SEC Network host Alyssa Lang gives inside scoop on Arkansas Razorbacks
SEC Network host Alyssa Lang gives inside scoop on Arkansas Razorbacks
A HEAVY TRANSFER PORTAL HERE SHE IS. LET’S TALK ABOUT OSU AND ARKANSAS NOW. THEY HAVE NOT PLAYED SINCE 1980. IT WAS THE JIMMY JOHNSON AND LOU HOLTZ ERA. THERE. WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT THIS MATCHUP? I THINK FOR ARKANSAS I’M MOST EXCITED TO SEE IF THE OFFENSIVE FIREWORKS THAT WE SAW IN WEEK ONE AGAINST ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF CAN CONTINUE AGAINST OSU. THIS COULD BE A SNEAKY GOOD GAME FOR AN OFFENSE TO SCORE ON ALL TEN OFFENSIVE DRIVES FOR, FOR THAT TO RESULT IN A TOUCHDOWN, AS ARKANSAS DID IN THEIR OPENER, I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD SIGN FOR RAZORBACK FANS. AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHO THE OPPONENT WAS. 70 TO 0 IS DEFINITELY HARD TO TELL WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT KIND OF COMPETITION THEY’RE ABOUT TO FACE. OSU HAD A GREAT FIRST WEEK AS WELL AGAINST SOUTH DAKOTA STATE. MIKE GUNDY MENTIONED. WE’D LIKE TO DO MORE IN THEIR RUN GAME. THAT’S WHAT THEY THAT WAS ONE OF THE PRESSURE POINTS. IF YOU WILL. SO ARKANSAS’S DEFENSIVE LINE IS ONE OF THEIR BEST ASSETS. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE POKES ARE UP AGAINST AGAINST THIS D LINE AS AN OFFENSE IN THE SEC. YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL TO WIN GAMES AS A DEFENSE IN THE SEC. YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO STOP THE RUN TO WIN GAMES, RIGHT? SO COACH GUNDY WANTS TO COME IN AND RUN THE FOOTBALL. THAT’S THE HALLMARK OF A GREAT TEAM. BUT IF YOU’RE ARKANSAS, YOU’RE SITTING THERE GOING, THERE’S NO WAY WE’RE LETTING A TEAM RUN ALL OVER US, RIGHT? AND ARKANSAS DEFENSE NEEDING TO IMPROVE TACKLING FROM WEEK ONE NOW AGAINST THE NATION’S LEADING RETURNING RUSHER OLLIE GORDON. BUT WHAT I GUESS I’M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS SEEING JALEN GREEN AGAINST SOME UPPED COMPETITION. RIGHT. WE KNEW COMING INTO THE SEASON THAT HE’S A HECK OF AN ATHLETE. WE KNOW HOW DANGEROUS HE IS AS A BALL CARRIER, HOW HE CAN CREATE WITH HIS LEGS, HOW WILL HE BE ABLE TO DO THAT AGAINST AN OSU DEFENSE? WELL, JALEN GREEN IS A TRANSFER. TALK ABOUT THE TRANSFERS AT ARKANSAS AS A WHOLE. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DID PRETTY WELL IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL THIS YEAR. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT’S VERY EARLY IN THE SEASON AND HARD TO KNOW. YOU KNOW ARE THOSE GOOD MOVES. ARE THOSE WINS IN THE TRANSFER PORTAL? YEAH. IT’S SUCH AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE’S SO MANY CONVERSATIONS AND SO MANY STORYLINES WITH TRANSFER PLAYERS ALL OVER COLLEGE FOOTBALL, RIGHT. AND CERTAINLY IN WEEK ONE, EVEN WEEK TWO, MAYBE EVEN WEEK THREE, JUST EARLY IN THE SEASON, IT’S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE WHERE YOU SEE TRANSFER PLAYERS GEL IMMEDIATELY WITH THE ROSTER. THAT WAS THERE, ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THE 2024 RAZORBACK TEAM. BUT THE POKES HAVE A SIMILAR ROSTER FROM LAST YEAR, ALLOWING FOR MORE COHESION AND MATURITY EARLY ON. OKAY, LAST QUESTION. WHAT IS YOUR PREDICTION FOR THIS GAME? OOH, THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. WELL, I HAVE TO TAKE ARKANSAS IN THE WIN. I LOVED THE WAY THEY SHOWED UP IN WEEK ONE. AND I’VE BEEN A TAYLOR GREEN SUPPORTER SINCE BEFORE HE PUT ON THE ARKANSAS UNIFORM AND WENT OUT THERE WEEK ONE. I WAS REAL
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SEC Network host Alyssa Lang gives inside scoop on Arkansas Razorbacks
Before Oklahoma State and Arkansas kick off on Saturday, KOCO 5's Hannah Hoover spoke with SEC Network host Alyssa Lang to get the inside scoop on the Razorbacks and her thoughts on the matchup in Stillwater.Open the video player above to watch.
Before Oklahoma State and Arkansas kick off on Saturday, KOCO 5's Hannah Hoover spoke with SEC Network host Alyssa Lang to get the inside scoop on the Razorbacks and her thoughts on the matchup in Stillwater.
Open the video player above to watch.
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