Up To The Tusk | An Arkansas Razorbacks NCAA 14 Dynasty

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INTRO

Hello,
I doubt many of you know me as I have not been very active on here in years. In the past I had several very short lived dynasties. Honestly, I don't think I ever made it past the first season. However, as I've gotten older I am more focused and get distracted less easily, so I feel it is time to try this again.

I would like to state in this post that I know this will not be the greatest dynasty of all time. I understand my limitations. I don't make graphics and I really struggle to remember to upload images and videos. However, I'm going to try my best. I'm also not the best writer in a journalism style, despite studying it for a short time. Additionally, this game is almost a decade old and I don't know how many people are even following these things anymore. I won't let that deter me.

This dynasty will follow coach Alex Flight, an offensive mastermind who after four years as the head coach at Colorado, has signed on with the Arkansas Razorbacks. This dynasty started in 2013, with some unique conferences. I had no idea I'd ever get to this point. However, here we are entering the 2020 season.

Flight runs a pass heavy offense, going with a traditional Run and Shoot at Colorado (thanks to Dr. Death). Now at Arkansas, he's tweaking his offense a little bit, but I'll get to that later.

I intend to stay at Arkansas for the duration of this thread, although there is one job I have my eye on but that is many years down the road in game. So let's buckle up and get into this thing.

Woooooooo. Pig. Sooie!

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Rules

The purpose of this dynasty is to succeed while being realistic. I don't want to win every game by 30+ points, and I would even be disappointed winning 95% of my games. However, I've played this game for 8 years. I'm good at it. I can't help that.

Game: NCAA Football 14
Platform: Xbox 360
Rosters: 2013 roster but at this point it is all game generated players
Offensive/Defensive/User Skill: Heisman
Injuries: On, all user players injuries ratings decreased by the following their first year
QB-20
RB-25
WR/TE-40
OL-80
DL-80
LB-70
DB-40
Fatigue: Off. This is to get better CPU play in the second half, and to compensate for the lack of user subs I will use formation subs, especially on defense, to simulate substitutions. This includes random substitution of 2 players in every defensive formation besides goal line and prevent. Offense will be randomly determined as well for receivers and running backs, although some will be intentional due to personnel.
Quarter length: 8 minutes
Game speed: Normal
Player min speed threshold: 32
HFA: Off
Game Rules (I believe these sliders are from J-Kit, but on the chance he updates them farther I will post them now)
Offsides-91
False Start-91
Holding-92
Facemask-59
OPI-98
DPI-99
Kick catch interference-60
Clipping-54
Intentional Grounding-54
Roughing the Passer-54
Roughing the Kicker-35
QB Accuracy-5 (10 if starters accuracy is 95+)/5
Pass Blocking-30/45
WR Catching-0/40
RB Ability-35/70
Run Blocking-5/25
Pass Coverage-45/25
Interceptions-35/35
Rush Defense-25/25
Tackling-30/30
FG Power-45/45
FG Accuracy-0/50
Punt Power-45/45
Punt Accuracy-0/40
Kickoff Power-50/50

Recruiting: I don't have concrete rules. I have goals.
-Sign the number of seniors I have leaving
-Set my preseason board. Start with players who have me as their top school (soft commits) followed by players who have me in their top 3 (interested). If I have to drop lower I drop to top 10 and if there still aren't enough prospects at a position I go into all prospects, search Arkansas, then Louisiana, then Texas. I can't do this just because I want a better player.
-Sign from my initial preseason board which doesn't change until someone commits somewhere else or locks me out.
-At that point I will go into the prospect list and sort by lowest percentage. I'll look first in Arkansas at the position I need to replace. If there is no one obtainable, I'll look at Louisiana, and finally Texas. If I have to go to LA or TX I will only look at 3* players max.
-Any 5* must play as a freshman
-Every year I will create a minimum of two prospects and track their careers. I will only recruit them if they have me as their top school, which is not the goal. I will take reader suggestions for these.
-I must keep at least one walk-on, that will be explained later.
-My goal for pipeline states are Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas in that order. I want most of, if not my entire roster to come from these states. Other states aren't off limit but they must be interested in me from the preseason.

