It's that time in Arkansas. 3A, 4A and 5A start with the play-in games this week while the rest start the first round.

If you correctly predict every class's state champion, free year of HawgBeat! Entries close Friday afternoon and will be screenshotted for posterity.

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Y'all will love some of the quotes from players and Pittman in here... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/emptying-the-notebook-notes-tidbits-stats-on-arkansas-florida

Hutch and I kick it off with Red-White game talk then focus on the Florida matchup
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Our basketball team might score 110 points a game this season. Have they missed a shot yet?

East Point (Ga.) Tri-Cities lineman Cameron Ball was set to commit Sept 22, to honor his father on his birthday, but about 7-10 prior to that, he decided to hold off. One of the main reasons he didn't commit then was that he was holding out hope he would be allowed to take visits this year. That ban is still on through the end of 2020.

He was thinking he would hold off and sign in February last month, but now, after talking with coaches, and it still being unknown when visits will be allowed again, Ball is leaning towards signing in December.

"It is looking like I might sign in December now," Ball said Monday morning.

I still see the battle RIGHT NOW between Arkansas and Georgia Tech. He talks to those two schools 3-4 times a week he said. The others in his top five (Arizona State, Illinois and Tennessee) are still in regular contact as well.

Schools like LSU, Penn State and TCU have started showing interest as well, so we will see if any new schools decide to offer and try to enter the race.

Looking back to Sept 22 — if Ball would have committed on that date, I feel confident in saying it would have been to Arkansas. He really likes the staff there. Their performance this season has only helped based on what I am hearing. But, with that said, Ball was really hoping to visit Fayetteville. Not just him, but his father as well I have been told. That is where Georgia Tech has the advantage. The family has visited the Yellow Jacket campus numerous times and are very familiar with the surroundings and environment.

Ball said he is hoping to take a visit on his own to Arkansas, and maybe another school or two, but based on what I am hearing, this, as of right now, is a two team race. And it looks like it could come to an end next month instead of February at this time.

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Is this a real thing? Working from home and minimal social interaction building up..

I could go to bed right now.

Curious if others are feeling this. I worked from home pre-covid so that’s nothing new.

Please don’t go political with it.

Sampson's clocked a 10.8 in the 100 and 21.8 in the 200. Update from @RyanCasper:

By Murf Baldwin from Top Billin’. Excellent stuff here in my opinion if you’re into football deep dives and analytical breakdowns.

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Good stuff from Zach, check it out: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/know-the-foe-2020-q-a-with-florida-insider-zach-abolverdi

I want to play him in my flex tonight. Just scared he’s not going to get many touches.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP IS LIVE: https://arkansas.forums.rivals.com/...-deathmatch-part-1-large-land-animals.110009/

In this first part of what will be a 5 part series, we'll vote on which of these large land animals would be the ultimate deathmatch foe.

Each round will last 24 hours, and voting locations will be linked. This event will span a couple weeks, having 5 total parts. Part 1 is Large Land Animals. Part 2 will be Small Land Animals and Insects, Part 3 will be Birds and Part 4 will be Aquatic Animals. Part 5 will have the winners of each bracket face off in an ultimate final four to determine the baddest animal out there.

Here's the premise:
-These animals all face off in a neutral environment in a battle to the death.
-1 member of each species.
-Your job is to vote for the animal you believe would win this fight to the death.
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The fine folks of Hawgbert (except @tburkeslice ) have spoken. Here are the remaining contenders:


Last round, we saw Grizzly and Hippo pick up decisive victories; whereas, Polar Bear and Elephant won in an absolute battle. It was exhilarating.

Thanks again to all who voted. The turnout has been phenomenal, but we don't stop here. On to the Final Four.....

Vote:
Only vote once for each. The site shouldn't allow more than one vote per user, but please use the honor system anyway.

BATTLE OF THE BEARS: 1. Polar Bear vs. 2. Grizzly

What a journey it has been for these two competitors. Grizzly has picked up quick, decisive victories on his rampage to the final four making quick work of Wolf and 1-seed Jaguar. As the only non-1-seed to make it this far, we have to ask, can they finish the job? Polar Bear has been in some messy battles, but there's been little doubt they knew this Battle of the Bears was coming. This ultimate bear battle will go down in history.

VOTING CLOSED; Grizzly Wins

THE THICCC THUMP: 1. Hippo vs. 1. Elephant

Was there really ever a doubt that we'd see this matchup? The largest land competitor taking on the the number one overall seed, the hellacious Hippo. It'll be legendary. There's not more to be said.

VOTING CLOSED; Elephant Wins


Here's how I voted:

Grizzly
Hippo



There can only be one.

Good thing we didn't hire this clown


Mike Leach

“Every job I’ve had all I promised was give my very best. They’ve certainly gotten that. But I get a kick out of fans (saying) they feel upset about something, they ought to try it as coaches.” (Then gets into the chicken-and-pig breakfast analogy about commitment)
“But I certainly appreciate our fan support, our cowbells, I thought they did a terrific job inspiring us at key times.”
“But those that aren’t aboard or are impatient, maybe they can pick another team or go coach a team and see how it shakes out.”

..catch it everywhere tomorrow.
Wow. The MAC is often very entertaining football. This one was epic at the end.

If you love a totally lopsided mismatched beat down with the announcers calling one team the wrong name (called Colorado St Wyoming) then this one is definitely for you

Confirmation from Sam Pittman + why the loss of Micahh Smith matters... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/ar...joins-list-of-unavailable-scholarship-players

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Fifth-year senior defensive back Micahh Smith tweeted tonight that he had successful surgery. Not sure what he had surgery on, but he's been banged up throughout the season. I know he wasn't dressed out vs. Ole Miss, but traveled and played one defensive snaps at A&M, but then wasn't dressed out again on Saturday.

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Assuming it's a season-ending deal, there are now 11 scholarship players the Hogs won't have the rest of the season, by my count...
~5 opt outs (Nwanna, Nash, McClellion, Curtis, Jacobs)
~1 transfer (Spivey)
~3 season-ending injuries (Oglesby, K. Jackson, Draper, Smith)
~1 required sit out as a transfer (Crawford)

That leaves Arkansas with 74 scholarship players, assuming there isn't anyone else we don't know about.

I’ll take Finau

Login to view embedded media Pittman goes more into detail on Odom leading the team and when he'll cut off communication with them. He talks about how the squad's looked this week without him and he mentions the offense being a little bit banged up right now. Says a "few" guys are quarantined due to situations outside of the facility but no one else has tested positive through today. New results coming tomorrow.

I don't understand the movement for the LSU game, but here's the latest numbers... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/update-espn-fpi-projects-arkansas-remaining-4-games-in-2020