Film Study: Better beat Arkansas while you can

[SECisKing]

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/arkansas-football/film-study-better-beat-arkansas-can/

What's going on, folks?

My name is Murf Baldwin and I write for SaturdayDownSouth.com covering the entire Southeastern Conference. I have a "longform" piece w/ Xs and Os about your beloved Hogs and why I feel they will make some serious impact as soon as next season.

Scheme, personnel and coaching will separate Arkansas from the rest...so let me know what you guys think if you get around to checking it out if full.

Thanks

[Hollywood_HOGan45]

Loved the highlight of Philon.

[hoghevn]

Great site!  Thanks.  Will bookmsrk

[SECisKing]

Loved the highlight of Philon.

I love me some DP, Hollywood. I think he's as special as it gets and is a scheme-specific fit for that Smith defense. He needs to get some national love, bro.

Thanks for the read. And I, too, loved some Hollywood Hogan!

[tolerati]

I like it.  Hope it comes to pass as you suggest.

[SECisKing]

Great site!  Thanks.  Will bookmsrk

SDS is a wonderful site, Hevn. I'm sure you'll find something you'll like...

[SECisKing]

I like it.  Hope it comes to pass as you suggest.

It will, Tolerati! You can't fake toughness in this league and I felt as soon as I heard my guy Bielema was on board that it was going to be a quick jump back to prominence. Eventually he will get a QB of his own and we will really see what this squad is made of. Wouldn't be surprised is another Russell Wilson situation develops as I'm sure some good transfer-eligible senior will want to try to replicate the process, ya know?

But hopefully Allen takes that next step.

[AugustaHog]

Good info.  I think you will see the additions to the WR corps you are looking for in this next class.  If they are instant difference makers, we will be a real handful offensively next season.

[SECisKing]

Good info.  I think you will see the additions to the WR corps you are looking for in this next class.  If they are instant difference makers, we will be a real handful offensively next season.

You think so, Augusta? Please spill the beans on the recruits for me. Any size/speed combo guys? And what would you think of Sprinkle catching time as a boundary receiver?

[Fort Dweller]

I love me some DP

Since I'm an immature child at heart, I stopped reading right here and laughed.

[Hogaholism]

Excellent read, and thank you OP.

[SECisKing]

Excellent read, and thank you OP.

Not a prob, my man. I'm just glad you read it.

[demonHOG1013]

loved the clips and the breakdown!

[ARtillahog]

You think so, Augusta? Please spill the beans on the recruits for me. Any size/speed combo guys? And what would you think of Sprinkle catching time as a boundary receiver?

K.J. Hill (6'0" 190 4.42), Deon Stewart (6'1" 165) and hopefully Dominique Reed JUCO (Legit 4.3 speed 6'3" 180) (rumored he will commit to the Hogs if his grades checkout).  Lamichael Pettway (6'3" 200 4.5) is listed as an athlete that puts up great numbers as a WR and at S.  To be determined where he will play once he reaches the hill, most seem to think he will be a WR.

[SECisKing]

loved the clips and the breakdown!

I appreciate that, Demon. Thanks for the time!

[010HogFan]

Awesome breakdown. KJ Hill is the gamebreaking receiver you say we need. Imagine this weapon in our current offense!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHhsuwpE03s

[SECisKing]

K.J. Hill (6'0" 190 4.42), Deon Stewart (6'1" 165) and hopefully Dominique Reed JUCO (Legit 4.3 speed 6'3" 180) (rumored he will commit to the Hogs if his grades checkout).  Lamichael Pettway (6'3" 200 4.5) is listed as an athlete that puts up great numbers as a WR and at S.  To be determined where he will play once he reaches the hill, most seem to think he will be a WR.

Artilla, I believe I've heard great things about Hill and Pettway. I love listening to the many different Arkansas sports radio stations and I came across a show that focuses on recruiting and they were all over those two. I appreciate the heads up. I'm sure I'll be checking them out ASAP.

[SECisKing]

Awesome breakdown. KJ Hill is the gamebreaking receiver you say we need. Imagine this weapon in our current offense!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHhsuwpE03s

Yo Hog Fan, thanks for sharing. I just watched that whole thing and I must say, he's Jarius Wright nasty! He has great body control; he can leap; he's good after the catch, too.

But as I'm sure you guys know, his blocking is as important. I'd like to see an actual game game and see how he performs in that aspect. Hatcher is actually a pretty willing blocker. But you're right that's the gamebreaker you guys need!!

Good stuff.

[wupigsuey]

Good stuff, Murf. I agree completely with the notion that it is more the receivers than the QB. Brandon is serviceable at qb. Not great but serviceable.

[ARtillahog]

Artilla, I believe I've heard great things about Hill and Pettway. I love listening to the many different Arkansas sports radio stations and I came across a show that focuses on recruiting and they were all over those two. I appreciate the heads up. I'm sure I'll be checking them out ASAP.

