Hogs linebackers coach Michael Scherer said “super senior” Grant Morgan has made it much smoother teaching his group.
Halftime Pod Presented by Eastside Liquor: Price, West
Worst team practice of your life; Preview MSU Bulldogs; Get Off My Lawn; Drew hates gymnastics movies and more!
Guests- Neil Price & Danny West
West on Arkansas making strides to get better on both sides of line
Danny West of HawgSports talked on Halftime about the first four practices of fall camp, question marks, line improving.
Mississippi State broadcaster looking ahead to Leach’s second season
Neil Price, the Bulldogs’ play-by-play broadcaster talked with the Halftime crew about the coming season with Mike Leach.
Bud Light Seltzer Morning Rush Podcast: Injury on the O-Line
Tye and Tommy on Ricky Stromberg’s injury, Clay welcomes Tye back, plus birthday Tuesday!
Tickets go on sale Friday for Hogs’ matchup with Sooners
Current Arkansas men’s basketball season ticket holders and Razorback Foundation members will have an exclusive opportunity this week to request tickets for the Arkansas-Oklahoma men’s basketball game taking place at Tulsa’s BOK Center on Dec. 11.
Eligible fans can request the price level they desire, and tickets will be allocated by their Razorback Foundation membership level and priority points. All tickets are based upon availability.
If tickets are not available at the price level requested, they will be automatically assigned to the next best available price level. The deadline to request tickets as a part of the presale is Tuesday, Aug. 17.
Tickets for the general public go on sale Friday, Aug. 20, at Noon (CT) and will be available online at www.bokcenter.com.
Oglesby got Smith’s attention in about 10.3 seconds, probably
When Jimmy Smith heard about a guy on campus who was on the track team and also played football, he was interested.
Then he watched about 10.3 seconds of film on Josh Oglesby (that’s how fast he is in the 100 meters).
“I said we’d like to get to know him a little better if he’s already on campus and he can run a 10.3,” Smith said after Monday’s practice about hearing Xavier Kelly talk about Oglesby.
Kelly is gone, but he knew about Oglesby because father grew up with Oglesby’s dad in Detroit.
One thing Smith knew immediately was Oglesby had something he couldn’t teach him. It’s sort of like basketball coaches and even the best can’t coach height.
Nobody can really coach that kind of speed but Smith discovered he was a track guy who could play football.
“I watched his film and he was running into people,” Smith said. “He wasn’t scared. He was a tough guy. I couldn’t see his exact size but I knew he was tough. He wasn’t big. But once I saw him and we got him out there I could tell he’d be a good football player.”
Playing football was something Oglesby wanted to do all along.
“Football was always my first love, so when I was over on the track team, I already had it in my mind that I wanted to come over to football,” he said Monday afternoon.
Kelly’s dad got involved with Oglesby’s dad, they met the coaches and the ball started rolling pretty quickly.
“The rest is history,” Oglesby said.
He’s not just fast, but is also incredibly quick. They are not the same thing. Emmit Smith ran for more yards in the NFL than any other running back in history, but he was fast. He was quick, though, which is much more important getting to openings created.
“What’s amazing about him is most fast guys are not as quick as him,” Smith said. “He’s fast and quick, which is a good combination because for me, fast is like a bonus.
“You have to have quickness and burst to be a good running back. You can’t just be a guy who can run fast straight ahead. Have to have the quickness and a burst.”
Last year was a complete loss because of a foot injury Oglesby suffered in fall camp.
“We needed him,” starter Trelon Smith said Monday. “He’s going to make a lot of noise this year. A lot of speed. We need that in the backfield. He also can catch out of the backfield.
“We can use him in the slot position as well.”
Now THAT could be interesting, at least for Razorback fans.
It will be a headache for opposing coaches.
Smith on status of running backs after four practices
Hogs running backs coach Jimmy Smith likes what he’s seeing fall camp but is working to sort out depth.
Oglesby, Smith on running backs picking up things quickly
Newcomer Josh Oglesby joined Trelon Smith in recapping how the running backs have worked in first four practices of camp.
O’Gara doesn’t think Bowden’s career would be same in today’s world
SDS’ Connor O’Gara says Bobby Bowden’s path to success at Florida State would have to be different in football now.
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Kickstarting the week; Bobby Bowden; 3 Up, 3 Down; Postseason punishment ideas and much more!
Guest- Connor O’Gara
