Raycom to televise UA-Florida game at 11:30 a.m.

At least it will be over early.
Arkansas and Florida will play in a regionally televised game on Raycom Sports, it was announced by the Southeastern Conference on Monday. The Razorbacks and Gators will kick off at 11:30 a.m. CT (12:30 p.m. ET) on Oct. 4 at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville.
The game will [...]

Dolphins go Hog Wild with ‘Wildcat’

The Miami Dolphins snapped New England’s 21-game, regular season home winning streak in dominating fashion Sunday and did so using a formation very familiar to Arkansas fans.

The ‘Wildcat’ formation, first used by the Hogs in 2006 with Darren McFadden lined up at quarterback, was implemented by the Dolphins coaching staff last week. Running back Ronnie [...]

Casey’s passing prowess

Despite the Arkansas Razorbacks’ opponents and the meager margins of victory, senior quarterback Casey Dick has been impressive in his new role as a play-making pocket passer rather than an offensive caretaker.
Dick, who has ranked near the bottom of the Southeastern Conference’s passing statistics, the three previous seasons is thus far ranked among the best.
Averaging [...]

Pro Hogs: Felix Jones returns kickoff for TD

Not to be out-done by Darren McFadden, his friend and former Razorback teammate, Felix Jones returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown against Philadelphia on Monday Night Football.

Jones didn’t do much offensively for Dallas in its 41-37 win over the Eagles (3 carries for 10 yards), but his flash of speed on special teams [...]

Hogs offer Fayetteville sophomore receiver Dean scholarship

Fayetteville sophomore wide receiver Demetrius Dean was offered a scholarship to play football for the University of Arkansas Monday. Fayetteville coach Daryl Patton and Dean took an official visit to Arkansas Monday, when they met with Arkansas offensive coordinator/receivers coach Paul Petrino and defensive tackles coach Bobby Allen.
Patton said the 6-2, 210-pound Dean was offered [...]

UPDATED: D-Mac goes yard, scores first TD

Darren McFadden, who didn’t even score a touchdown in the preseason, rushed in from 19 yards out to notch his first score of his NFL career.

McFadden rushed for 164 yards and one touchdown on 21 carries in Oakland’s 23-8 win today. McFadden got most of his carries after starting tailback Justin Fargas suffered a groin [...]

Arkansas-Texas moved to Sept. 27

Just got word that the Saturday game with Texas has been moved to Sept. 27 because of the potential threat of Hurricane Ike making landfall on the Texas coast on Saturday. Both teams shared the same bye week, so the movement was fairly easy.
“As we worked closely with the University of Texas to consider the [...]

Adams named SEC Freshman of the Week

The impact of Arkansas’ young Razorbacks gained regional notice Monday morning when receiver Joe Adams was singled out as the Southeastern Conference’s Freshman of the Week.
Adams earned his first collegiate start in the Razorbacks’ come-from-behind 28-27 victory over Louisiana-Monroe and responded by leading the Razorbacks in receptions with seven catches for 89 yards. He became [...]

Raycom to televise UA-Bama game

Arkansas’ sports information department just released a press release announcing Raycom will televise the Hogs’ Southeastern Conference opener against the Alabama Crimson Tide on Sept.20 with the kickoff set for 11:30 a.m. at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.
According to the release, the game will mark the third television appearance of the season for Arkansas. Arkansas was featured [...]

McFadden: ‘It’s strictly Raiders and Razorbacks for me’

Former Razorback Darren McFadden is pumped about starting his regular-season NFL career with a game against the Broncos on Monday Night Football.
To have my first game on Monday Night is really exciting. I actually grew up a Broncos fan watching Terrell Davis and John Elway and Ed McCaffery [sic]. That was my team, but that’s [...]