are equal with or better than but lose due to too many unforced errors. The game in Stillwater was the epitome of this entire 2024 season way back on week two. Running into the punt returner not once but twice. The second time caused the turnover that beat us. Ball at midfield driving against a bad defense and you drop a lateral toss. Missing a couple makeable kicks that would have won it. Just elementary Pee Wee ball type crap that just shouldn't happen.
Also of course we choked away the aTm and Mizzou games. We appeared to be in control of all three of these games especially in como and stillwater AND LOST ALL THREE DAMN GAMES! This was my biggest issue with the way this season played out. 6-6 isn't a disaster but it is when you probably should have at the very least been 8-4 and in the top 25 with momentum in recruiting. This is why a change probably needs to happen or you're about to lose the majority of your fanbase.

Just my 2 cents.

I’m too lazy to go look at all the box scores but how many games did we lose in the fourth quarter when the other team just drove right down the field and scored a winning touchdown or field goal?


Do you blame that on coaching or do you blame it on the lack of athletes or what? I know you guys wanna blame everything on the coaches, Pretty sure a lack of depth and quality athletes plays into it more than coaching.
I wish we were at the point where if a four-star goes down we can replace him with another four-star we are about 10 million light years away from that

State champion at FHS, Miracle on Markham 2.0 and connections with the new AD (Nutt).

Take it for what it’s worth but picking up steam big time in NWA over Thanksgiving with Sam’s retirement negotiation.

Let’s get the band back together.

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Team Grades

~Overall: 69.7

~Offense: 65.8

~Passing: 69.0

~Pass blocking: 69.1

~Receiving: 68.4

~Running: 54.2

~Run blocking: 65.9

Notes​

~ Not only did he have the highest offensive grade, but Andrew Armstrong topped out in passing (85.7) and run blocking (75.3).

~ Three starting offensive linemen finished within the top five of offensive graded players, as Addison Nichols (74.1), Patrick Kutas (86.6) and Fernando Carmona Jr. (62.4) were all solid in pass blocking.
~ Despite scoring three touchdowns, Ja'Quinden Jackson had just a 58.2 run grade alongside a 56.8 pass grade and 67.5 pass-block grade.

~ E'Marion Harris was Arkansas' lowest-graded offensive lineman, as he finished with a 43.8 pass-block grade and a 52.1 run-block grade.

~ Tight ends Luke Hasz and Andreas Paaske both finished in the bottom-five of offensive graded players, as neither had a 60.0+ pass grade or contributed much elsewhere.

Arkansas Offense PFF Grades - Missouri

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The Arkansas Razorbacks (6-6, 3-5 SEC) dropped in the ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) following their 28-21 loss Saturday to the Missouri Tigers at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

After coming in at 29th overall following their loss to Texas, the Razorbacks fell nine spots to No. 38 off the back of the loss to Missouri in ESPN’s FPI this week. It's the largest move up or down of the season for the Hogs, which paints a poor picture for Arkansas as it enters transfer portal season.

Projected by the FPI in the preseason to finish with 5.5 wins, Arkansas proved it to be relatively correct by hitting the six-win mark to eclipse bowl eligibility.

According to ESPN, Arkansas finished with the 20th-highest SOS (strength of schedule). The Razorbacks also slot in at No. 37 in Game Control rank, which reflects the chance that an average Top 25 team would control games from start to end. Finally, Arkansas is No. 62 in average in-game win probability.

After 14 weeks of football, Arkansas dropped to No. 38 in the country in efficiency rankings, according to ESPN. This includes a 60.9 (No. 43) offensive rating.

The defensive rating moved down to 66.3 (No. 33) this week, and the special teams unit increased its rating to 45.9 (No. 89) after the Missouri game.

Compared to the rest of the SEC, the Razorbacks come in at No. 13 in the FPI just above Vanderbilt, Kentucky and Mississippi State. The Hogs are slightly better in the efficiency department, as they slot in at No. 11 in the SEC.

Arkansas will now await its bowl destination, which will be revealed Sunday, Dec. 8.

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Following Arkansas' 28-21 regular-season finale loss Saturday to Missouri at Memorial Stadium, redshirt sophomore backup offensive lineman Amaury Wiggins announced his intentions to enter the transfer portal on Sunday.

A 6-foot-3, 310-pound Florida native, Wiggins first transferred to the Razorbacks from Coffeyville C.C., where he was named First-Team Kansas Jayhawk Community College All-Conference.

