The Hogs were back on the practice field Monday inside two weeks of the opening game Sept. 26 at Razorback Stadium against Georgia.
Reed on getting to finish college career playing for Hogs, family’s ties
Razorbacks kicker A.J. Reed transferred to Arkansas from Duke for his final year and grew up watching the Hogs because of family connections.
Limmer on competing with Marshall to be strongest Razorback in weight room
Hogs offensive lineman Beaux Limmer talked with the media after Monday’s practice about friendly competition with Jonathan Marshall in weight room.
Fifth-year senior Kern hopes to contribute catching more, not just blocking
Arkansas tight end Blake Kern, from Lamar, talked after Monday’s practice about how he’s worked on his receiving skills to do more than be a down-line blocker.
O’Gara on Halftime just glad to have a weekend filled with watching football
Saturday Down South’s Connor O’Gara told Phil Elson, Matt Jenkins and Matt Travis (Halftime) on ESPN Arkansas about FINALLY get a weekend full of actual games.
ON HALFTIME: Bentonville West gets attention with win over Central last week
Friday Night Scoreboard co-host Nate Olson on last week’s games when the Wolverines blasted the Tigers at Quigley Stadium in Little Rock.
| HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RANKINGS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Following is the final Overall Top 10 high school football teams in Arkansas and the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the preaseason. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from the last poll of 2019: | ||||
| OVERALL | Record | Pts | Prv | |
| 1. | Bryant (25) | 13-0 | 250 | 1 |
| 2. | North Little Rock | 11-2 | 205 | 3 |
| 3. | Greenwood | 14-0 | 182 | 4 |
| 4. | Pulaski Academy | 13-0 | 156 | 5 |
| 5. | Bentonville | 10-1 | 126 | 2 |
| 6. | Cabot | 8-4 | 125 | 9 |
| 7. | Conway | 8-4 | 109 | 6 |
| 8. | Lake Hamilton | 11-2 | 93 | 8 |
| 9. | Shiloh Christian | 14-1 | 44 | — |
| 10. | Harding Academy | 12-1 | 29 | — |
| Others receiving votes: Sylvan Hills 22, Little Rock Christian 16, Wynne 10, Rivercrest 3, Fordyce 2, Benton 1, Harrison 1, Hoxie 1. | ||||
| CLASS 7A | ||||
| 1. | Bryant (25) | 13-0 | 125 | 1 |
| 2. | North Little Rock | 11-2 | 94 | 3 |
| 3. | Bentonville | 10-1 | 55 | 2 |
| Cabot | 8-4 | 55 | 5 | |
| 5. | Conway | 8-4 | 46 | 4 |
| Others receiving votes: None. | ||||
| CLASS 6A | ||||
| 1. | Greenwood (25) | 14-0 | 125 | 1 |
| 2. | Lake Hamilton | 11-2 | 100 | 2 |
| 4. | Sylvan Hills | 9-4 | 72 | 4 |
| 3. | Little Rock Parkview | 8-2 | 46 | 3 |
| 5. | Benton | 8-5 | 22 | — |
| Others receiving votes: Mountain Home 5, Marion 4, Jonesboro 1. | ||||
| CLASS 5A | ||||
| 1. | Pulaski Academy (25) | 13-0 | 125 | 1 |
| 2. | Little Rock Christian | 9-3 | 99 | 4 |
| 3. | Wynne | 11-1 | 73 | 2 |
| 4. | Harrison | 11-2 | 51 | 3 |
| 5. | Texarkana | 7-1 | 13 | 5 |
| Others receiving votes: Magnolia 10, White Hall 3, Camden Fairview 1. | ||||
| CLASS 4A | ||||
| 1. | Shiloh Christian (25) | 14-1 | 125 | 1 |
| 2. | Rivercrest | 13-1 | 98 | 4 |
| 3. | Stuttgart | 12-1 | 67 | 3 |
| 4. | Warren | 8-5 | 40 | — |
| 5. | Joe T. Robinson | 8-4 | 28 | 2 |
| Others receiving votes: Nashville 7, Ozark 7, Dumas 2, Arkadelphia 1. | ||||
| CLASS 3A | ||||
| 1. | Harding Academy (25) | 12-1 | 125 | 1 |
| 2. | McGehee | 12-1 | 96 | 5 |
| 3. | Hoxie | 13-1 | 65 | 4 |
| 4. | Prescott | 10-1 | 51 | 2 |
| 5. | Glen Rose | 11-3 | 24 | — |
| Others receiving votes: Booneville 13, Centerpoint 1. | ||||
| CLASS 2A | ||||
| 1. | Fordyce (25) | 15-0 | 125 | 1 |
| 2. | Des Arc | 13-1 | 96 | 3 |
| 3. | Gurdon | 10-2 | 79 | 2 |
| 4. | Junction City | 9-3 | 50 | 4 |
| 5. | Bigelow | 12-1 | 17 | 5 |
| Others receiving votes: Poyen 8. | ||||
ESPN’s McDonough on wild college football finishes he’s called over years
THE MORNING RUSH: Michigan State’s wild win over Michigan ranks up there with crazy finishes ESPN’s Sean McDonough has announced.
McDonough talked about some of those finishes with Tye Richardson and Tommy Craft on ESPN Arkansas Monday morning including the 1998 Arkansas loss to Tennessee on Clint Stoerner’s late fumble … and how the Vols also pulled out an earlier miracle win over Syracuse.
Bud Light Seltzer Morning Rush Podcast – Arkansas belongs in the SEC
Tye & Tommy on Arkansas belonging in the SEC, fall weddings Sean McDonough and more!
ESPN’s Sean McDonough joins The Morning Rush
ESPN Commentator Sean McDonough joins the show to discuss the opening weekend of college football, his favorite memories of games he has called, his memories of the Arkansas-Tennessee game in 1998, and much more. Check it out now!
Hogs’ tough schedule now has 60% of Top 10 in latest media poll
Everybody already knows Arkansas has the toughest schedule in college football and with the first media poll of teams actually playing it got a little bit harder.
And you may not have thought that possible, but now it is … at least on paper.
The Razorbacks now will play six of the Top 10 teams in the Associated Press’ poll, throw in another at No. 15 and you have 70 percent of the opponents ranked in the Top 15 in the country … at least right now.
Athletics director Hunter Yurachek has said several times it’s the toughest schedule in the history of college football and if you had any doubts, get rid of it now.
Alabama is ranked second behind Clemson in the latest poll, then starting with Georgia at No. 4 (the Hogs’ opening opponent Sept. 26), there is Florida and LSU.
Auburn is ranked No. 8 and Texas A&M is 10th.
Sam Pittman will say it’s just an opportunity, but there’s not a whole lot of other ways he can realistically look at it.
Tennessee, another opponent on the schedule for Nov. 7, is ranked 15th in the latest poll.
The SEC has eight teams in the Top 15 with Kentucky entering the poll this week at No. 23.
As of Sunday’s poll, the homecoming game against Ole Miss on Oct. 17 is the only opponent in Fayetteville not against a team that is ranked in the Top 15 in the country.
