First Half: Stream of Conscious Reactions to Arkansas-LSU
Isaac Sategna: Wonder if he will do something to make sure these announcers know his name when they leave.
Jefferson looks much smaller than 250 this year. Looking thin for him. On that first 3rd down where he kept it, he looked slower, more indecisive and tentative. It was a very un-KJ run. Is he still hurt?
Daniels throws 90% completion against pressure. The strength of the Razorback defense is pressure. Will he keep up the pace? Took a shot right away and missed the pass.
Arkansas looks better when the QB is running. The last several years a quarterback running out of the pocket was a guaranteed 20 yards.
Not sure how Nabers missed that pass. He was wide open. Hate to see a top guy get hurt. Wonder if he will be back.
Fletcher has done a solid job of kicking this year. He misses every now and then, but he's so strong on the other ones that you pinch your backside tight and just ride it out and hope the one bad one doesn't come at an inopportune time.
Getting the ball back near midfield is a huge win for Arkansas. Hogs will need a quick start offensively to have a chance. Speed has to be the killer. Find some of these burners and get it to them.
Jefferson with a huge play after his lineman gets planted into the side of his knee. How many times will we see Arkansas linemen get stood up and rolled back onto their heels and over? Great agility by Jefferson to get the first down. If Enos can just find a way to get a few more yards there's a good chance to go up 3-0, which could be huge in a game like this.
Broden was quiet to start the year, but Jefferson is finding him. Good job on the route of finding the first down line and setting down on the correct side of it. Can't stand when guys lose track of the line and come back over it on their routes.
Jefferson running the ball more should loosen things up for everyone, including the receivers and running backs. We're going to start seeing more one-on-one for the receivers and more hesitation before attacking running backs. Only concern is Jefferson is really taking some hits and he isn't getting as low as he normally does.
What a catch by Hasz. If Jefferson didn't have to flip it over such a tall receiver that would have been caught in stride and been a touchdown. Great play though.
And there are the Arkansas Razorbacks we all know. Ball on the half inch line and a false start. To make matters worse, if you watch it back, a guy was wrapped around Jefferson's ankle before he could even rotate out. That's a good way to get hurt. Line has to do better somehow.
Just a few minutes ago you felt great about getting the field goal. Now, it's a little disappointing. Apparently the biggest surprise play this season will be the time the Hogs line up under center and just let Jefferson lunge forward for two inches. No need for all the talking, resetting and shifting weight while waiting. Just know you're going to be successful, take the snap quickly and put six on the board. Fans must be happy to be ahead in Death Valley though. Arkansas looked good on that drive.
Defense will have to create a turnover and possibly a score in the process if Razorbacks are to win this.
Good to hear Pittman got to go by and visit Greg Brooks and that the family was encouraging of making it happen. Nice of Sam to call Brian Kelly about going to visit him, but Kelly had no real say. Unless the family said otherwise, there's no one else who needs to give Pittman permission to go see a former player under these circumstances.
Pick by McGlothern! There's the defensive play the Hogs needed to pull out this win. What a jump on the route by the former LSU Tiger. That's not a move just any defensive back can make. He also did a good job of maximizing the return. There wasn't a clear running lane, but he did a solid job of looking for daylight and simply following where it led. The question on everyone's mind is whether Enos can put this offensive line in a position with his play calling to get Arkansas into the end zone.
Sometimes I am just stunned as to how quickly these highlights get up onto Twitter.
And once again the Razorbacks everyone has come to know for such a good decade now pops back up. Interception on the first play after the defense handed over a gift. It looked like Jefferson's pass was short at first glance, but after watching the replay it looks like the route may have been sloppy. If that cut is hard down the line as it looks like it needed to be based on where the defensive back was located, then the ball would have hit the receiver in the stomach. Instead, the receiver kinda meandered and drifted on his route. There's no way to know for certain because you can't assume how the play is coached, but it definitely looked like a receiver interception instead of one on Jefferson.
Good recovery by the former Lone Star Ranger from Frisco, Texas, freshman Jalen Braxton. You'd like to see him be able to get his head back around, but he still made the play and stopped a touchdown. Considering the moment he was in, it was a great play.
Surprised to see Death Valley isn't sold out. Shot coming out of the commercial showed a lot of empty seats up top.
What a sack by Rose. This defense looks like it's going to keep trying to deliver big plays to make this possible. Eight yard loss and a solid hit on Daniels.
Daniels misses on what should have been an easy touchdown. He's not very accurate tonight. He's struggling putting length on these deep balls. Will have to go back and see if he may have jammed his shoulder or something earlier in the game. These defensive backs have to get their heads around though. They're gonna get popped for pass interference soon and it's going to hurt.