If the current receivers would just catch the catchable balls Allen throws, I think this season might be a win or two better than it already is.  There have been several instances where Allen looks like a super QB to only have the WR drop it.  But then on the other hand Allen has been known to over/under throw a WR by 5-8 yards.  Earlier in the season Allen would take off and run a little if the situation was right, he seems to have given that up as the season progressed.

[Hawgey-Davidson]

Murf, I like your thinking. Real excited about the future. Thanks for your optimism most Hog fans have. Nice article. Couldnt have said it better. Thats why you get paid to write and I read for free. Welcome to the best fan board on the interweb.

[Großer Kriegschwein]

Yo Hog Fan, thanks for sharing. I just watched that whole thing and I must say, he's Jarius Wright nasty! He has great body control; he can leap; he's good after the catch, too.

But as I'm sure you guys know, his blocking is as important. I'd like to see an actual game game and see how he performs in that aspect. Hatcher is actually a pretty willing blocker. But you're right that's the gamebreaker you guys need!!

Good stuff.

Adding three exceptional Tight Ends this year as well:

Austin Cantrell   6'3",  249 lbs  Roland, OK
CJ O'Grady        6'4",  230 lbs  Fayetteville, AR
Will Gragg         6'4",  241 lbs  Dumas, AR (Brother Chris Gragg plays for the Bills)

Add those to Henry, Sprinkle, and Voelzke. Should be something to see next year.

[IBleedRazorbackRed]

Welcome to hogville and good article. A&m score is flip flipped tho. You have it 38-25, but it was 35-28. Really good article tho, I liked the video clips within it to help establish your point.

[Redhogs]

Thanks for the great article.....we've been wondering in the wilderness for almost 3 years now..waaay to long.

[SECisKing]

Good stuff, Murf. I agree completely with the notion that it is more the receivers than the QB. Brandon is serviceable at qb. Not great but serviceable.

Great minds think alike, WPS!!! Allen would be as good as Blake Sims is if he were at Bama with those weapons on the outside. And it's arguable that Sims is the best QB in the entire conference. He certainly is from a statistical standpoint.

[SECisKing]

If the current receivers would just catch the catchable balls Allen throws, I think this season might be a win or two better than it already is.  There have been several instances where Allen looks like a super QB to only have the WR drop it.  But then on the other hand Allen has been known to over/under throw a WR by 5-8 yards.  Earlier in the season Allen would take off and run a little if the situation was right, he seems to have given that up as the season progressed.

Quoted for truth. Just waiting for Hatcher to take that next step that we all think he will. But he needs consistency like my guy Henry. That kid is special.

[SECisKing]

Murf, I like your thinking. Real excited about the future. Thanks for your optimism most Hog fans have. Nice article. Couldnt have said it better. Thats why you get paid to write and I read for free. Welcome to the best fan board on the interweb.

Hawgey, haha. Although I get paid to write, you guys here have plenty of knowledge. I've read here before because one of my other articles was mentioned here by someone. Lots of knowledge on this board.

Glad to be here, too. Always been an admirer of Arkansas since the Matt Jones days when I was in high school. Loved me some DeCori Birmingham...Biggest fan of that Houston Nutt/David Lee/Gus Malzahn era.

I'm from Atlanta but I still loved the stylings of Petrino although my whole state loathes him, haha. Big Ryan Mallett fan, too. Cobi Hamilton, Greg Childs, J. Wright, Marcus Monk, Knile Davis etc. I even liked Michael Smith the RB. That was my dude. Love him on radio as well.

Good stuff coming from your state.

[SECisKing]

Welcome to hogville and good article. A&m score is flip flipped tho. You have it 38-25, but it was 35-28. Really good article tho, I liked the video clips within it to help establish your point.

Thanks for the welcome and the heads up on that score. Although I doubt I change it haha. But I appreciate the read and glad you like the accompanying clips, IBRR

[SECisKing]

Thanks for the great article.....we've been wondering in the wilderness for almost 3 years now..waaay to long.

Thanks for the read and response, Redhogs. Yeah three years is waaay too long for a program like y'all have to be in the wilderness. When y'all get back, nobody will even remember last season and the John L. Smith error haha

Thanks again, bro.

[SECisKing]

Adding three exceptional Tight Ends this year as well:

Austin Cantrell   6'3",  249 lbs  Roland, OK
CJ O'Grady        6'4",  230 lbs  Fayetteville, AR
Will Gragg         6'4",  241 lbs  Dumas, AR (Brother Chris Gragg plays for the Bills)

Add those to Henry, Sprinkle, and Voelzke. Should be something to see next year.

Grober, that's what I'm talking about. I'm honestly more concerned with the "Y" position as Bielema's scheme puts those in the pros at a rapid clip. I will definitely check them out. I love some Chris Gragg, so I'll definitely check out his lil brother.

[Großer Kriegschwein]

Grober, that's what I'm talking about. I'm honestly more concerned with the "Y" position as Bielema's scheme puts those in the pros at a rapid clip. I will definitely check them out. I love some Chris Gragg, so I'll definitely check out his lil brother.

