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Hogs’ in Trouble Saturday if Quarterback Lacks Confidence
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Two quarterbacks currently on the opposite ends of the spectrum will face off at Razorback Stadium Saturday night with Tennessee’s undefeated season on the line.
Volunteers’ star quarterback Nico Iamaleava has been on a tear for much of the season as a redshirt freshman completing 61-of-88 passes for 892 yards, seven touchdowns and two interceptions. The 6-foot-6, 215 pound passer has benefited from a dominant run game that averages 290 yards per game which leads the SEC and is No. 4 nationally.
Since starting off white hot against FCS Chattanooga when he passed for 314 yards in the first half, Iamaleava hasn’t been nearly as efficient. He hasn’t passed for more than 211 yards in a game while facing a Razorbacks pass defense ranks No. 9 in league play giving up 224 yards per game.
“[Nico Iamaleava] is really good, mature,” Arkansas coach Sam Pittman said Monday. “It’s just like Marcel Reed. Reed did what he needed to do. He didn’t turn the football over. I’m not comparing them, I’m saying Nico is that — he does what he needs to do. He’s got a lot of opportunity to shine in his offense, he doesn’t make mistakes and then he does it at a high, high, high level. He’s scary because he’s not going to make mistakes and he’s going to run the offense to a perfection. For a young guy like that, he’s just really impressive.”
Pittman mentioned that Oklahoma coach Brent Venables implemented an impressive game plan that slowed down the Volunteers humming offensive attack. The Sooners’ defense limited Tennessee to 25 points and two touchdowns in Norman two weeks ago after averaging nearly 64 points per game prior.
“I thought it was a great game plan, but as I say, once Tennessee got ahead there, they went primarily to running the football,” Pittman said. “They were ahead. They thought their defense was playing well. I think Oklahoma was struggling a little bit offensively and a lot of that was because Tennessee is really good on defense. Yes, there’s certainly things that we looked at that Coach Venables and his staff that he did there that are intriguing.”
Much of Oklahoma’s game plan was to keep Iamaleava uncomfortable and out of rhythm in the passing game. In 25 pressured dropbacks this season, he has completed only 4-of-11 passes for 37 yards and interception along with five sacks.
The Razorbacks are a disruptive bunch when able to get into the backfield with 10 sacks and 26 tackles for loss. The plan against the Aggies’ Marcel Reed was to keep pressure on him to moderate success finishing with three sacks, but only one hurry.
Arkansas’ quarterback situation isn’t in too good of a spot with Taylen Green’s lack of confidence. Pittman and offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino need to figure out exactly what Green needs or it could be another long night at home.
“I think we’ve had so many pressures that we’ve got a lot of problems, we’ve got a confidence problem,” Pittman said. “We have a quarterback that’s not confident. There’s times when he can stand in the pocket that there is one there. There’s times when he stays in the pocket and he gets hit. So probably in between. And we tried a lot of quick passing game as well.”
There may be an opportunity for Green to have a little more time in the pocket compared to recent weeks as Tennessee doesn’t get to the quarterback as often. The Volunteers front has only recorded seven sacks on the season (No. 15 SEC), but have been active in tackles for loss with 31 (No. 7 SEC).
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No. 6 GymDogs, No. 10 Arkansas Clash Friday in Fayetteville – University of Georgia Athletics
at No. 10 Arkansas (2-2, 1-1)
Date: Friday, Feb.6
Start Time: 7 p.m. ET
Location: Fayetteville, Ark.
Arena: Bud Walton Arena
Media Information
TV: SEC Network
Play-by-play: Alex Perlman
Analyst: Anastasia Webb
Streaming: ESPN app
Live Stats: GeorgiaDogs.com
Twitter/X: @UGAGymnastics
The Warm-Up Period
No. 6 Georgia Gymnastics travels to Fayetteville, Arkansas for a top-10 matchup against No. 10 Arkansas on Friday, Feb. 6. Friday’s meet will air on SEC Network and will begin at 7 p.m. ET live from Bud Walton Arena.
Follow the Bulldogs
– Friday’s meet will air live on SEC Network. Alex Perlman (play-by-play) and Anastasia Webb (analysis) will be on the call.
– Friday’s meet can be streamed live on ESPN.com and the ESPN app.
– Live results links, provided by Virtius, can be found on the gymnastics schedule on GeorgiaDogs.com.
– Twitter/X updates will be available all season long on the official page of the Bulldogs, @UGAgymnastics.
BULLDOGS BULLETIN
Series History
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– Georgia leads the all-time series 38-12-1
– The GymDogs are 6-4 in Fayetteville in the series
– Georgia’s 197.125-197.050 win in Athens last season snapped a six-loss streak to Arkansas in the head-to-head
– The last win Georgia had in Fayetteville was Feb. 25, 2022 (196.975-196.100); before that, it was Jan. 15, 2016
A Look at What’s Ahead
The GymDogs travel to Fort Worth, Texas for the Metroplex Challenge on Saturday, Feb. 14. Georgia will take on No. 9 Stanford, No. 20 Cal, and Air Force at the Fort Worth Convention Center beginning at 8:15 p.m. ET.
