fayetteville — After 14 spring practices, the Arkansas Razorbacks will conclude their spring football schedule on Saturday with the annual Spring Red-White Game at noon CT inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. is.
Head coach Sam Pittman publicly unveiled his new team and staff for the first time after undergoing a number of changes following the 2023 season, which finished 4-8 (1-7 SEC) with a 48-14 record. You will be able to show it off at the venue. They lost to No. 10 Missouri.
Since then, Pittman has hired four new on-field assistants: offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino, wide receivers coach Ronnie Fauci, running backs coach Colby Smith and offensive line coach Eric Mateos.
Head Hog told reporters Tuesday that he thinks the team is playing with a harder edge than in previous years. After losing so many close games a year ago, that should be music to Razorback fans' ears.
“We're a physical team and we train physically. Next Saturday, I think we'll be making our fifth tackle to the ground this spring, which is a lot more than we've had in the past,” Pittman said. Told. “That will help us learn a little bit more about our team.”
Arkansas lost 23 players to the transfer portal between the start of the 2023 season and the end of the transfer cycle, resulting in 16 transfers. The team also added 15 scholarship freshmen, 14 of whom were able to participate in spring practice.
“There's a lot of (freshmen) that I like and they're going to be good players for us,” Pittman said. “Jaden (Allen) is a very agile guy, very smart to play the cover corner. That's what he is. His body positioning is very accurate. He knows what's going on with young players. I understand, but it's hard. I wish I could.''If you look at the freshmen who have really stepped up, Braylen Russell would be one of them. There's no doubt in my mind he's going to help us this fall.
“C.J. Brown is also a player that I believe can help us this fall, and after that we're probably missing one or two players, but Selman Bridges is also a player that could do that, Tevis. Metcalf has done a good job, too, but those players. “The thing that stands out to me is that our two young defensive ends are going to be good players. There's enough depth at this point, but I think he'll end up being a good player.”
As for what the Razorbacks have in store for Saturday, Pittman said the team will treat the first half like a regular football game and then change starters at halftime.
“We'll play the red team and the white team will be two-team,” Pittman said. “And once it's half, all we're going to do is take out one team and that's it. And then it's two teams versus the rest of the teams. They're going to be the red team.”
“We score games and things like that, and we give the winners a big breakfast and the losers cereal and things like that, but the important thing is that we get it – and if we do it well, the Red Team will lose.'' “The white team should be the better of the two teams, leading by half. We'll see what happens, but it will give the white team a chance to catch up. That’s what we’re going to do.’ It’s just going to be a game. ”
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