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Posted on 8/7/15 at 10:55 am to sugatowng
Posted on 8/7/15 at 10:55 am to sugatowng
The Boz.
The most badass player in your squad got the honor of wearing 44.
Typically your fastest strongest toughest guys were MLB that could cover the field, stick a ball carrier., fend off OL, and lay heavy hits on tackles.
44 was a guy that was kinda crazy too and had a trigger temper and loved to fight and was a bit of a bully.
44's are dudes that you get an uneasy feel when they walk in the room because if they wanted to they could clean house just to do it.
The most badass player in your squad got the honor of wearing 44.
Typically your fastest strongest toughest guys were MLB that could cover the field, stick a ball carrier., fend off OL, and lay heavy hits on tackles.
44 was a guy that was kinda crazy too and had a trigger temper and loved to fight and was a bit of a bully.
44's are dudes that you get an uneasy feel when they walk in the room because if they wanted to they could clean house just to do it.
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Posted on 8/7/15 at 11:43 am to CtotheVrzrbck
Is Edwards back on the team? With Hatcher, Reed and Edwards we will have a legit WR group.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 11:48 am to CtotheVrzrbck
Ahhhhh...My mind went straight to here:
Posted on 8/7/15 at 12:02 pm to Person of interest
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Is Edwards back on the team? With Hatcher, Reed and Edwards we will have a legit WR group.
He is. Had an awesome one-handed catch yesterday, though it was uncontested. He could be a difference maker with his height/speed combo for sure.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 12:17 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
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The most badass player in your squad got the honor of wearing 44.
Thanks, I appreciate it.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 2:00 pm to sugatowng
Loved Riggins! He's bonafide badass.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 4:20 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
Posted on 8/7/15 at 4:20 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
I'm a Skins fan....takes me back to watching with my dad. Good times.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 4:31 pm to The Program
Posted on 8/7/15 at 4:39 pm to TheCheshireHog
Having to reel myself in from getting over hyped, got the feel goods about this season. Gonna be a long arse month. 
Posted on 8/7/15 at 4:53 pm to TheCheshireHog
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Free Scout article
Says 'Premium Content' when I go there...
Posted on 8/7/15 at 5:02 pm to WonderWartHawg
Yeah. Free my arse.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 5:25 pm to ocelot4ark
I read it and I don't have a sub
This post was edited on 8/7/15 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 8/7/15 at 5:36 pm to WonderWartHawg
That's weird. I don't have a Scout membership and I could read it. 
Here's the text though:
There's been a common question about Arkansas football this summer after players discussed the new Dan Enos offense during spring drills and in summer media blitzes like SEC Media Days. What is a run tag?
Quarterback Brandon Allen mentioned it to me early in spring practice. Running back Jonathan Williams brought it up a couple of days later. Both were in love with the tweak to the offense from Enos, the new playcaller and quarterbacks coach added by head coach Bret Bielema in the offense.
One of the main challenges Bielema gave his new coordinator was to upgrade the passing game. The obvious thought, defenses were packing the box against the potent Arkansas running game. That may be tougher to do successfully after Enos gave the quarterbacks the run tags.
I have explained it several times. I was convinced that they were something akin to a double play called in the huddle, kind of a preset audible that could offset an over shifted defense. I figured it was time to double check with Allen after practice Thursday.
I was pretty close. It wasn't exactly an audible, but a pass play set with a particular run to get the Hogs out of a stacked look.
“It was in the Central Michigan offense that Coach Enos brought to us,” Allen said. “You could see that it got them out of some situations in certain plays. It's just a pass play tagged to the run.”
And, there was confirmation that the backs love them, even though they are checks out of running plays.
“Oh, they do,” Allen said. “They know that they are going to get some passes out of them and so are the wide receivers. It just is a way to keep a defense from putting nine in the box against us.”
It's the very reason that Williams thinks that if defenses load the box, Allen will “pass for 350 yards. I know he will. We've got those run tags.”
The Hogs are billed as a power offense. This might be the year they look like a balanced offense. Yes, they are still going to pound with that big offensive line and a talented and deep set of running backs.
Kody Walker is going to be a big part of that set of running backs. I'm reminded of a conversation I had last spring with Dean Campbell, now a high school coach in Austin, Texas. He was on Bobby Petrino's operational staff for two years, helping with recruiting.
I was checking on Campbell. Among the questions he had for me about what was going on with the Hogs, where did Walker fit in the 2015 plans. He thought he would be a star when the Hogs were recruiting him as a young player at Jefferson City, Mo. Campbell is not surprised that Walker is about to help in a bigger way.
