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HawgBeat – Hogs ascend in ESPN Football Power Index despite loss to LSU

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1 year ago

September 24, 2023

HawgBeat – Hogs ascend in ESPN Football Power Index despite loss to LSU

For the fourth straight year, the final score for Arkansas and LSU was decided by three points.

Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson and LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels threw punches back and forth, but the 12th-ranks Tigers came out on top, 34-31.

An impressive first-half defensive performance by the Hogs didn’t last, as LSU gashed Arkansas for 292 total yards in the second half. Eleven penalties and more questionable in-game coaching decisions didn’t help, either.

One of those decisions came at the very end of the game. With under two minutes to go and no timeouts left, Arkansas had the opportunity to allow LSU to score a touchdown instead of letting them bleed the clock to kick a game-winning field goal. Sam Pittman opted to let his defense play, and LSU kicker Damian Ramos won the game as a result.

Following the defeat, the Hogs rose in the rankings for the time this season in one of ESPN’s top predictive metrics for college football.

After suffering a six-point drop to No. 42 after a 38-31 loss to BYU in Week 3, the Razorbacks went up eight spots to No. 34 off the back of the hard-fought loss to LSU in ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) this week.

Head coach Sam Pittman’s squad now has a 5.7-6.3 projected win total with a 54% chance of obtaining six wins during the season. On top of that, Arkansas has just a 0.2% (0.2% decrease from last week) chance of winning the SEC West and a 0.1% chance of the entire SEC, according to the FPI.

After four weeks of football, Arkansas ascended to No. 52 in the country in efficiency rankings after being as high as No. 40 in Week 2, according to ESPN. This includes a 53.4 (No. 55) offensive rating.

The defensive rating fell from 68.1 (No. 44) last week to 62.7 (No. 49) this week. Special teams was the only unit to increase its rating, rising from 51.2 (No. 71) in Week 3 to 56.9 (No. 52) after the LSU game.

Compared to the rest of the SEC, the Razorbacks come in at No. 10 (No. 13 last week) in the FPI just above Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt. The Hogs don’t look worse in the efficiency department, slotting in at No. 12 (No. 11 last week) in the SEC above Mississippi State and Vanderbilt.

While Arkansas likely played its toughest opponent of the season in LSU on Saturday, the Razorbacks still have a daunting three-game stretch away from home coming up with Texas A&M (Arlington, Texas), Ole Miss and Alabama.

Going into a Week 5 matchup against the Texas A&M Aggies — a team that ranks No. 16 in the FPI and No. 18 in efficiency rating (80.4) — the Razorbacks will be facing a high-quality opponent for the second straight week.

Arkansas and Texas A&M are set for an 11:00 a.m. CT kickoff Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. The game will be televised on ESPN or SEC Network.

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Mizzou, Arkansas Official Availability Report Ahead of Week 14 Game

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7 hours ago

November 27, 2024

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Mizzou, Arkansas Official Availability Report Ahead of Week 14 Game

The No. 21 Missouri Tigers enter their final regular season game with the least injury questions than they have had for most other games since the beginning of November.

But, there was a few new additions to the team’s availability report ahead of the Week 14 game against Arkansas. Below is the full availability report for the Tigers and the Arkansas Razorbacks.

This post will be updated throughout the week with new availability reports posted Thursday, Friday and 90 minutes before the 3:15 p.m. kick off.

Missouri Initial Availability Report:

Note: Missouri players with injuries previously reported to be season-ending are not listed on this post.

• DB Shamar McNeil – OUT
• LS Brett Le Blanc – OUT
• OL Logan Reichert – OUT
• RB Kewan Lacy – QUESTIONABLE

True freshman running back Kewan Lacy took one carry against Mississippi State in Week 13 before exiting the game with injury. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz said in the week leading up to that game that he would expect Lacy to see more opportunities going forward.

Le Blanc handles punting long snapping duties for Missouri, while Trey Flint takes care of field goals and extra points. Expect Flint to slide in for Le Blanc Saturday.

Arkansas Initial Availability Report:

• DL Nico Dalliver – OUT
• DB Jaylon Braxton – OUT
• K Kyle Ramsey – OUT
• DL Anton Juncaj – DOUBTFUL
• RB Braylen Russel – QUESTIONABLE
• DB Anthony Switzer – QUESTIONABLE

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Arkansas Children's enhances care with Press Ganey partnership

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14 hours ago

November 27, 2024

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Arkansas Children's enhances care with Press Ganey partnership

The partnership will improve Arkansas Children’s service and care for patients and their families. Credit: Vita Monart/Shutterstock.

Arkansas Children’s, a private, non-profit paediatric care organisation, has partnered with Press Ganey to improve paediatric patient experience.

Beginning 1 January 2025, this collaboration is aimed at bolstering the paediatric care organisation’s commitment to improving service and care for patients and their families.

Arkansas Children’s executive vice-president and chief operating officer Jamie Wiggins said: “We believe that every interaction with our patients is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

“By leveraging Press Ganey’s expertise and industry-leading pediatric benchmarks, we will gain valuable insights that will empower our teams to continuously improve and innovate in delivering compassionate care.”

Press Ganey will offer its patient experience and provider star-rating solutions to help Arkansas Children’s monitor feedback and enhance care quality.

The partnership will enable Arkansas Children’s to leverage Press Ganey’s AI-powered text analytics.

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This will help analyse open-ended feedback from online reviews and post-visit surveys, providing an understanding of patient and family perspectives.

The goal is to gain actionable insights that can further improve the patient experience.

Press Ganey provides experience measurement, data analytics and insights to health systems and caters to more than 65% of all freestanding paediatric hospitals.

This partnership will allow Arkansas Children’s to benefit from shared learning and innovation within Press Ganey’s network of institutions.

Press Ganey CEO and chairman Patrick Ryan said: “Families trust Arkansas Children’s to provide the highest quality care for their children.

“This partnership reflects their dedication to listening to families, responding to their needs, and innovating to create a world-class paediatric healthcare experience.”

Arkansas Children’s network includes two paediatric hospitals, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, a research institute, a USDA nutrition centre, and numerous education and outreach programmes.

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Homicide suspect causes barricade situation in east Arkansas jail

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22 hours ago

November 27, 2024

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Homicide suspect causes barricade situation in east Arkansas jail

PHILLIPS COUNTY, Ark. — A suspect in a Helena-West Helena homicide caused a barricade situation Tuesday as he was being processed in the Phillips County Detention Center.

Authorities said a prisoner who was being processed at the jail was able to get hold of some type of instrument and cause harm to himself.

He barricaded himself in the processing area and pepper spray was used to subdue him.

The prisoner was taken to the local emergency room for treatment. No one else was injured.

Helena-West Helena Police Chief Vincent Bell said he doesn’t know much more about what happened at the jail, but said the inmate is connected to a fatal shooting Tuesday afternoon.

The suspect was being held in connection to an incident where a man was shot dead in the doorway of O’Reilly Auto Parts in West Helena.

The shooting was the result of a disagreement that started in front of a motel, and the victim ran to the front of O’Reilly’s where he was fatally shot.

Chief Bell offered no details on a motive or the name of the victim.

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