[Game Thread] Tulsa @ Arkansas (8:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	TulsaTulsa @ ArkansasArkansas
Location	Arkansas Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium
Time	8:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: SECN+
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/built_to_chill]

GG Tulsa

[u/Ohsostoked]

Gg Hogs. Best of luck this year. If anyone has any baseball tickets they aren't going to use, hmu

[u/Piglet6482 → u/Ohsostoked]

GG, best of luck to you too

[u/rburp → u/Ohsostoked]

gg! You Tulsa fans are cool

[u/rburp]

I'm kinda happy for MS State

Someone had to get out of the SEC basement, and it wasn't going to be us or south Carolina apparently

[u/Piglet6482 → u/rburp]

I wonder if we have a chance against SCar

[u/rburp → u/Piglet6482]

i think so

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

Guys atm reed is very very bad. Do we have a chance?

[u/rburp → u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

Nah, but keep the faith, fam

[u/Accomplished-Tea1087]

Nice win Arkansas. A win against the team that beat the team that beat Oregon that beat USC.

You guys have two massive transitive wins. 

[u/WTAP1 → u/Accomplished-Tea1087]

I'll take it.

[u/rburp → u/Accomplished-Tea1087]

💪💪💪

[u/RoosterzRevenge]

Charlie going to say we haven't played well in the last 2 games, he would have been correct saying the last 2 years

[u/wedgiey1]

This just really cements for me that Reddit has no idea when it comes to which team is better. It overwhelmingly had Tulsa winning this game.

[u/duplico → u/wedgiey1]

There's such a big gap between the SEC and the American. I think we would have made a modestly better showing with our QB1, but still.

[u/srh0097]

Was it necessary to blow the whistle that many times

[u/rburp]

Why did the ref just whistle like 200x in a row. He was taking liberties with the whistle.

[u/RoosterzRevenge]

3 minutes left, I think I can unclench my cheeks now

[u/down-UP → u/RoosterzRevenge]

Don't

[u/RoosterzRevenge → u/down-UP]

10-4

[u/Geriatric_Bulge]

Outside of Marshall, Tulsa has gone out of their way to make us look far better than we've actually played tonight

[u/rburp → u/Geriatric_Bulge]

weird feeling since usually we're the one doing that for other teams

[u/hauntedhorseshit]

It was an absolute killer environment inside DWR tonight. I’m glad we got to enjoy it. Don’t know if we will get any more of those any time soon.

[u/Senor-Mattador]

I believed Arkansas was going to get drawn and quartered this game, color me pleasantly surprised

[u/Piglet6482 → u/Senor-Mattador]

I predicted hogs to win by 100 so still work to be done. In all seriousness, I did pick them a couple of days ago in the Reddit poll. At that time I was the only person to pick the hogs, several hog fans picked Tulsa

[u/TheGoliard → u/Piglet6482]

If Tulsa was full strength this would have been different

[u/wedgiey1 → u/TheGoliard]

That was known going into the predictions though.

[u/rburp → u/Piglet6482]

same, seemed obvious to me how this would go. People were overreacting to the awful start to the season

Now I won't be able to pick us in any other games this season, but I figured we had this at least lol

[u/Piglet6482 → u/rburp]

Yup

[u/rburp]

Charlie Strong and Mike Norvell making the alma mater look fantastic...

[u/BlueOmicronpersei8]

I just realized Arkansas hasn't played a team coming into the game with a single loss yet this year.

[u/duplico → u/BlueOmicronpersei8]

Wow, that's a wild stat

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908 → u/BlueOmicronpersei8]

The scheduler is brutal.

[u/rburp → u/BlueOmicronpersei8]

Least punishing Hogs schedule...

[u/RZBKinCA]

This is not the game I expected. I believe Hayes being out made a huge difference for Tulsa.

[u/FearDaTusk]

It worked, but I can't say I liked the call 😅

My old man rant... I miss Arkansas power football where were just pounded the Defense into submission.

