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Felix Jones just made North Texas’ defense look like the Keystone Cops. He danced through the hole, then juked one defender and then another before bouncing outside to run 71 yards for a touchdown. Arkansas now leads 38-0 with 7:06 left in the second quarter.
Jones has 7 carries for 132 yards. It’s the 10th career [...]
North Texas coach Todd Dodge made a strange decision, choosing to have placekicker Thomas Moreland attempt a 38-yard field goal with 8:34 left in the second quarter. Moreland missed the kick wide right.
With his team down 31-0, why didn’t Dodge just go for the first down and try to eventually score a touchdown?
Here’s a blast from the past: Peyton Hillis playing tailback. He carried six yards and then followed that up with an eight-yard run. He’s looked goodon each attempt. McFadden is now back in after four consecutive rushes by the Conway native.
It was as good a first quarter as Arkansas could have expected. The Razorbacks led 24-0 and they actually passed the ball successfully. Arkansas produced 119 yards through the air — three more than they registered on the ground.
Going into the game, the Mean Green was giving up an average of 359.3 passing yards [...]
Darren McFadden scored on a two-yard touchdown with less than three minutes left in the first quarter. He passes Ben Cowins for third on the list for Arkansas’ career rushing touchdowns. Arkansas 24, North Texas 0.
On a nine-yard carry, running back Darren McFadden knocked the helmet off the head of North Texas defensive back Antoine Bush with a vicious stiff-arm.
On the same run, McFadden moved into second on Arkansas’ all-time rushing list, passing Dickey Morton. It’s late in the first quarter.
Alex Tejada connected on a 39-yard field goal with 6:12 left in the first quarter. Arkansas 17, North Texas 0. Tejada has now made all eight of his field-goal attempts this year.
With 7:14 left in the first quarter, Arkansas has already surpassed their passing average of 153.4 yards per game against the woeful Mean Green.
With a 9-yard pass to Robert Johnson from Casey Dick, the Hogs have already passed for 161 yards.
Herring called a blitz on a 3rd and 10, but there was no need. Defensive end Adrian Davis had Mean Green QB Daniel Meager in his mitts before blitzing Weston Dacus got there.
Two much-maligned players hooked up on a 61-yard touchdown pass. Casey Dick made a beautiful play-action fake and then lofted a pass that receiver London Crawford caught in stride before jogging into the end zone. Arkansas 14, North Texas 0. Less than 10 minutes to go in the first quarter.
It was the longest pass of [...]