Double Dose of Hugh Freeze Acid Reflux Threatens Arkansas Well Before Auburn in 2025.
The real hazards, however, are the ‘toss-up’ games that have a way of triggering cardiac arrests. That certainly doesn’t apply to the Razorbacks’ season opener vs Alabama A&M on Aug. 30. They should be able to win that one with one arm tied behind their backs.It’s bad enough that Arkansas has to travel to Ole Miss, Tennessee, LSU and Texas this upcoming season.Not to mention that Notre Dame is making its first ever trip to Fayetteville on Sept. 27.Where it gets interesting is Week 2 in War Memorial Stadium. That’s when Arkansas State, currently under Butch Jones, gets its first ever crack at the Arkansas football program.
The Red Wolves went 8-5 last year and are trending upward under their fifth-year head coach. They also return a quarterback (Jaylen Raynor) and his leading wide receiver (Corey Rucker.
Nobody better exhume Frank Broyles’ body for this.
Then, after heading to Oxford for the SEC opener with Lane Kiffin’s Rebels, they’ll revisit Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium and face Memphis before finishing September. Arkansas can’t get Taylen Green-like tunnel vision looking forward to its showdown with the defending national runner-up Fighting Irish, however, because the Tigers are no slouch. A Troubling Trend for Sam Pittman
Since facing a brutal 10-game, SEC-only schedule his initial year with the program, Sam Pittman’s teams have struggled in non-conference games. Group of Five opponents have proven particularly tricky.
To his credit, he’s typically won those matchups – unlike his predecessor, the coach-who-shall-not-be-named. Massive cortisol spikes, however, have defined many of those victories.