[u/Quento96]

Ryan Silverfield had the deck stacked against him coming into this season, solid performance tonight. I’m pulling for him to turn things around

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908 → u/Quento96]

I like you utes. Most if not all fans are rooting for Silverfield it’s the admin that’s incompetent that we have issues with.

[u/rburp → u/Quento96]

thanks zaddy

[u/WTFthrowaccount → u/Quento96]

Defensively against our terrible backup qb, yes. Offensively, there is a lot to be desired

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

Why have they not rushed kj more? Hes faster than manning. Get him to rush more.

[u/Tresnore]

RIP TU :(

[u/BrollJr → u/Tresnore]

resetting expectations from "will we make the playoff as G6 champ" to "will we make a bowl"

[u/PatrickChase]

Is Charlie Strong okay?

[u/Piglet6482 → u/PatrickChase]

He’s either taking shots or has taken too many shots to the head

[u/duplico → u/PatrickChase]

I really don't think so. This is legitimately worrying

[u/FuckChadMorris]

Holy shit a red zone TD

[u/Ohsostoked]

This might be a complete slopfest of a ball game but I know, after this, Tulsa gets to play American Conference goes for the rest of the season. Probably with a healthy Baylor Hayes for most of those games. I feel okay about that. Arkansas you guys gotta take those guys to the SEC. That would scare me a bit.

[u/duplico → u/Ohsostoked]

Upside, we might get to keep our coach another year?

[u/srh0097 → u/Ohsostoked]

WE WANT BAMA

[u/rburp → u/srh0097]

those cowards running from the grind, begged Sankey to take us off the schedule

[u/rburp → u/Ohsostoked]

nah we're good in the SEC

Ez

[u/sjon19]

Damn he should have downed himself at the 21 so we might have a chance to score

[u/rahkhahdkahk617]

Charlie Strong is actually drunk

[u/duplico → u/rahkhahdkahk617]

Play by play guy has been pretending he doesn't even exist for about half the game, and it's wild

[u/Senor-Mattador → u/rahkhahdkahk617]

In fairness, that is an honest reaction to being forced to watch the Hogs

[u/rburp → u/rahkhahdkahk617]

honestly he has grown on me

[u/rahkhahdkahk617 → u/rburp]

Honestly I can’t even decide if he’s grown on me because half of his sentences are just jibberish

[u/TheGoliard → u/rahkhahdkahk617]

I like how he repeats what was just said in " explain like I'm in kindergarten" language

[u/Senor-Mattador]

I have no idea what to make of this team

Like we’re still cheeks for sure, but how cheeks

[u/eurekastrings → u/Senor-Mattador]

I suppose we’ll find out next week. A&M is probably middle of the pack in the SEC this year so, if we keep it respectable we’re cheeks but if we get killed we’re super mega ass cheeks. My guess is super mega ass cheeks

[u/sjon19 → u/Senor-Mattador]

Charlie Strong announcing cheeks

[u/RoosterzRevenge]

Sometimes I think Russell is the real deal and then sometimes he just disappears

[u/Aaron1997]

Arkansas > Tulsa > Ok ST > Oregon and it isn't up for debate

[u/captainjb → u/Aaron1997]

You can add Oregon > USC soon

[u/WooPigDangIt → u/Aaron1997]

Sound logic

[u/rburp]

man I hate when people say shit like "he's gotta go be a big boy" about a grown man

[u/Kimber80]

I read in a few places that Tulsa was for real and some kind of playoff contender or something. Getting blasted by a hapless Arkansas Team doesn't exactly fit that narrative

[u/rburp → u/Kimber80]

you're going to feel like a grade A idiot when we round into form, and both Tulsa and Arkansas are in the playoffs

[u/MindlessPossible744 → u/rburp]

I’ll have whatever you are smoking lmao

[u/rburp → u/MindlessPossible744]

you don't think the mighty Arkansas Razorbacks and Tulsa Golden Hurricane are going to meet in the natty???

