Arkansas
Sam Pittman details plans for Arkansas’ mock game
Sam Pittman on Thursday discussed details of Arkansas’ mock game as the Razorbacks make final preparations for their season opener against Western Carolina on Sept. 2.
The team will simulate a gameday experience as closely as possible, including a pregame meal.
“Now we’re not going to do it four hours before the game, but we will do everything from pre-game meal and how we do that to the Hog Walk to running through the ‘A’ to where do we sit to a bunch of substitutions,” Pittman said, per 247Sports. “We’ll go through goal line and make sure we have the goal line out there.”
The goal, per Pittman, is to “tak[e] the stress out of the kids” for when an actual game rolls around. During the mock game, the team will also announce its captains for 2023.
“It’s almost like a subscript. A little more physical than a subscript would be on a Friday afternoon,” said Pittman. “In other words, nobody will get taped and things like that tomorrow. It’ll be more mental than it will physical and showing them from the beginning to the end to everything of what a game day is all about.”