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What Arkansas football players said about Bobby Petrino at 2024 SEC Media Days
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He wasn’t there in person, but the shadow of Bobby Petrino hung over Arkansas football’s time in the spotlight Thursday at the 2024 SEC Media Days.
Sam Pittman fielded questions about Petrino’s impact during every interview. Pittman brought the former Razorbacks head coach back to Fayetteville this offseason to reignite the offense, but there are other, less obvious reasons Petrino could be a huge boost for the program as the offensive coordinator.
“When I got on the phone with him, his passion about coming back to Arkansas and leaving it a better way than what he did before was very important to him,” Pittman said. “I wanted his expertise in calling plays. I knew that he knew alumni. I knew that could help us in NIL. I knew that he knew our state with our (high school) coaches. I knew that he knew Texas and California. There were so many benefits.”
Pittman also mentioned how he will lean on Petrino’s head coaching experience, just as he did with Barry Odom when he was the Hogs’ defensive coordinator from 2020-22. Odom is now the head coach at UNLV.
The Arkansas players in Dallas were also asked about Petrino’s impact on the program. Here’s what they had to say, with plenty of excitement about the combination of Petrino and Boise State transfer quarterback Taylen Green.
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Quarterback Taylen Green
“He doesn’t even have to say anything. You just have to look at his résumé and turn on the film of the different quarterbacks he had throughout his coaching career and just the development that he has and just the six, seven months that I’ve been, like, coaching – being coached by him, it’s crazy just how much knowledge and how much understanding that I got just from talking to him and just taking everything in.”
Wide receiver Andrew Armstrong
“It’s been great. He’s been helping us with the plays. We playing, we’re trying to be explosive this year. With Taylen Greene coming in, the leader he is – he is (6-foot-7). Looking at him, you can already think he is a leader. He’s been great. Talking with the players, talking with the team has been exciting.”
Defensive end Landon Jackson
“Coach Petrino as a coach just pushes those guys. They’re working. I’m really glad we got him. I feel like Taylen fits great in the offense. He’s the type of quarterback that I feel like every team Coach Petrino has had that’s been very successful, he’s had a quarterback that plays the way Taylen plays. I think that’s one thing I’m really excited to see this season.”
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No. 22 Michigan State (1-0) is hosting No. 14 Arkansas (1-0) on Saturday for what will be a big, early-season litmus test for both teams.
Even though there are plenty of college football games on as well (both the Spartan and Razorback teams are off), that is not stopping this one from getting national attention. All the details on how to watch or listen to MSU’s first nationally televised game of the season can be found below.
Tip-Off: 7 p.m. ET
Channel: FOX
Announcers: Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play), Bill Raftery (analyst)
Lansing: WMMQ (94.9 FM), WJIM (1240 AM)
Detroit: WJR (760 AM)
Grand Rapids: WBFX (101.3 FM)
Other radio stations from around the state of Michigan can be found RIGHT HERE.
Announcers: Will Tieman (play-by-play), Matt Steigenga (analyst), Zach Surdenik (host)
No. 22 Michigan State 80, Colgate 69
MSU looked a bit shaky during its first official game of the season. The Spartans allowed Colgate to actually tie the game up, although only briefly, two times during the second half. Michigan State was able to use a 15-2 run to open up a 17-point lead later in the second half.
Both guard Jeremy Fears Jr. and forward Jaxon Kohler had double-doubles for MSU. Fears did it with 14 points and 10 assists, only turning it over once, and also getting five steals. Kohler led the Spartans with 16 points and 15 rebounds.
No. 14 Arkansas 109, Southern 77
Between Michigan State and the Razorbacks during Game 1, the advantage has to go to Arkansas. The margin of victory is much higher, and Southern is considered to be a better team by both KenPom and Torvik, which are two sites that power-rate every Division I team.
Forward Trevon Brazile led things for the Razorbacks in this one, scoring 25 points and hauling in 11 boards. The Razorbacks also got multiple other 20-point days from their two five-star freshmen: Darius Acuff had 22 points (20 in the first half) as a starter, and Meleek Thomas had 21 points and seven assists off the bench.
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FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas women’s basketball improved to 2-0 after a 101-49 win over UAPB (1-1) on Friday morning inside Bud Walton Arena.
The Hogs hosted their 15th Elementary Day game with nearly 70 schools and over 10,000 students from the Northwest Arkansas area. The crowd of 13,032 is the second largest for women’s basketball in Bud Walton Arena.
First Quarter – 24-13
- Arkansas controlled the tip and Maria Anais Rodriguez scored the first points of the game.
- An and-1 for Taleyah Jones put the Hogs up 7-2 early.
- UAPB cut into the Hogs’ lead with a pair of threes.
- Jenna Lawrence pushed the Arkansas lead to 10 points with back-to-back threes, her first of the season.
- The Hogs ended the period with three straight makes from the field and an 11-point lead
Second Quarter – 44-23
- Lawrence stayed hot with another pair of threes to stay perfect from beyond the arc (4-4) and bring her point total to 15.
- Both teams went on lengthy droughts to end the quarter. The Lions didn’t score for the final 3:11 of the quarter and Arkansas was scoreless in the last 2:11.
- UAPB shot 22.2% from the field in the second quarter and Arkansas extended its lead to 21 points by halftime.
Third Quarter – 77-41
- Emily Robinson opened the quarter with a pair of threes.
- The Hogs went on a 13-2 run over 3:11 and forced a timeout with back-to-back threes from Taleyah Jones and Bonnie Deas .
- The Lions entered another scoring drought 3+ minute scoring drought.
- Lawrence passed her previous career high of 21 with 17 seconds left in the quarter, her fifth three-pointer of the game.
- Arkansas finished the quarter 4-4 from the field and made 8 of its last 9.
Fourth Quarter – 101-49
- The Hogs opened the fourth with another three, this time from Deas, who entered double figures for the second straight game.
- Arkansas’ defense held UAPB to just 8 points in the fourth.
- Freshman Harmonie Ware exploded for 13 points and went 5-5 from the field in the final 10 minutes.
Game Notes
- Lawrence finished with a career high 26 points and tied her career high with 5 threes made.
- Deas picked up her first collegiate double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. She also led the team with six assists.
- Robinson scored in double figures for the second straight game. She had 11 in the opener against Louisiana Tech and finished with 15 against UAPB.
- The Razorbacks’ 15 three pointers were the most in a game since the 2021-22 season, when they had 15 at Alabama on Jan. 20, 2022.
- The Hogs shot nearly 50% from the field (33-68, 49%) compared to UAPB’s 29% mark (19-66).
- Arkansas improved to 14-1 in Elementary Day games and won its 14th straight Elementary Day game.
Up Next
Arkansas will host Central Arkansas on Monday, November 10 at 8:00 p.m. The game will be televised live on SEC Network with Sam Gore (play-by-play) and Tamika Catchings (analyst) on the call.
For more information on Arkansas women’s basketball, follow @RazorbackWBB on social media.
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