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re: Arkansas: Great rushing attack?

Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:03 pm to
Posted by CtotheVrzrbck
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Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:03 pm to
The Arkansas rushing attack will be greatly improved. We'll have addition by subtraction and better depth on the OL and we'll rotate OL unlike the previous seasons w/ Bielema.

First off, we lose RT Brey Cook, a 4*/5* talent that cared more about partying and chasing puss than working out. He was a whiny bitch that Bielema had to pattycake along because he was a popular guy on the squad and campus. Bielema mentioned a few times about older guys on the OL having their ego's hurt by the newcomers pushing them for playing time and having to massage the fact that the Sr. OL weren't cut out for playing all the snaps in a game and would need to be rested. That never happened and Brey Cook got abused late in games and didn't have enough left to push the DL. We always got stuffed when we ran to his side in the 2nd half. Defenses loading the box when we couldn't complete a pass downfield either didn't help.

Secondly, dumbfrick Chaney is gone. Enos shouldn't shoot ourselves in the foot w/ cutesy stupid shite.

Third, we'll get rushing yards from the QB position. Both Allen brothers can make plays with their feet. I think we'll see more of that this year and passing game involving the RB's which will make teams have to account for that even being a possibility and should make defenses play less aggresively against us on the edges and open the middle of the defense up a little more as safeties will need to lay back momentarily after the snap.

Fourth, we're gonna be much more athletic at G. We'll probably run behind a pulling Frank Ragnow quite a bit and have some trap plays and weakside runs that we didn't do much of last season.

Fifth, Austin Cantrell. Freshman TE that's 6'3 250. He ran the anchor on his HS's sprint relay teams and won the shotput 2 out of the last 3 years in Oklahoma. I think he'll end up being our FB. We never found the replacement for Kiero Small last year. This kid will be a terror and he can catch and smash guys w/ the ball. When we've got Cantrell and Walker in the backfield that's 510+ lbs and will be a nightmare for most defenses in the country.

Sixth, ummmmm we've got 2 1,000 yard rushers returning. We've got experienced and talented guys to run the ball. The rushing attack will be a strength there's no question to it.
Posted by DocHog
Member since Nov 2006
1915 posts
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:17 pm to
I love our backs, but the lack of a coherent passing game certainly kept us from being "elite."

Our OL got gassed against TAMU, and our rushing game was suspect against a number of SEC teams.

I've yet to see us destroy a real SEC defense with our run game. I want to see that before I call us great.
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