This season for the Hogs, Wiggins played in a win at Mississippi State to replace an injured Addison Nichols at center. Wiggins also played 65 snaps at center in a win over Alabama-Birmingham and saw action in Arkansas' season-opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Wiggins only played in two games during his debut 2023 campaign with the Razorbacks.

According to Pro Football Focus, Wiggins was graded out with 58.3 and 60.0 final offensive grades in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

Wiggins is the second Hog to officially announce his intentions of entering the transfer portal, as wide receiver Davion Dozier will look for greener pastures as well when the window opens Dec. 9. Former tight ends Ty Washington and Var’keyes Gumms, who were dismissed from the team during the season, will also enter the portal.

Arkansas will now await its bowl destination, which will be revealed Sunday, Dec. 8.

Amaury Wiggins Bio:​

2022 First-Team Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
2024 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR) Played in a win at Mississippi State (Oct. 26) … Came off the bench in place of an injured Addison Nichols, playing 65 snaps at center in a win over UAB (Sept. 14) … Saw action in season-opening win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Aug. 29).

2023 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in two games in his first season at Arkansas, seeing action vs. Western Carolina (Sept. 2) in the season opener and against Florida International (Nov. 18) … Earned eight snaps vs. WCU and five snaps vs. FIU.

At Coffeyville CC2022 (FRESHMAN): Spent 2022 season at Coffeyville CC where he appeared in four games at center … Earned first-team all-conference honors.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Pine Forest High School in Pensacola, Fla.

In the last 10 years of seasons, how many losses have we had where we were winning the game at any point of the 4th quarter.

I'd bet it's around 80%.

in fumbles. WTF. No excuse for that. That’s just a complete lack of discipline

Texas absolutely railing Florida in the first half, 28-0.

Ohio St up 21-0 on Purdue at the half.

Please don’t include head coach in here folks, I get it.

I think we need a starting tackle and guard. Two solid DT’s. A potential, non-injury prone, starting QB. Two big WRs.

What do y’all think?

But Chode Morris didn't offer?

I've watched him play in the past. He's a damn good QB.

Bama Illinois tonight should be a good one. Will be tuning in.

We’ve got one of these for football every week, so figured I’d get one mega thread rolling for basketball.

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The Arkansas Razorbacks (6-6, 3-5 SEC) have been a turnover-prone team this season and that issue reared its ugly head again in a 28-21 loss to the No. 21 Missouri Tigers (9-3, 5-3 SEC) on Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

Arkansas turned the ball over twice — both fumbles — at a snowy Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri, and both of those directly led to Missouri touchdowns. The first happened in the first quarter, but the most impactful came near the end of the third.

After the Arkansas defense held Missouri to a field goal to maintain a 14-10 lead, starting quarterback Taylen Green and his offense set up shop at their own 33-yard line. That shop didn't stay open long, however, as running back Ja'Quinden Jackson put the ball on the turf and the Tigers recovered.

"It was very frustrating, because we had just got the ball on the 50, we go right down and score and we take the lead 14-7," Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman said postgame. "They have a long lengthy drive, we hold them to a field goal, we get the ball back, two plays or one play later we give it back to them.

"Now (our) offense that had some momentum going, a team that had some momentum, had to fight their way, scratch their way back and I thought we did and we did when we took the 21-20 lead and then we couldn’t stop them."

All told, Arkansas' defense actually held up fairly well. They held Tigers quarterback Brady Cook to just 10 completions and 168 yards passing, and it's worth noting that 70 of those yards came on one busted play in the fourth quarter. But Arkansas' lack of ball security put the defense in tough situations with a short field and the Tigers were able to capitalize.

"I felt like in the first half, the defense was playing so well, if we don’t give them short field, I’m not sure what they’re going to do offensively, and we did," Pittman said. "Those are things you can’t do, but we did and gave them a little bit of life. Certainly, they figured out an unbalanced formation, how to run the football better. They started running the football better on us. We couldn’t stop it, and then, the quarterback draw obviously hurt us two or three times."

Arkansas' turnover problems didn't start on Saturday, though. It's been a constant theme in every Razorbacks' loss this season. The three fumbles against Missouri brought the Hogs' season total to 28, 13 of which were recovered by the opponent.

