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Alabama remains the SEC king, Trevor Lawrence remains unstoppable and more from Week 7
Saturday was business as usual for No. 1 Clemson and No. 2 Alabama. But is there cause for concern for Auburn and Notre Dame?
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The Razorback portions were about Catalon under the "Not quite Heisman 5" and Pittman/Arkansas in the "Under-reaction of the week."
5. Arkansas S Jalen Catalon
With all due respect to Grant Morgan, the Arkansas senior linebacker who had 19 tackles, three tackles for loss and a pick on Saturday, there's a good case to be made that the biggest difference in the Razorbacks' defense in 2020 is the addition of the redshirt freshman safety. Catalon had nine tackles, a pick and a fumble recovery in Saturday's win, and his 45 tackles puts him near the top of the SEC leaderboard. A year ago, Arkansas' secondary allowed more than 8 yards per pass. So far this year, they're allowing just 5.5.
Sam Pittman is the coach of the year, and it doesn't matter what happens from here. Sure, it'd be tough to vote for a guy who could still finish 2-8, but we'd do it anyway. Arkansas beat Ole Miss 33-21 on Saturday, winning its second SEC game of the season, something that hasn't happened since 2016. In fact, from 2017 through 2019, the Razorbacks won just two games total in SEC play. And had it not been for a controversial call a week ago against Auburn, Pittman's team would be 3-1 right now. Short of UTEP making a late playoff push, there's no chance anyone is writing a better comeback story than Pittman is at Arkansas.