I write about Walker because it's exactly the kind of pass that he fumbled at the goal line against Alabama last year that can make a big difference to this offense in 2015. I expect more of that kind of options for Allen. I bet Walker and the rest of the backs score on those plays this season.
I've had questions about Walker's role after the spring when Bielema listed him as even with Alex Collins on the depth chart at running back. There was more talk about Walker when the NCAA gave him a sixth year of eligibility. He's now a junior.
Enos laughs about the way the backs begged for passes last spring after they saw the offense. Walker, Collins and Walker were constantly in his ear for those kind of calls.
“They tell me they can catch it,” Enos said in the spring. “We are going to find out because we will throw to them.”
Everyone raved about Dominique Reed's speed after practice Thursday. You could see it in the early drills that were open to the media. He's a skinny dude. But in the modern lingo reserved for a difference maker warranted high praise, he does appear to be a dude.
I am guessing there might be a run tag with Reed's number on it, if that's how they do it. For those prepared to memorize numbers, Reed has 87.
Allen mentioned Reed's ability to pick up the offense on Thursday. He also noted that there are nine tight ends in camp as part of the NCAA's allotment of 105 before the start of class.
I can never remember there being nine tight ends on any Arkansas roster. The numbers of the three scholarship freshmen are worth learning. That's Austin Cantrell (44), Will Gragg (11) and C.J. O'Grady (15).
If they learn it quickly, maybe they get on the run tags, too. It's a given that returning tight ends Hunter Henry, Jeremy Sprinkle and Alex Voelzke are part of the action. The other tight ends on the 105 are Jack Kraus, Anthony Antwine and Howie Stettmeier.
Maybe Stettmeier replaces run tags as the new question of the day on Arkansas football. The 6-4, 242-pounder may be the sleeper in the 105. He was home schooled before playing one year at Rogers Heritage. Bret Bielema's walk-on program may pay dividends. I'm betting on it, along with the run tags.
Here's the text though:
There's been a common question about Arkansas football this summer after players discussed the new Dan Enos offense during spring drills and in summer media blitzes like SEC Media Days. What is a run tag?
Quarterback Brandon Allen mentioned it to me early in spring practice. Running back Jonathan Williams brought it up a couple of days later. Both were in love with the tweak to the offense from Enos, the new playcaller and quarterbacks coach added by head coach Bret Bielema in the offense.
One of the main challenges Bielema gave his new coordinator was to upgrade the passing game. The obvious thought, defenses were packing the box against the potent Arkansas running game. That may be tougher to do successfully after Enos gave the quarterbacks the run tags.
I have explained it several times. I was convinced that they were something akin to a double play called in the huddle, kind of a preset audible that could offset an over shifted defense. I figured it was time to double check with Allen after practice Thursday.
I was pretty close. It wasn't exactly an audible, but a pass play set with a particular run to get the Hogs out of a stacked look.
“It was in the Central Michigan offense that Coach Enos brought to us,” Allen said. “You could see that it got them out of some situations in certain plays. It's just a pass play tagged to the run.”
And, there was confirmation that the backs love them, even though they are checks out of running plays.
“Oh, they do,” Allen said. “They know that they are going to get some passes out of them and so are the wide receivers. It just is a way to keep a defense from putting nine in the box against us.”
It's the very reason that Williams thinks that if defenses load the box, Allen will “pass for 350 yards. I know he will. We've got those run tags.”
The Hogs are billed as a power offense. This might be the year they look like a balanced offense. Yes, they are still going to pound with that big offensive line and a talented and deep set of running backs.
Kody Walker is going to be a big part of that set of running backs. I'm reminded of a conversation I had last spring with Dean Campbell, now a high school coach in Austin, Texas. He was on Bobby Petrino's operational staff for two years, helping with recruiting.
I was checking on Campbell. Among the questions he had for me about what was going on with the Hogs, where did Walker fit in the 2015 plans. He thought he would be a star when the Hogs were recruiting him as a young player at Jefferson City, Mo. Campbell is not surprised that Walker is about to help in a bigger way.
I write about Walker because it's exactly the kind of pass that he fumbled at the goal line against Alabama last year that can make a big difference to this offense in 2015. I expect more of that kind of options for Allen. I bet Walker and the rest of the backs score on those plays this season.
I've had questions about Walker's role after the spring when Bielema listed him as even with Alex Collins on the depth chart at running back. There was more talk about Walker when the NCAA gave him a sixth year of eligibility. He's now a junior.
Enos laughs about the way the backs begged for passes last spring after they saw the offense. Walker, Collins and Walker were constantly in his ear for those kind of calls.
“They tell me they can catch it,” Enos said in the spring. “We are going to find out because we will throw to them.”