"It’s been a theme throughout the year," Arkansas offensive lineman Joshua Braun said after the game. "The offense needs to do a better job of putting the defense in a position to be successful. I think in the third quarter, they had a long drive, defense made an incredible stand and held them to a field goal.

"We didn’t execute the game plan as an offense to give our defense a break and we turned the ball over and gave them another short field and I think two of their touchdowns came off of turnovers. Our defense played their tails off and we’ve just got to do a better job of putting them in a position to be successful."

All six of Arkansas' losses this season featured a turnover of some kind, whether it be a fumble or an interception. The ball insecurity brought the Razorbacks problems up yet again, which was exacerbated by the snowy weather conditions Saturday evening.

"It’s very frustrating," Pittman said of the turnovers. "We work ball security every week and put an emphasis on it. It’s part of our ways we can win. Especially, we knew today with the weather how it was, whoever turns the ball over less is going to win, and that’s kind of exactly what happened."

Arkansas will now await its bowl destination, which will be revealed Sunday, Dec. 8.

As much as the Shiloh's & Greenwoods of the world want Arkansas to be a football state it's not going to happen.

Per capita we produce more basketball talent.

Watching Arkansas St (picked first to win sun belt) right now and on the floor they have kids from Magnolia, Blytheville, Bono, & Morrilton.

Quit griping about football and accept we the state doesn't care or produce enough talent to be relevant.

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The Arkansas Razorbacks (6-6, 3-5 SEC) lost another game in which they had a fourth-quarter lead Saturday as the Missouri Tigers (9-3, 5-3 SEC) won at a snowy Faurot Field, 28-21, on Saturday.

Arkansas held a 21-20 lead with two minutes remaining, but a 30-yard touchdown run by Missouri quarterback Brady Cook and a subsequent two-point conversion put the Hogs behind 28-21. Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green engineered a drive that gave the Hogs a chance, but it ended with an incomplete pass and zeroes on the clock.

Bobby Petrino's offense turned the ball over three times, which turned out to be the difference in the game. Green fumbled on the Hogs' first two drives in the first quarter, the latter of which resulted in Missouri points as the Tigers ran in a touchdown.

The third and final turnover of the game came late in the third quarter. Arkansas running back Ja'Quinden Jackson coughed up the ball at the Hogs' 33-yard line, and the Tigers capitalized once again to take a 17-14 lead.

Despite that turnover, Jackson was one of the only reasons Arkansas even had a chance against the Tigers. He scored all three Arkansas touchdowns and rushed for 87 yards on 18 carries.

Along with the turnovers, Arkansas struggled in the penalty category as well. The Hogs were penalized 10 times for 72 yards, and two of those directly led to a Missouri touchdown.

After Green's second fumble of the first quarter, Arkansas forced a fourth down on the Tigers' drive, but an offside penalty gave Missouri another chance. Then, After forcing an incomplete pass, a defensive pass interference call in the end zone on Arkansas gave the Tigers first-and-goal from the two-yard line, and Tigers running back Marcus Carroll pushed the ball across for another score.

Despite the snowy conditions, neither offense seemed to have trouble moving the ball down the field. Arkansas finished the game with 377 yards (229 passing and 148 rushing) and gave up 361 (168 passing and 193 rushing) to the Tigers.

Check out some of the highlights from the loss below, courtesy of the official Arkansas X account...

Ja'Quinden Jackson finds the end zone on the ground​

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Ja'Quinden Jackson gives Arkansas the lead with a rushing score​

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Ja'Quinden Jackson scores his third touchdown of the game​

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Still sucks. Losers lose.

New QB kinda sucks too. Wouldn’t mind seeing singleton more

Will most likely start seeing some in the next week or so I would think. Who do you think is leaving?
I get the feeling that Brayden Russell and Malachi Singleton will be gone

change has got to be made, absolutely awful coaching, no excitement, but HELL YEA YEAR 6

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On a snowy Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium, the Arkansas Razorbacks (6-6, 3-5 SEC) were defeated by the No. 21 Missouri Tigers, 28-21, in Columbia, Missouri.

Neither Arkansas or Missouri were able to find an offensive rhythm in the first half, as both teams combined for 275 yards and a 3-for-12 mark on third downs. The Tigers attempted just six passes, while Taylen Green completed 12 throws for 108 yards.

Despite leading 14-7 in the second half, Arkansas couldn't get out from under its own turnovers (three fumbles) and Missouri took advantage to edge out the Hogs.

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