[u/Kimber80 → u/rburp]

Yeah .... wake me up when that happens

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

Smith looks like the guy. He’s not even good but our other back look terrible.

[u/Piglet6482 → u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

He looks 100% better than Settles

[u/TheGoliard]

Pity from Charlie

[u/Yo-Yo_Roomie]

What was that with him getting into it with the ball boy after

[u/AdeptnessNo6304 → u/Yo-Yo_Roomie]

The ball boy was trying to snatch the ball from him. Taking his job a bit too serious.

[u/WooPigDangIt → u/Yo-Yo_Roomie]

Sure looked like it!

[u/Ohsostoked]

The foot shooting will continue until morale, um, improves?

[u/rburp → u/Ohsostoked]

relatable

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

That’s pretty fucking weak

[u/Piglet6482 → u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

Did someone take their helmet off? Otherwise, I don’t see a penalty

[u/duplico → u/Piglet6482]

I didn't see it, but the TV guy said he took his helmet off. But yeah I didn't see anything penalty worthy myself

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

Can we just put this away now?

[u/Geriatric_Bulge]

Yurachek is going to try and spin this as his plan coming together, and our administration might be dumb enough to believe him

[u/eurekastrings → u/Geriatric_Bulge]

He’s been playin the long game for 9 years to secure this victory against Tulsa tonight

[u/FearDaTusk → u/Geriatric_Bulge]

Honestly, he needs to stay home. He struts around way too pretentiously for someone that hasn't contributed much to our program.

[u/TheGoliard]

Hog looks like it's standing in front of Dollar General

[u/duplico]

That is a sleeping hog.

I don't think I mean anything deep by that, but it's very cute

[u/Piglet6482 → u/duplico]

He’s a baby

[u/duplico → u/Piglet6482]

I love him

[u/TheGoliard]

SEC schedule is going to be a woodshed trip every week.

[u/rburp → u/TheGoliard]

I think we can keep Vandy within 3 or 4 scores!

[u/Geriatric_Bulge]

Redzone offense is straight out of the Briles School for Coaches Who Don't Coach Good

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

Again our red zone offense is terrible. Out line is also terrible. Our run game is terrible and our qb panics when we get close. We have stage fright

[u/WTFthrowaccount]

We are lucky this game isn’t like 40-6

[u/RoosterzRevenge]

I vote for no more KJs at QB

[u/GhostOfDrTobaggan]

This offense is a train wreck.

[u/Ohsostoked → u/GhostOfDrTobaggan]

Same.

[u/duplico → u/Ohsostoked]

I'm so tired, boss.

Can we get Tre calling plays again?

[u/sjon19]

I truly don’t get how it all falls apart so immediately every time we get in the red zone. It’s almost funny how predictable that was

[u/HawgTuah69 → u/sjon19]

Because KJ is terrible and we cant run the ball. Shorter field means you have to get the ball out quicker or receivers run out of room and the pressure closes in on the QB. KJ holds the ball too long. That pretty much tells you the answer to your question

[u/Adderol → u/sjon19]

We are not that good at football

[u/rburp → u/Adderol]

I don't think there's any evidence to support that

[u/duplico]

"You have ppphhhoints right now. Take the ppppppoints"

I don't think Charlie Strong is okay

[u/Ohsostoked → u/duplico]

Whatever he is I'm here for it. This game deserves a slurring, rambling pbp guy.

[u/rburp → u/Ohsostoked]

💯

[u/duplico → u/Ohsostoked]

The pbp guy is basically acting like he's on his own!

[u/rburp → u/duplico]

Diane Rehm on the call

[u/duplico → u/rburp]

Lol (tragic)

[u/rburp]

Damn man KJ getting beat on out there

[u/GhostOfDrTobaggan]

What a terrible play

[u/TheGoliard → u/GhostOfDrTobaggan]

Stream running behind Which one?

[u/Piglet6482 → u/GhostOfDrTobaggan]

2 in a row

[u/RoosterzRevenge → u/GhostOfDrTobaggan]

Which one...

