First Glance: Arkansas Razorbacks

Who’s excited to go to Arlington?

By whoopy Sep 23, 2019, 8:38am CDT

What You Need to Know:

Arkansas is 2-2 on the season and 0-1 in SEC play. Arkansas lost to San Jose State 31-24 last weekend where QB Nick Starkel threw five interceptions and the defense gave up 503 total yards. It can always be worse.
Texas A&M fell to #23 in the AP Poll.
The winner of this game gets to climb out of the SEC West cellar as the other SEC West schools all are 1-0 in SEC play.
Midnight Yell will be held at the East Exchange Steps in the Fort Worth Stockyards.
Go check out Arkansas Fight, the Razorbacks’ SBNation site.

Texas A&M is currently a -21.5 point favorite.
Texas A&M is now 3-1 at covering the spread after losing as a home favorite. Arkansas is 1-3 against the Spread.
A&M should cover; however, I will take Arkansas to cover as this game can be sneaky close if the favorite does not come in ready to play at 11:00 am.

Arkansas leads the all-time series 41-31-3; although, Texas A&M on a 7 game winning streak. Jimbo Fisher is 1-0 against Chad Morris as a head coach after last year’s 24-17 win.
Arkansas employs a former A&M Defensive Coordinator (John Chavis) and starts a former A&M Quarterback (Nick Starkel).
Famous Arkansas Alumni include John Daly, Jerry Jones, Barry Switzer, Jimmy Johnson, Houston Nutt, and Ellen Gilchrist. Please leave other famous alumni in the comments.
Arkansas has a live animal mascot named Tusk IV. Tusk is a razorback.

Kamren Curl - JR DB - Curl has two interceptions and a forced fumble this season. He has also added two sacks to the stat sheet. Curl is a hard hitting safety who has 20 solo tackles this season.
QB Reunion - Nick Starkel transferred to Arkansas from Texas A&M as Kellen Mond locked up the starting position. Both Qbs have thrown 7 touchdowns, but Mond has thrown 5 fewer interceptions.
Run Game - A&M rushed for only 56 yards against Auburn. Expect Coach Fisher to focus on establishing the run game early.

Braden Mann had five punts of 50 yards or more, including two for 60+ yards. Mann averaged 56 yards a punt on Saturday. That’s his his eighth career game averaging above 50 yards.

The game will be played in a a NFL stadium with a stale atmosphere. The weather for the Metroplex appears to be partly cloudy with highs in the low 90s.