Fayettevile, ark. -The defense of Arkansas was a hot waste on Saturday in a defeat of 41-35 at n ° 13 Ole Miss, but what about the Razorbacks offensive?
Well, it was stellar in the first half and almost good enough in the last two minutes of the fourth quarter to finish a potential winning disc.
A lost escape, the only turnover of the game, inside its own line of 25 yards with only 1:52 to play allowed the rebels to escape with a six -point victory.
But apart from this major error, Bobby Petrino’s attack maintained the Arkansas in the match with a chance to win at the end.
The turnover was killers in a 7-6 campaign in 2024, and although he recovered his ugly head on Saturday, the offensive has lost only three reversals in three games this season.
For the context, the razorbacks of last season lost three turnarounds when loss of road of 39-31 in overtime against Oklahoma State during the second inclination of 2024.
These current pigs (2-1, 0-1 sec) need their offense to continue clicking on the road match this weekend against the enemy not Conference Memphis (3-0).
During the first three competitions, the Arkansas established a Big Four in attack: the Senior Quarter Taylen Green, the senior ball carrier Mike Washington, Jr., the main receiver O’Mega Blake and Petrino.
In fact, it starts with the team’s attacking coordinator, Petrino, who turned out to be among the best game players and staff game planners in university football covering several decades.
When Petrino was head coach in Arkansas (2008-11), he expressed one of his favorite hymns several times: “Feed the Studs”.
This is exactly what he has done so far this season.
Petrino obtains a career at the best green on many fronts, including the efficiency of passage, and he seems to know exactly how to compose the right game at the right time to keep the offensive on the ground.
Apart from a handful of bad games during the first 12 quarters of the season, Green was superb.
He succeeded in 25 passes out of 35 for 305 yards, a touchdown and no interception to go with 115 yards and 1 a touch on the ground on 14 races against the rebels.
It was Green’s second consecutive match to launch for more than 200 yards while rushing for more than 100 yards with at least one touch each as a smuggler and rusher.
The touch of five yards of Green with 1:15 to do in the second quarter crowned the fourth journey of consecutive touch of the razorbacks after a failed basket on the first possession of the match, and this allowed the Arkansas to link the match with Ole Miss at 28.
He again obtained excellent protection against passes against his offensive line and his litters, and his receivers were sure throughout the competition. He launched a potential interception in the goal zone halfway in the second quarter, but Ole Miss was reported for a defensive outfit which canceled the turnover while developing the pigs with a 1st loot to the four yards line in what turned into the third hit of the team of the first half to equalize the match, 21-21.
During three games, Green has a pass of 63 out of 92 (68.5% in career) for 866 yards, 11 affected and two interceptions to go with 307 yards and two affected affected on 32 races.
Against the rebels, Washington Jr. exceeded 100 melee yards for a third consecutive match to open the season while it ended with 65 yards on the ground and two affected at the top of the season on 13 races to go with 53 yards receiving two passes off the back field.
His touched 47 yard gallop crowned a game of four games and 75 yards at the start of the second quarter to equalize the match at 14. His second touch was a race of three yards with 4:56 to play in the match that closed the razorbacks in a deficit to a score, 41-35.
Washington also wrote a reception of 35 yards in the competition.
He had several explosion games (games of 20 or more yards) both in racing games and passes in each of the first three games of the hogs.
During the season, Washington has a total of 339 melee yards (260 rush and 79 receivers) and four affected (three rush and a receiver) on a total combined of 35 keys (31 races and four receptions).
The team leader of the team, Blake led against Ole Miss with six receptions for 81 yards and a touchdown. His score was the first in the Arkansas match when he came during a reception of 30 yards when Green found him running in the middle of the field, allowing Arkansas to shoot even, 7-7, at the first quarter.
In the season, Blake has 18 receptions for 266 yards and three affected.
Of course, there are more offensive weapons in the ball carrier, the receiver and the tight end available to Petrino who complete the talents and the production of Green, Washington and Blake.
In addition, the Arkansas obtained key contributions and a coherent execution of its offensive line, both in racing and passing games.
Since the current state of the defense of Razorbacks is at best an enigma and at worst on the path of one of the lower units of the dry, it is the offense to remain healthy while continuing to remain consistent in the execution of games to finish transactions with points.
Add limiting turnover, penalties and negative yards to this mixture of important things.
It could become the kind of season for Arkansas that the best team of a shooting wins, which results in Petrino’s troops must find and maintain its A games.
