Arkansas knows the fix is in the details.
After three weeks of uneven football, the Razorbacks head into Saturday night’s matchup with Tulsa carrying a long list of things that need cleaning up on both sides of the ball and on special teams. But inside the building, the message hasn’t changed.
DB Christian Harrison and OL Malachi Breland both said Wednesday that the approach is still simple: show up and work.
“We know what we need to fix,” Harrison said. “We're coming out there very intentional every day with a lot of energy, and we're not going to let the result of the game affect how we come to work every day. So, just staying at it.”
Breland echoed that same tone.
“It’s really been the same energy since week one,” Breland said. “I mean, nothing different. We know what we got to go do on the field, so just honing in on that and doing the little things.”
Those little things start with something much bigger: slowing Tulsa quarterback Dexter Williams II, who is expected to make his second straight start Saturday. Tulsa coach Tre Lamb said Monday the Golden Hurricane will “need to run” Williams against Arkansas.
That’s a familiar problem for the Razorbacks. Utah’s Devon Dampier and Georgia’s Gunner Stockton both found room on the ground against Arkansas, with Dampier rushing for 49 yards and two touchdowns, while Stockton piled up 97 rushing yards and broke loose for a 73-yard run in Georgia’s 45-17 win over the Hogs.
Harrison said the answer has to come from every level of the defense.
“All 11 has to do their job,” Harrison said. “The d-line has to contain the quarterback.
Linebackers have to read their keys... holding the quarterback in the pocket and stuff like that. And then when the quarterback gets out of the pocket, we got to plaster our man.
You know, we can't just dive down to the quarterback... he could dump it off to a receiver. So all 11 of us just having our eyes where it's supposed to be and just doing our job.”
Another major swing point is the turnover battle, where Arkansas has come up short far too often. The Razorbacks lost that battle against North Alabama and Georgia and finished even with Utah. Through three games, they have only two takeaways, including Harrison’s interception of Dampier against Utah.
“We know that we have to get more turnovers,” Harrison said. “Just taking shots at the ball.
We can't get turnovers if we're not attempting to get turnovers. So, punching the ball whenever we have a chance, and when the ball is in the air, just make sure it's ours.
It's nobody's ball, or it's ours.”
Arkansas, 1-2, hosts unbeaten Tulsa, 3-0, on Saturday at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m., with coverage on SEC Network+ and the Razorback Sports Network.
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