Recapping the Last Meet
Georgia earned a 197.550-196.050 victory over No. 11 Auburn on Sunday at Stegeman Coliseum, highlighted by multiple season highs and event titles across all four rotations. Freshman CaMarah Williams was the highlight of the meet, winning the event titles on vault (9.950), beam (9.950), and a share of the floor title with Lily Smith (9.975), who claimed the bars title in the competition (9.950). In total, the GymDogs recorded a season-best nine scores of 9.900 or better and season high event scores on vault (49.475) and floor (49.600) en route to the Bulldogs’ second SEC win of the season.
CaMarah Williams Earns SEC Freshman of the Week Status
Freshman gymnast CaMarah Williams was selected as the SEC Freshman of the Week on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Williams delivered strong performances for the Bulldogs last weekend at Stegeman Coliseum, helping Georgia earn victories over four opponents. Williams claimed four event titles across the two meets, three of them coming on Sunday against No. 11 Auburn. She posted season highs on vault (9.950), beam (9.950), and floor (9.975), sweeping the event crowns. In Friday’s Quad Meet, Williams earned a 9.875 on vault to capture the title, added a 9.900 on beam to tie for third and recorded a 9.950 on floor to finish second.
Smith Scores First Perfect 10 on Floor
Junior Lily Smith scored her first perfect 10 on floor on Jan. 30 in the Georgia Quad Meet. She is the first GymDog to score a perfect 10 this season and the first since her perfect 10 on bars on Jan. 20, 2024. Her performance is the 60th perfect 10 on floor in Georgia history, the first since Rachel Baumann on Jan. 21, 2002, and the 174th perfect 10 in Georgia gymnastics history. Her 10.0 came after setting a new career-best 9.975 on beam.
Williams Clicking Early
Despite just arriving on campus in December, freshman CaMarah Williams is already a huge contributor to the GymDog lineup. She’s scored a 9.900 or better in all five floor routines, has improved week-to-week on vault, and owns a 9.900 and 9.950 in two beam routines. The Kansas City native holds five event titles to her name this season, three of which were won in the meet against Auburn on Feb. 1, and ranks third nationally with a floor average of 9.975 and seventh on beam with a 9.950 average. She’s has the second-most scores of 9.900 or better on the team with eight.
GymDogs in the Rankings
The GymDogs check in at No. 6 in the country in the Week 5 Road to Nationals rankings with a 197.675 team average. Georgia holds the top spot in the nation on floor (49.530) and is seventh on bars (49.295) and vault (49.225) and 11th on beam (49.210). The Bulldogs have risen in the rankings each week on vault, bars, and floor. Individually, a pair of Bulldogs appear in the top five nationally on floor (Lily Smith, CaMarah Williams) while Williams and Holly Snyder are seventh on beam.
The Sky’s the Limit on the Floor
The GymDogs hold the nation’s top spot on the floor exercise with a 49.530 event average. In 36 routines this season, Georgia has 14 scores of 9.900 or better. Lily Smith ranks first nationally with an average of 9.965 and has won the event in every meet, while CaMarah Williams ranks third (9.940). Georgia has not recorded a score below 9.800 on floor this season.
Defending Our Home Floor
Georgia holds a 9-1 record at Stegeman Coliseum in the Canqueteau-Landi/Roberts era. The GymDogs went 4-1 at home in 2025 and opened the home schedule in 2026 with an upset of No. 2 LSU. In eight home meets, Georgia has averaged a team score of 197.316 in front of an average of 8,828 fans. Georgia’s home score average in 2026 is 197.475.
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — It might seem hard to believe but much of Arkansas is dealing with severe to extreme drought conditions.
It is especially problematic as the growing season approaches.
Large portions of the state are experiencing dry conditions… creating added stress for farmers in a challenging agricultural economy.
Those challenges were front and center today in Harrisburg at the annual Arkansas Rice Meeting, where farmers, lawmakers, and industry leaders gathered to discuss solutions.
Governor Sanders told the crowd her administration is working hard to help farmers through hard times.
“I know that the last year was one of the most difficult in recent memory for our entire ag industry,” said Sanders.
“I know many of you are talking with lenders right now, trying to figure out how you are going to get seed in the ground for the next year. I’m here today to let you know you are not forgotten.”
During the speech, she spoke about the income tax exemption for farmers.
Disaster relief payments were approved late last year in The Natural State along with other national aid.
BENTON CO., Ark. (KATV) — A Missouri woman pleaded guilty to state charges in the murder of a Benton County woman and her unborn child on Wednesday.
Judge Brad Karren accepted Waterman’s plea of guilty on two counts of capital murder during a court hearing, our ABC affiliate 40/29 News reported.
As part of her plea agreement, Waterman was required to provide more information to prosecutors and investigators to fill in the gaps with their investigation.
Law enforcement says Waterman lured 33-year-old Ashley Bush to a fake job interview in October 2022, where she shot her, cut the baby from her womb, and tried to burn her body in Missouri. The Department of Justice said Waterman planned to claim Bush’s baby as her own.
Waterman has been sentenced to two counts of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The sentences will be served consecutively, after her federal sentence.
Bush’s family read impact statements during the hearing, 40/29 News reported.
“We are showing Amber Waterman the mercy she never showed Ashley or Valkyrie”, Bush’s cousin, Lainey Boone, said. Waterman chose not to speak during the hearing.
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