Bud Light Seltzer Morning Rush Podcast – Getting that first Home SEC win since 2016
Tye & Tommy on how good Matt Corral is, SEC news, new immediate recovery rule plus Tony Barnhart!
NCAA changes ‘clear and immediate recovery’ guidelines too late for Hogs
It will be too late to help Arkansas, but the NCAA this week is making a change to the replay guidelines for “clear and immediate recovery” on loose balls following an inadvertent whistle.
Against Auburn last week, the Razorbacks lost a replay decision after Auburn quarterback Bo Nix, trying to set up a play to kill the clock and set up a winning field goal, fumbled the snap from center, then threw the ball behind him trying to spike the ball. During the play, the officials incorrectly whistled the play dead, even though the pass was backwards as confirmed by replay.
The Razorbacks’ Joe Foucha recovered the ball on a second attempt after a first one was considered in the immediate continuing action. After it squirted out, the next recovery was not considered immediate.
Officials and replay looked at the play, which was called intentional grounding on the field, then gave the Tigers a chance for a winning field goal that was converted by Anders Carlson for the 30-28 win.
The new guideline will allow replay to consider ANY recovery, it was reported during The Morning Rush on ESPN Arkansas on Friday morning.
The Morning Rush was able to confirm this with two different sources with direct knowledge of the information sent to replay officials yesterday.
Pittman fully confident Hogs will be playing against Ole Miss on Saturday
Arkansas coach Sam Pittman with the media Thursday afternoon on expecting to play Rebels on Saturday despite Covid reports in Oxford.
ON HALFTIME: Holt on how Covid-19 starting to affect football in SEC
Bob Holt of the Democrat-Gazette talked about the cancellations of some SEC games, game with Ole Miss still set to be played pending tests.
Neighbors tells Elson his head is going to have to swivel a lot faster this season
Mike Neighbors told radio announcer Phil Elson on Thursday this team is faster, which is going to make Phil’s head probably spin around.
Van Horn ahead of Razorbacks starting fall series at Baum-Walker on Friday
Arkansas opens the team’s fall series on Friday afternoon inside the friendly confines of Baum-Walker Stadium.
The roster has been divided into two teams, with student assistant DJ Baxendale and volunteer assistant coach Bobby Wernes coaching the competing squads.
The series opens Friday at 3 p.m. but due to Covid-19 fans will not be allowed to attend the fall series this year.
Beginning on Sunday the series will be available on SEC Network+ starting with Game 2 at 1 p.m.
The two teams will square off in a seven-game series with the intent to play all seven games. All seven games are scheduled for seven innings.
The Razorbacks are coming off a shortened season that saw the team go 11-5 before the remainder of the season was canceled due to the pandemic.
The Hogs were led by Heston Kjerstad and Casey Martin, who were both picked in the limited Major League Baseball Draft in June. Kjerstad was picked second overall by Baltimore with Martin going in the third round to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Van Horn’s Hogs return six players that started at least 13 of the team’s 16 games, including outfielder Christian Franklin who hit .381 with eight extra-base hits.
On the mound, the team returns seven arms that started games last spring, including weekend starters Connor Noland and Patrick Wicklander.
Game – Date – Time – Starting Pitchers (Red vs. Black)
Game 1 – Friday, Oct. 16 – 3 p.m. – LHP Caden Monke vs. RHP Connor Noland
Game 2 – Sunday, Oct. 18 – 1 p.m. on SECN+ – RHP Kole Ramage vs. RHP Caleb Bolden
Game 3 – Monday, Oct. 19 – 3 p.m. on SECN+ – RHP Zebulon Vermillion vs. LHP Patrick Wicklander
Game 4 – Wednesday, Oct. 21 – 3 p.m. on SECN+ – RHP Blake Adams vs. RHP Jaxon Wiggins
Game 5 – Friday, Oct. 23 – 3 p.m. on SECN+ – LHP Lael Lockhart vs. RHP Will McEntire
Game 6 – Saturday, Oct. 24 – 1 p.m. on SECN+ – TBA vs. TBA
Game 7 – Sunday, Oct. 25 – 1 p.m. on SECN+ – TBA vs. TBA
| Red Team | Black Team |
|---|---|
| Position Players | Position Players |
| 1 Robert Moore | 4 Jalen Battles |
| 3 Zack Gregory | 5 Jacob Nesbit |
| 6 Michael Brooks | 7 Cayden Wallace |
| 8 Braydon Webb | 9 Clayton Gray |
| 10 Matt Goodheart | 11 Cason Tollett |
| 12 Casey Opitz | 15 Dylan Leach |
| 14 Cullen Smith | 19 Charlie Welch |
| 16 Zac White | 24 Bryce Matthews |
| 17 Brady Slavens | 25 Christian Franklin |
| 44 Jackson Cobb | 26 Ethan Bates |
| Pitchers | Pitchers |
| 18 Lael Lockhart | 13 Connor Noland |
| 21 Jacob Burton | 20 Elijah Trest |
| 27 Blake Adams | 22 Jaxon Wiggins |
| 28 Kole Ramage | *29 Nate Wohlgemuth |
| 32 Zack Morris | 31 Caleb Bolden |
| 34 Nick Griffin | 33 Patrick Wicklander |
| 35 Ryan Costeiu | 39 Evan Taylor |
| 36 Peyton Pallette | 40 Corey Spain |
| 37 Caden Monke | 41 Will McEntire |
| 38 Mark Adamiak | 43 Miller Pleimann |
| 48 Heston Tole | 45 Kevin Kopps |
| 49 Liam Henry | 46 Tyler Cacciatori |
| 50 Matthew Magre | 52 Louis Stallone |
| 58 Evan Gray | 55 Gabriel Starks |
| 59 Issac Bracken | 57 Nathan Rintz |
| 88 Zebulon Vermillion | * also listed as an outfielder |
RECRUITING THURSDAY: Davenport on punter commitment, other top recruits
Arkansas got a commitment earlier this week from highly-regarded punter and kicker Patrick Foley and Richard Davenport talked about it on The Morning Rush.