A lot of times they over hype these in-game highlights from other games, but that catch from the Florida receiver against Charlotte was legit. Not sure how he held onto it.
Wait, did he just say there are only two non-Australian punters in the SEC? That's a stat that will require some follow-up. Surely that's not right.
Armstrong with a big catch that generated a good chunk of yards to near mid-field. Perhaps the most impressive part of that 22-yard reception was what he did at the end to hold onto the ball while LSU tried to club it out.
Great grab on a not so great throw to TeSlaa. Jefferson is under center and things appear to run a little more smoothly as far as keeping the front line off him. Not sure what's causing the difference. Seemed like a different reaction.
Jefferson made the cut to daylight the running back should have made earlier. Green had a backside cut that should have gone to the house, but instead, he slammed into a pile for no gain. Jefferson made the cut and was able to get eight.
Enos is calling for a little more pace and more variation in alignments and eye candy. It's working. This is the first time all season, including the first game that was a blowout, that this offense has looked like it might have something legitimate to it. Enos isn't keeping anything in the playbook.
What a throw and catch from Jefferson to Armstrong. That pass should have been intercepted and taken to the house, but Jefferson muscled it in along the sideline and Armstrong showed tremendous hand strength and concentration in getting his foot down just inside sideline.
That was a creative play where they did the shuttle pass to Hasz, but at some point they have to run those plays with Sategna. He's too electric to not be the guy getting the ball on those jet sweep and mini-pass runs. A tight end and your slowest receiver is not who need to be getting the ball on those plays.
It feels like Arkansas is up 20. Total dominance on both sides of the ball. Should be 21-0 right now. Instead, somehow, it's only 6-0. LSU is going to be shocked to realize the score when they get into halftime.
Hogs get beat with a well-blocked run up the middle. Huge hole. Not sure where the linebackers went on that one. Will need to see the replay. OK, that was not smart. Even if they decide that tackle out of bounds after the long run wasn't an actual penalty, it still ill-advised at best. He was out of bounds, so no need for all the unnecessary action that made it look like a horse collar after the play.
Well, that's why replays are important. Walcott had a hand in his face bending his head back and his hands were on the shoulder pads inbounds. However, he lost sight of the ball and his grip as his neck bent. It's technically the horse collar penalty, but that's more because of the runner than Walcott. Hard to get mad about that even though it hurts Arkansas terribly.
Defense finds way to contain Daniels when scrambling and what looked like was going to end up being a touchdown becomes a field goal. That's a win for this defense. If Arkansas goes down 7-6 after dominating so hard for that long, it would deflate this team. As long as there's strong mental reason to keep throwing haymakers, this team will keep doing it and the defense just kept that reason in front of Pittman's team.
Great job by Jefferson to stay paitient and step up in the pocket with his eyes up. Great job of finding Armstrong for the first down under fire. Great throw. Great catch. Pass to Dubinion. That will open some things up if they show that a few more times.
The middle is already starting to loosen up from the more creative play calling. Dubinion finds a crease. This pass on the hard crossing pattern to Armstrong looks like it's going to be there a lot tonight.
Pass perfectly thrown to the corner of the end zone and it looks liek a touchdown by Broden. Has Enos just been hiding him all season? Don't see how that's not a catch for a touchdown? There's nothing on that replay that hints there should have even be a doubt. I know they were holding onto a lot of stuff for SEC play as far as showing the offense, but taking a loss and going through the week this team did to hide this offense creates a rather unique ethical debate. Technically, conference games mean more than non-conference, but still.
Is that a Hog call? It's awful loud from Razorback fans to be in Baton Rouge.
Touchdown Arkansas! It's about time this team got into the end zone. That drive is going to mean a lot to this offense. They know they can do it now.
The only thing left to do now is to keep LSU off the board these last few seconds. It would fit this series well if somehow the Tigers came up with a huge play and rule out what Arkansas just did.
Nevermind. Apparently it takes two huge plays. Kelly went after the defense and suddenly those underthrown passes against great coverage went by the wayside. That was an easy read for the quarterback. Nabers was in single coverage with a receiver to his outside in single coverage with only one person to help up top. That begs a quarterback to look for a big shot because Nabers is going to beat his guy off the line in that tight of coverage. That leave two receivers in space in single coverage with the whole half of the field to play with. It's a quarterback's dream and Daniels made them pay. Going into the half 13-10 has to be stunning for Arkansas.
That sack of Jefferson to close the house is not the tape Pittman wants to hand LSU right before the half. Chamblee got absolutely abused on the edge by Harold Perkins. It was bad. They just handed Kelly a weapon that could get Jefferson seriously hurt. Expect to see Perkins on Chamblee a lot in the second half.
