The media's preseason All-SEC teams and predicted order of finish were announced today. Rakeem Boyd landed on the second team and the Hogs were picked last in the West (surprise, surprise). Here's how I voted... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/hutch-s-ballot-for-preseason-all-sec-predicted-order-of-finish

Been so long, I can't remember who used to start this thread so I'm just going to kick it off...


Bryant Gantt



Tracy Morgan







Jackson Muschamp



Bacon Jalapeno Mac n Cheese Kid

On paper, this is a total mismatch: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/arkansas-georgia-star-power-pff-grades-stat-comparison

And $150 cash for 2 tickets to the Arkansas vs Georgia game.

I am old enough to remember him in his prime. Not a long career but he had a style of his own. He was so much fun to watch. I remember tearing up watching I Am Third about him and Brian Piccolo. It also had some funny scenes. RIP to him and prayers to his family.

31-27 things go bad for Georgia early, the Hog's feed off the excitement (energy) and hold on to win, Georgia wins in the stats but Razorbacks hold on where it counts and pandemonium breaks out in NWA and then all over the Razorback Nation...

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Can you imagine?
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Meant to post last night but the NBA draft will be on Nov. 18, it was originally supposed to be in June.

The weekly SEC coaches teleconference was this morning. Here is the audio from the Sam Pittman and Kirby Smart interviews...
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I've seen it discussed on here and elsewhere that folks are skeptical of some teams trying to skirt the contact tracing rules because of the required 14-day quarantine. I guess the SEC was worried about that, too, so they've partnered with a technology company to help prevent that.

Here's the press release by the SEC (I found this interesting):

The Southeastern Conference is providing cutting-edge wearable proximity devices, produced by global technology leader KINEXON, to its 14 member institutions to enhance COVID-19 contact tracing efforts during the 2020 football season, the Conference announced Tuesday.

KINEXON SafeZone technology includes lightweight, wearable devices, called SafeTags, which will be used conference-wide for football student-athletes at team facilities, during practices and games.

Approximately the size of a watch face, the device is worn as a wristband or on a lanyard or can be built into equipment for use on-field in practices and games.

"Through this new relationship with KINEXON, the SEC is committed to using innovative technology to provide solutions for use by our member institutions as we all work to support a healthy environment for student-athletes," said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. "KINEXON provides the SEC with a modern and effective solution to meet the unique contact tracing challenges associated with football."

The SafeZone technology, which is being used by the NFL, has been chosen by the SEC for the sport of football due to the large number of participating student-athletes and the complexity of contact tracing unique to the sport. Determining proximity and length of interaction during football games presents an opportunity to use KINEXON's innovative technology due to the number of players on the field and the speed of the game.

"SafeZone was created to meet the unprecedented challenges teams and leagues were facing while identifying solutions to return to play safely," said KINEXON Executive Vice President Jim Garofalo. "By adopting our technology, the SEC remains at the forefront of innovation in college athletics. SafeZone will provide student-athletes with a proven modern approach to contact tracing."

SafeZone uses ultra-wideband technology to accurately calculate the proximity between individuals by distance and length of time in order to perform quick and accurate contact tracing when someone is symptomatic or tests positive for COVID-19. The contact data is logged in a secure system and can be accessed to contact trace in the event of an infection.

The SafeTags can also be used to enforce physical distancing regulations by flashing a red warning light when people are within six feet of each other.

Contact tracing has long been recognized by public health experts as one of the most effective strategies to limit the spread of infectious disease. Contact tracing is a key element in the SEC's COVID-19 management plan, among a set of protocols that employ testing, physical distancing and facility sanitization.

Some really good stuff from Rakeem tonight, including whether or not he considered following the "opting out" trend in CFB: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/boyd-plans-to-establish-something-in-final-season-with-hogs

What say you?

1, O/U offensive TD 's for Arkansas 2.5

2. O/U first downs for Arkansas 12

3..O/U sacks combined 6.5

4. O/U completions for Felipe Frank's 18.5

5. O/U turnovers committed by the Hogs 3

6. O/U times Rakeem Boyd taps his helmet to come out 3.5

7. O/U times Blayne Toll's mom makes it on camera 2

8.. O/U times the commentators mention its Sam P'a first game as a head coach 6.5

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Franks and Boyd coming from Hutch, they split us up in two groups tonight

Quantifying the instability Arkansas has had at QB the last couple of years is truly incredible... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/officially-named-qb1-franks-looks-to-provide-stability

A rookie continues to impress, one lineman is dominating while another is struggling, some interesting decreases in reps + more in my comprehensive weekly update: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/pro-hogs-nfl-report-2020-week-2