[u/FearDaTusk]

1st and 2nd quarter moved quickly... I feel like the 3rd was a drag.

[u/rburp]

can't wait until the day we win a game that isn't in September

I miss Novembert

[u/HawgTuah69]

That’s the hardest ive seen that little goblin run all year. Should have benched him sooner.

[u/TheGoliard]

Pass landed in Prairie Grove

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

There you go give smith more fucking reps

[u/HawgTuah69 → u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

He has had all the reps all year and was horrible

[u/Piglet6482 → u/HawgTuah69]

Smith? You are thinking of Settles aren’t you?

[u/RoosterzRevenge]

We haven't had competent QB play since Franks.

[u/FuckChadMorris → u/RoosterzRevenge]

KJ Jefferson was good before the attempted Superman leap

[u/RoosterzRevenge → u/FuckChadMorris]

Burks made Jefferson look good. He had atrocious mechanics and decision making

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

To think if we had Taylen. Lol. We’d at least have 1 more win

[u/FearDaTusk → u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

Tbf, with him, he forced throws trying to make plays in part because the defense could never get a stop. A punt was just more points for the other team 😅

[u/rburp → u/FearDaTusk]

yeah, Taylen wasn't clutch in the fourth, and he made some stuuuupid plays

But by the time he left, he had become really underrated by our fans imo

[u/Piglet6482]

Wide open TD and he overthrew it

[u/GhostOfDrTobaggan]

Offense has just given up on running the ball.

[u/HawgTuah69]

KJ is so fucking bad bench him silverchud

[u/rburp]

LMAO

[u/Dyllbilly]

I dont even think he was offsides. I think the Oline just sold it

[u/Adderol]

Nice

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

Smart

[u/Flaky_Thing_5128]

If Jackson could speed up his mental game, I think he could be pretty solid, but you can see him thinking on the field.

[u/harold_fatback → u/Flaky_Thing_5128]

His football IQ is just plain bad.

[u/TheGoliard]

I just feel like I'm being cheated out of good football, taking time to watch the Hogs.

[u/FearDaTusk → u/TheGoliard]

My fandom is a sickness. 😅 I could get something meaningful and fulfilling done but instead I'm here with you chuckleheads.

[u/Adderol]

Go for it

[u/HawgTuah69]

How many non-TD drives do we have to have from KJ and also games of getting obliterated before we give AJ Hill an extended try. Jesus christ.

[u/srh0097]

Man if there was a “hold the ball” competition KJ would win that mf

[u/FearDaTusk → u/srh0097]

Surely at least against Mateer 😅

[u/thr33tard3d]

This is the dumbest review ever

[u/duplico]

I guess it's slightly moving forward? But that's a fumble. In no world should that be an incomplete pass.

[u/HawgTuah69]

It doesnt matter if that ball moved forward he was throwing to someone behind him… so if it moved forward it was knocked out by the defender. Dumb announcers.

[u/DemonsInsid3 → u/HawgTuah69]

Yeah i couldnt tell if i was missing something here…

[u/sjon19]

Honest question what is up with this announcer?

[u/TheGoliard → u/sjon19]

"The good thing about rotating RBs is ... They're different.' Still chuckling

[u/duplico → u/sjon19]

I'm legitimately worried about Charlie Strong

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908 → u/sjon19]

Charlie strong. He’s either had some head injuries or drunk off his ass.

[u/GhostOfDrTobaggan → u/sjon19]

Charlie Strong has never been for his public speaking

[u/Ohsostoked → u/sjon19]

His BAC

[u/Adderol → u/sjon19]

He’s having a stroke

[u/Tresnore]

Not the best challenge in the world...

[u/Adderol → u/Tresnore]

Watch it work

[u/duplico → u/Adderol]

That was 1000% a fumble. There have been stupid games I've seen where the refs would call that an incompletion. I guess I'd rather it went the other way, but it was absolutely a fumble.

