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UPDATED: New Hogs look like old ones in 34-27 loss

After a season last year of watching Arkansas blow second-half leads, fans had hopes it was over with a new coaching staff. Apparently not.

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After a season last year of watching Arkansas blow second-half leads, fans had hopes it was over with a new coaching staff.

Apparently not.

Colorado State found themselves down 27-9 in the third quarter against the Razorbacks and came all the way back to a 34-27 win in Fort Collins, Colorado, on Saturday night.

It’s an epic collapse for a team — and fan base — that thought all of that was behind them with Chad Morris coming in as the coach.

This game shows the name at the top may have changed, but not enough players did … so here we go again.

Put this one directly on Morris’ shoulders. Well, you can also throw a lot of it on John Chavis and the defense, too.

Yes, there was plenty of blame to go around on this one.

What will hurt worse than anything is that the Hogs were dominating the game through three quarters. They had 421 yards of offense at the end of the third period, then managed just 16 total offensive yards for the final frame.

Colorado State, on the other hand, had 234 yards going into a fourth quarter where they had 195 yards. Yes, you’re following correctly … the Rams put up 195 of their 429 yards in the game in the fourth quarter. Yes, 45 percent of their total offense in the game came in the final period.

That’s why Chavis has as many questions in this one as Morris and offensive coordinator Joe Craddock will have to answer Monday at high noon in their press conference.

Welcome to Arkansas, guys, because the honeymoon is officially over two weeks into the season.

If anything, the loss to Colorado State should give Morris and Craddock enough information to realize their quarterback is either going to be one of two true freshmen or he’s not on campus yet.

Ty Storey got the start based on his performance last week against Eastern Illinois. He didn’t play as well against the Rams. Cole Kelley came on in the second half and played like, well, Cole Kelley.

Storey completed just 5-of-13 for 36 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions. Kelley was 6-of-9 for 102 yards and two touchdowns.

In a game where Colorado State wasn’t consistently stopping the running game (299 yards for the game), they got into the red zone and tried to pass. Devwah Whaley had 165 yards on 26 carries. Rakeem Boyd put up another 67 yards on seven carries and Chase Hayden had 55 yards on 11 carries.

But in the red zone, the Hogs couldn’t run and tried to throw, which didn’t work, either.

A lot will be made of a decision to punt at the end of the third quarter. Facing fourth-and-1 at midfield, Morris made the decision to punt.

After that the Hogs just collapsed on both sides of the ball.

This is one that will be re-hashed for a week.

And for a new look, starting at the top, it looked an awful lot like what we saw in the old look for the previous two seasons.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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