Everyone raved about Dominique Reed's speed after practice Thursday. You could see it in the early drills that were open to the media. He's a skinny dude. But in the modern lingo reserved for a difference maker warranted high praise, he does appear to be a dude.
I am guessing there might be a run tag with Reed's number on it, if that's how they do it. For those prepared to memorize numbers, Reed has 87.
Allen mentioned Reed's ability to pick up the offense on Thursday. He also noted that there are nine tight ends in camp as part of the NCAA's allotment of 105 before the start of class.
I can never remember there being nine tight ends on any Arkansas roster. The numbers of the three scholarship freshmen are worth learning. That's Austin Cantrell (44), Will Gragg (11) and C.J. O'Grady (15).
If they learn it quickly, maybe they get on the run tags, too. It's a given that returning tight ends Hunter Henry, Jeremy Sprinkle and Alex Voelzke are part of the action. The other tight ends on the 105 are Jack Kraus, Anthony Antwine and Howie Stettmeier.
Maybe Stettmeier replaces run tags as the new question of the day on Arkansas football. The 6-4, 242-pounder may be the sleeper in the 105. He was home schooled before playing one year at Rogers Heritage. Bret Bielema's walk-on program may pay dividends. I'm betting on it, along with the run tags.
This post was edited on 8/7/15 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 8/7/15 at 6:14 pm to TheCheshireHog
Posted on 8/7/15 at 6:17 pm to TheCheshireHog
Good info. Thanks for posting. Man, I'm ready.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 6:23 pm to hoginthesw
Is it wrong that I got an erection reading that article?
Dan Enos is what this team was missing.
Dan Enos is what this team was missing.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 6:52 pm to beebefootballfan
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Dan Enos is what this team was missing
I agree, I watched a fair amount of their games the past few years and their offense was high powered. I think he prefers a running QB, so I'm anxious to see if BA can run a little more this year
Posted on 8/7/15 at 7:07 pm to Hubbhogg
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Four Takeaways From Day Two
1. Intense Competition For Specialists
We saw the specialists kick for the first time today and there will be a lot of competition to see who starts at those positions. Cole Hedlund and Lane Saling are both challenging the incumbent, Adam McFain. There doesn’t appear to be much separating the three kickers after the first two days of practice.
At the punter spot, junior Toby Baker is battling it out with true freshman Blake Johnson. Baker had some booming punts today and Johnson clearly has a strong leg as well. When Johnson was in high school, his first-ever varsity punt traveled 70 yards!
2. Defensive Backs Stepping Up
We talked about the defensive backs yesterday but they made even bigger strides today. Cornerback Jared Collins was everywhere – breaking up passes one moment and blowing up screens the next. He tied for the SEC lead last season with 13 pass breakups and looks primed to increase his total in 2015.
DJ Dean is also continuing his solid play. He’s clearly one of the most athletic defensive backs in the conference and shows his athleticism on a regular basis in 7-on-7 and team drills.
It’s a good thing the pads weren’t on today because Santos Ramirez may have hurt somebody. He is such a physical player and made a break on a pass today that would have resulted in a lot of pain on the receiver. Fortunately, Ramirez was heady enough to pull off so teammates don’t get injured.
3. What Question Marks At Linebacker?
A lot has been made this offseason about the question marks at linebacker and understandably so, with Brooks Ellis moving to a new position and two new starters replacing Martrell Spaight and Braylon Mitchell. But after two days, there doesn’t appear to be as many question marks as people think.
Khalia Hackett is the new starter at Mike (middle) linebacker and he has been stellar. He made such a great read shooting the gap on a run play today that his new position coach, Vernon Hargreaves, got on his knees and bowed down in approval. A former high school safety, Hackett is also athletic enough to cover receivers in space and looks like he may be a three-down option for the Razorbacks.
4. #RBU
Running Back U is at it again. We all know what Jonathan Williams is capable of and Alex Collins has slimmed down, replacing that weight with muscle and improving his strength and stamina.
“His endurance is so much better than it was a year ago. Every rep he’s in going full speed. That comes from getting his body right and getting himself in shape,” Allen told the media yesterday.
And those aren’t the only two standout running backs. Kody Walker was recently granted a sixth year of eligibility and had an outstanding spring. He’s continued to work hard throughout summer workouts and is a chiseled 6-2, 256 pounds now. Imagine that coming at you after you’re worn down in the fourth quarter.
Another guy you can’t take your eyes off of is Rawleigh Williams III. A true freshman, Williams rushed for 2,814 yards as a senior at Bishop Lynch HS in Dallas last year. He has very quick feet and a burst through the hole that you rarely see in a freshman.
Posted on 8/7/15 at 7:15 pm to gohogs141
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Khalia Hackett is the new starter at Mike (middle) linebacker and he has been stellar
told y'all.
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