The college football season is now in its final week of the regular season. With that, Rivalry Week is upon fans around the country. That means a renewal of the Battle Line Rivalry between the Missouri Tigers and the Arkansas Razorbacks.
A once promising season for Missouri has largely sizzled out amid injury issues. Now sitting at 7-4, the Tigers are on the outside looking in at the College Football Playoff conversation. Still, there’s plenty to play for in a rivalry and with a bowl game to come. On the other side, the season is coming to an end for Arkansas. It was a long year for the Razorbacks, moving on from head coach Sam Pittman and not winning a game since September 6th. In their case, most of the focus is now off the field and on the coaching search, though they would love to finish the season with a win.
Every week in the days leading up to an SEC conference game, teams release availability reports for their teams. Here’s the latest update, which came out on Thanksgiving Day, from both Arkansas and Missouri.
Arkansas Razorbacks
Missouri Tigers
The best note that Arkansas has had all week is that star quarterback Taylen Green did not appear on the report at all. He’d previously been dealing with some health concerns, but it looks like he’s all set now. That’s after interim head coach Bobby Petrino previously was tentative to share the plan for Green.
Arkansas will need Green too. Beyond him, the Razorbacks have several injuries to the offense. That includes a pair of wide receivers who have already been ruled out. In turn, that’s going to make the status of Andy Jean that much more interesting after initially being ruled questionable. Running back is also an interesting point of concern, with Braylen Russell questionable.
Missouri doesn’t have the same list of injury issues after quarterback Beau Pribula returned from injury a week ago. Prior to that, there had been concerns that the Tigers would finish the season with their third-string quarterback, though. Still, there’s time for things to change for the Tigers before kickoff.
Missouri is coming off a tough loss to Oklahoma a week ago. That made for three losses in their last four games amid the injury and return from injury for Beau Pribula. That’s still a better spot than Arkansas finds itself after losing eight straight games, including every SEC game they’ve played so far this season.
Arkansas is set to host Missouri for this rivalry game on Saturday, November 29th. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST.