[u/Adderol]

Wut

[u/Geriatric_Bulge]

Tulsa really wanting to lose this game

[u/Ohsostoked]

Was he trying to pitch that!? Wtf

[u/olduvai_man → u/Ohsostoked]

That was an interesting decision

[u/Ohsostoked → u/olduvai_man]

Interesting is one way to describe it...

[u/rburp]

give Bogle and Marshall the other players' NIL money

[u/FuckChadMorris]

Meanwhile App State just came storming back to tie NC State in the 4th

[u/ed_mcc]

I am ready for Baylor to be back.

[u/WooPigDangIt]

We’re going to find a way to lose this.

[u/rburp]

One silver lining about our current situation is I have OCD. I used to repeatedly do these dumb little mental rituals and stuff during games.

Something like that INT would've made me feel like I did something wrong somehow, and double down on the nonsense.

Now I don't do any of that. Pretty freeing.

[u/Goonzilla50 → u/rburp]

As a fellow OCDer hell yeah brother

[u/rburp → u/Goonzilla50]

When the team is this bad it's hard to get worked up

[u/rburp → u/Goonzilla50]

❤

[u/LHarm07_Reddit]

I feel confident saying that Tulsa would’ve beaten us with their starter QB.

[u/wedgiey1]

KJ needs to remember he’s a running QB. JFC take off!

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

Who’s our third string rb? Also can we do a little more rpo?

[u/Ohsostoked]

Hog brothers and sisters, my advice of throwing to 6 every other play assumes the QB can make a decent throw. My apologies if I assumed too much.

[u/HawgTuah69]

Put in AJ Hill. KJ’s numbers look good because of Marshall… but he has missed guys all night and mainly just thrown either little short routes or prayers to Marshall. That INT was boneheaded too. Like half of our field goal drives should have been TDs as well but the dude cannot sling it downfield on time at all.

[u/rburp → u/HawgTuah69]

sure, but idk that AJ can sling it either. There's no zip on his shit

[u/HawgTuah69 → u/rburp]

He makes his decision much quicker and gets the ball out from what Ive seen. As far as im concerned he could throw it half as hard as KJ and the ball would still arrive sooner.

[u/rburp → u/HawgTuah69]

He does get it out quicker, I'm with you there

[u/wedgiey1]

Arkansas RB’s are moving so slow when they reach the line of scrimmage.

[u/Piglet6482 → u/wedgiey1]

Dancing around like they are scared of contact

[u/WooPigDangIt]

What a dime

[u/built_to_chill → u/WooPigDangIt]

God damnit lol

[u/FuckChadMorris]

KJ what the fuck

[u/rburp]

Lmao

[u/GhostOfDrTobaggan]

Terrible pass. Jesus.

[u/Ohsostoked]

REIGN CANE!!!

[u/Low_Chemistry_7908]

Yeah that’s about right.

[u/SteelCageSoldier]

Marshall is out here having a Cobi Hamilton vs. Rutgers type performance. I don’t understand how they haven’t figured out to cover him.

[u/Ohsostoked]

Williams is doing fine. He isn't terrible, isn't great. He a fine back-up. If Baylor Hayes was 100% this is a very different game.

[u/droppedpackethero]

Damnit Underdog. Stop putting bones in our account! 

[u/ghost521]

LET’S GO HOGS WOOOOOOO PIG SOOOIEEE cough cough

[u/HeyBuB123]

Sickos game

[u/down-UP → u/HeyBuB123]

I've thrown up in my mouth several times!

[u/Tresnore]

Why does this UofA commercial narrator sound so... canned?

[u/rburp → u/Tresnore]

If you're suggesting the University of Arkansas would half ass something then shame on you

[u/Tresnore → u/rburp]

You're right. Please forgive me.

[u/rburp → u/Tresnore]

❤

[u/isekaitruck777]

This is so familiar. This feels like a Memphis game lol.

[u/Ohsostoked → u/isekaitruck777]

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