This recruiting class is shaping up very well to address some depth issues we have across the board (see Auburn/aTm games for our OL issues).

We have some players strategically redshirted this year to develop themselves for SEC play. (Cole Hedlund & Brian Wallace are good examples) and JoJo Robinson (4* WR) was redshirted for injury issues early in the season.

I like where we'll be in 12 months. 

[younghog]

GREAT READ.. THANKS

GO HOGS

[DoctorSusscrofa]

Tried to read it on my iPhone but while reading I kept getting sent to the App Store for a game. Each time I closed the App Store and reopened the article, the App Store reopened every time. So I won't be reading the article or future articles from this source.

[SECisKing]

Tried to read it on my iPhone but while reading I kept getting sent to the App Store for a game. Each time I closed the App Store and reopened the article, the App Store reopened every time. So I won't be reading the article or future articles from this source.

Sorry that happened to you, Doc. I just tried it on my iPhone and it didn't do that. I'll send that to the admins over there and see what's going on.

Sorry, my man.

[SECisKing]

GREAT READ.. THANKS

GO HOGS

Actually, thank you Young Hog. Glad you enjoyed it.

[SECisKing]

This recruiting class is shaping up very well to address some depth issues we have across the board (see Auburn/aTm games for our OL issues).

We have some players strategically redshirted this year to develop themselves for SEC play. (Cole Hedlund & Brian Wallace are good examples) and JoJo Robinson (4* WR) was redshirted for injury issues early in the season.

I like where we'll be in 12 months.

Noted...And yeah I saw the depth probs on the O-line. But I love that starting 5. Denver Kirkland is going to be a start. I hear Shawn Andrews was impressed with him, too. That's high praise.

[Oklahawg]

Thanks for the read.

[Hawgey-Davidson]

Keep posting Murf. 50 will get u in the Tavern! Lotta goings on up in there.

[Doug]

Murf, tie your Hogville account in with your Twitter account. I'll give you a bit of love via my personal Twitter and Hogville's twitter accounts (good read; needs to be shared)

[SECisKing]

Thanks for the read.

Lol, that's my line, Oklahawg! J/K, bro. I appreciate ya OH.

[SECisKing]

Murf, tie your Hogville account in with your Twitter account. I'll give you a bit of love via my personal Twitter and Hogville's twitter accounts (good read; needs to be shared)

Doug, I'll definitely do that, bro. But I just want to ingratiate myself with the folks of Hogville. You guys rock.

Edit: Couldn't find the post until I saw you made it a sticky. That's awesome. WPS to that!!

[SECisKing]

Keep posting Murf. 50 will get u in the Tavern! Lotta goings on up in there.

I'll get there, no doubt. Gotta pop back up in here to see you guys' thoughts on the Ole Miss game. And whenever I get a break from writing lol. So I got you, HD.

[Darren DeLoach]

Sick stuff SiK......

Welcome to the board. Beyond the vitriol and agendas, Hogville has some of the most knowledgeable fans of any fan base in college sports. Look forward to more breakdowns of our beloved Hawgs.  Blessings.

[Hoggish1]

Let's bring it all together this afternoon!

[Doug]

I'm from Atlanta but I still loved the stylings of Petrino although my whole state loathes him, haha.

Well, not Atlanta directly, but close enough. (I'm actually in Stone Mountain, myself (the city, not the park) - western edge of it.)

Doug, I'll definitely do that, bro. But I just want to ingratiate myself with the folks of Hogville. You guys rock.

Edit: Couldn't find the post until I saw you made it a sticky. That's awesome. WPS to that!!

Twitter pushes done... I'm not the one that stickied it... you'll need to thank one of the other Mods for doing that.

[zane]

Great read

Well done Mr Murf

[SECisKing]

Sick stuff SiK......

Welcome to the board. Beyond the vitriol and agendas, Hogville has some of the most knowledgeable fans of any fan base in college sports. Look forward to more breakdowns of our beloved Hawgs.  Blessings.

Thanks, Darren! I'll definitely scoop you guys to when I do more stuff on them Hogs. It's not out of the realm of possibility that I look to branch out to a Hog-specific site as I really like breaking down the team.

But I agree, lots of knowledge over here.

[SECisKing]

Well, not Atlanta directly, but close enough. (I'm actually in Stone Mountain, myself (the city, not the park) - western edge of it.)
Twitter pushes done... I'm not the one that stickied it... you'll need to thank one of the other Mods for doing that.

lol I'm not quite in Atlanta, either. But it makes it easy for everyone to just say Atlanta. I'm from Gwinnett (Snellville/Lawrenceville) but now live in Winder.

But I appreciate the look on Twitter, and I appreciate the sticky from whichever mod hooked me up, too.

[SECisKing]

Great read

Well done Mr Murf

'preciate the props, Zane. Thanks a ton.

[DeltaBoy]

Sooie Pigs Sooie the darkness has passed into glorious light of day.