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Hogs drop from rankings after loss to Alabama
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas isn’t ranked anymore and the road ahead has a bunch of land mines.
With seven games left to play, the Razorbacks have four opponents in the newest Top 25 ranking released Sunday afternoon.
It doesn’t help that injuries are beginning to pile up for the Hogs.
Quarterback KJ Jefferson had to leave the 49-26 loss to Alabama on Saturday after getting knocked in the head late, according to coach Sam Pittman after the game.
This week’s opponent, Mississippi State, is ranked No. 23 and the week after that the Hogs will go to Provo, Utah, to face No. 16 BYU.
Ouch.
The Crimson Tide started the season at No. 1, but the defending national champion Bulldogs took the top spot away from their SEC rivals after Week 2 when Alabama needed a late field goal to beat Texas.
The Bulldogs remain unbeaten but needed a fourth-quarter rally to beat four-touchdown underdog Missouri on Saturday night. Earlier in the day, the Tide managed to pull away from Arkansas in the second half without Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young.
Young sprained his throwing shoulder in the first half and missed most of the game in Fayetteville
The other Hogs’ opponents ranked this week include Ole Miss at No. 9 and LSU getting ranked for the first time under new coach Brian Kelly. The Tigers are on a four-game winning streak while the Rebels are using a strong rushing attack and downed No. 7 Kentucky on Saturday.
RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE
SEC – 7 (Nos. 1, 2, 8, 9, 13, 23, 25).
Pac-12 – 5 (Nos. 6, 11, 12, 18, 21).
ACC – 4 (Nos. 5, 15, 16, 22).
Big 12 – 4 (Nos. 7, 17, 19, 20).
Big Ten – 3 (Nos. 3, 4, 10).
American – 1 (No. 24).
Independent – 1 (No. 16).
RANKED MATCHUPS SATURDAY
No 25 LSU at No. 8 Tennessee.
No. 17 TCU at No. 19 Kansas.
No. 11 Utah at No. 18 UCLA.
Are we nearing the end of Malik Hornsby with Hogs?
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas coaches may have finally thrown up their hands with the whole Malik Hornsby hybrid experiment.
At the end of a 49-26 tail-kicking by Alabama on Saturday, Hornsby sat on a table on the Razorback sidelines like one of my grandkids not talking to anybody.
Malik Hornsby is alone on the sidelines. Body language indicates that he is not very happy pic.twitter.com/a23T3mLtEV
— Sidelines – Arkansas (@SSN_Arkansas) October 1, 2022
When the game ended, he immediately set sail for the locker room. We would assume he changed out of his uniform but have no evidence of that, either.
The only real hard evidence is he’s not the second-string quarterback anymore. Cade Fortin came in for KJ Jefferson after some injury that we’ll probably find out what’s going on officially Monday.
“That decision has been made for a while,” Pittman said after the game about bringing Fortin in. “He’s our No. 2 quarterback, so we put him in there.”
Considering Hornsby’s game action has been as some sort of hybrid wide receiver that has produced zero big plays, that’s not exactly an earth-shattering decision.
Hornsby has speed if he’s going straight. How accurate he is throwing the ball is another question mark completely and he’s not the most shifty runner on the field. He hasn’t done a lot of that in game action.
The reason this could be important is the schedule coming up fast in the windshield for the Hogs.
After the loss to the Crimson Tide, the Hogs will not play here again until November. First up next week is a morning kickoff in Starkville against a Mississippi State team that beat the daylights out of Texas A&M on Saturday.
Without the best quarterback on the roster, that may prove difficult.
“He hit his head,” Pittman said. “I don’t know. I don’t know where he’s at, to be honest with you. Obviously, we didn’t bring him back in. I don’t know any more than that.”
Hornsby cleaned off everything on his social media, which is usually an indication of the little darlings putting their names into the transfer portal. We may have an answer Monday at high noon when Pittman talks with the media.
Right now might not be the best time for Hornsby to play that card.
But Saturday afternoon he really didn’t appear interested in much of anything other than getting off the field at Razorback Stadium.
They won’t say it, but the coaches may have finally thrown up their hands and are encouraging him to find a team somewhere he can be happy.
Hornsby will have his defenders.
They won’t have any evidence he can play quarterback at this level or even wide receiver, but they are in love with his blazing speed.
Somehow, though, you just keep getting this feeling it’s the opposite end of him that might be the problem.
Razorbacks coach Sam Pittman recapping 49-26 loss to Alabama
Hogs’ slow started too much to overcome, even with big third quarter against powerful Alabama team on Saturday afternoon.
