*OFFICIAL 2024-25 ARKANSAS RAZORBACK FOOTBALL SEASON THREAD*

Arkansas Top Transfer, Biggest Transfer Loss

Top Transfer In: Ja'Quinden Jackson, RB
No pressure, but carry the ground game. The 6-2, 235-pound blaster started out at Texas before becoming part of the rotation at Utah averaging 5.5 yards per carry. He wasn’t used enough - there’s plenty of tread on the tires - and now he’ll combine with Green to get the Hog ground attack back.

Top Transfer Out: Chris Paul, LB
You could argue for KJ Jefferson to UCF or Raheim Sanders to South Carolina, but Paul leaving for Ole Miss takes away an NFL-caliber defensive talent with outstanding range and hitting ability. The Hogs have linebackers - they’ll be okay at the spot - but Paul and Jaheim Thomas made a bunch of plays.

Arkansas Key Game

at Auburn, Sept. 21
There are tone-setters and there are moments that show that the problems of the past season might be gone. The Hogs were already flailing in a lost campaign, but getting walloped at home by Auburn 48-10 to make it seven losses in eight meetings ended any bowl hopes. This time it’s the SEC opener before dealing with Texas A&M, Tennessee, and LSU. They need this.

Arkansas 10 Best Players

1. Landon Jackson, DE Sr.
2. Taylen Green, QB Jr.
3. Joshua Braun, OG Sr.
4. Xavian Sorey, LB Jr.
5. Ja’Quinden Jackson, RB Sr.
6. Andrew Armstrong, WR Sr.
7. Addison Nichols, C Soph.
8. Anton Juncaj, DE Sr.
9. Fernando Carmona, OT Jr.
10. Cameron Ball, DT Sr.

Arkansas 2023 Fun Stats

- Sacks: Opponents 47 for 338 yards - Arkansas 29 for 176 yards

- Fumbles: Arkansas 24 (lost 10) - Opponents 12 (lost 5)

- 4th Quarter Scoring: Arkansas 97 - Opponents 54

Arkansas 2024 Season Prediction, Win Total, What Will Happen

You want your true X factor team in the SEC this season? Here you go.

Arkansas has a strange mix of things going on.

It has to prove it can do that offense thing again - go back to 2022 when it went 7-0 when scoring 31. The defense has a good enough starting 11 to be okay - the team went 9-0 in 2021 when allowing fewer than 30 points - the pressure is on the coaching staff to produce, and the schedule has a bizarre blend of nasty SEC games at home along with a whole slew of losable road dates.

To go totally basic here, Arkansas will be that team that will rise up and stun, say, an LSU or a Texas, and whiff on the road against a Mississippi State. Just about every game but three should take on a brawling life of its own.

But there’s no Georgia or Alabama, the transfer portal filled in the gaps, there’s depth, and after a year off from a bowl game, the Hogs should be back in the mix for a trip somewhere.

Set The Arkansas Win Total At … 6

Likely Wins: Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Louisiana Tech, UAB

50/50 Games: at Auburn, LSU, at Mississippi State, at Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M (in Arlington)

Likely Losses: at Missouri, Texas

Arkansas
Consensus Win Total: 4.875
CFN Regular Season Prediction: 5-7
Win Total Prediction: Over

This is a strength-in-numbers thing on the winning side.

Arkansas should be stronger after a dud of a 4-8 season. Last year’s team struggled, and it still pushed Alabama and LSU on the road. Five of the eight losses were by a touchdown or less.

Arkansas-Pine Bluff, UAB, Louisiana Tech. Barring a total meltdown, you’re at three wins. And now here’s the problem. Find the home win against Tennessee, LSU, Ole Miss, and Texas.

There has to be one, and there needs to be one upset win away from him against Texas A&M - that’s played in Arlington - Oklahoma State, Auburn, Mississippi State, and Missouri.

You need two wins in nine games to get the over.

I want to get excited, but it's really hard to do.

The only real optimism I have is that we lost all those close games last season so maybe we were a little better than our record indicated. Then I remember the beatings by Auburn and Mizzou and think, no we were bad.

Who knows, maybe they will surprise me.

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Petrino but I'm not sure he can work a miracle this year

He can't overcome the poor decision making that Pittman has done during these games.

It helps that Petrino is no staff but Pittman will continue to make stupid decisions.

Petrino has been allowed to make changes in the program as far as prep, practice, etc.

His input will be taken during the games.

This isn't like a&m where he is given the playbook and told what plays he can call rom it.

Likewise he doesn't have complete control of the program so defense and defensive recruiting isn't an after thought.

I wanna be excited, I really do, but meh.

That was more of a by product of the offense controlling the ball so well.

I actually like the defensive staff and game plan we have here now.

I don't think a win TOP conservative offense is suited for it. They are going to get you turnovers and favorable field position early in the game before a lack of depth surfaces in the fourth quarter. We need an offense that capitalizes in the first half that puts the game away in the third quarter then manages clock in the fourth, which petrinos offenses are known for when all the pieces are in place.

NIL and Enos were at the root of what caused us to be so bad last year.
Jefferson got his and quit pretty much.
OL personnel weren't as bad as they looked. Scheme and Jefferson put a bad taste in their mouth.
Lost some close games and offense pretty much said F it.
Offense caused defense to say the same pretty much.
If Jefferson played like he cared last year, and acted like a leader, I bet we would have won 3 more games at least out of BYU, LSU, Ole Miss, Miss State. Lost those by a combined total of 21 pts.
Heck, might have even upset Alabama, a 3 pt. loss, but not going to push it that far.
There's no way Auburn and Missouri should have beat us that bad at home. Only thing possible is that the team just finally said F it.

He won the Heisman for me, which is a completely realistic outcome for this season.

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NIL and Enos were at the root of what caused us to be so bad last year.
Jefferson got his and quit pretty much.
OL personnel weren't as bad as they looked. Scheme and Jefferson put a bad taste in their mouth.
Lost some close games and offense pretty much said F it.
Offense caused defense to say the same pretty much.
If Jefferson played like he cared last year, and acted like a leader, I bet we would have won 3 more games at least out of BYU, LSU, Ole Miss, Miss State. Lost those by a combined total of 21 pts.
Heck, might have even upset Alabama, a 3 pt. loss, but not going to push it that far.
There's no way Auburn and Missouri should have beat us that bad at home. Only thing possible is that the team just finally said F it.

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