Manual roster rating edits: This is a unique part of the dynasty. I use a number based work ethic board. While work ethic isn't a unique concept, I don't think I've ever seen it executed this way. Every number has a letter grade from A to C for physical skills and position based skills. This is the max they can IMPROVE in the off-season. I understand this may be a complicated system for you to grasp if I don't properly explain it. If you have trouble following, reach out and I'll try to do my best.
-A wheel is spun for each category. The wheel goes from A-F (no E obviously). An A is +2, B is +1, C is 0, D is -1, F is -2.
-Physical changes are set, meaning the max is +2 and minimum is -2. This impacts speed, strength, agility, and acceleration.
-For skill based, a multiplier is set for position groups. The same wheel is spun for QB, RB, WR/TE, OL, DE, DT, LB, CB, S, K/P. An A is 5x multiplier and decreases all the way to F being 1x.
-So if a player has a C physical cap and a B skill cap with a 3x multiplier, and they have two A wheel spins, their physical stats don't change and their position specific skills go up +3. If an F is spun for both, physical skills go down 2, and position specific skills go down 6.
-10 numbers are assigned diamond numbers, and 10 are duds. One of these will change for both diamonds and duds each year via RNG. These only impact freshman who are assigned this number. Again, the wheel is spun twice, once for physical and once for skill. This acts similarly to the multiplier, in that A is +/-5 and F is +1/-1. The multiplier for their position is again active for position based skills. So theoretically, it is possible for a freshman to go up +5 in speed, strength, agility,and acceleration, and up 25 in all position specific skills, making them a 99 from the beginning. However, it is also possible to go down 5, and down 25.
-The letter caps are fluid.
All conference increases skill letter grade by 1
All American increases skill and physical letter grade by 1
Award winner increases skill by 2 and physical by 1
A player being cut decreases skill and physical grades by 1
A player being redshirted decreases physical grade by 1 (the player then randomly changes number).

-QB Strength upgrades. Based off weight I will increase my QBs strength stat by the following in their first year
Sub 190, none
191-200, +5
201-215, +10
216-225, +15
226-239, +20
240+, +30

-Freshman number changes. Because jersey numbers are so important for me, all freshman will be randomly generated if I want to change them. This is pretty much reserved for impact players and won't be done by choice. The only two numbers off limit to be randomly given are 7 and 77 (I'll explain why later). Because of that, these grades are locked.

In game house rules
-I mostly just play the game. My playbook has I believe 1 shotgun read option that I will only run very infrequently. I'm not spamming plays, especially read option, four verts, and slip screen. My playbook has, I believe, one of each of these.
-The biggest in game restriction is based off my starting QB's awareness. I can do the following based on their rating:
Motion-50+
Flip run-60+
Flip play at line-65+
Basic hot route-70+
Advanced hot route-75+
Basic audible-80+
Formation audible-85+
No huddle change formation-90+

-Coaching adjustments: Holding blocks, big run, big hit, and strip ball are all to be turned on aggressive on the first play. The goal is to add some penalties and some fumbles. Catching cannot be turned on conservative as it eliminates drops completely. Chew clock has to be turned on when up 21 with ball, unless I'm in the final two minutes of the first half. If this has occurred at any point in the second half, I must sequence my plays like I'm Pete Carroll. That means: run/run/pass/punt.

Players Leaving: I don't convince any player to stay. I have to accept transfers.

I hope that covers everything. I know its a lot. If I forgot something I'll note that I have edited this post.

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Records and Results

Season Results
2013-SMU OC 11-2 Big 12 Champions, Cotton Bowl Champion
2014-Texas OC 13-1 SEC Champions, National Champions
2015-Texas OC 14-0 SEC Champions, National Champions
2016-Colorado HC 8-5 Poinsettia Bowl Champion
2017-Colorado HC 11-2 Orange Bowl Champion
2018-Colorado HC 14-0 PAC-12 Champions, National Champions
2019-Colorado HC 10-3 Fiesta Bowl Champions
Beginning of this thread
2020-Arkansas HC 7-6 Lost Chick-Fil-A Bowl

National Champions
2013-Ohio State
2014-Texas
2015-Texas
2016-Wisconsin
2017-Clemson
2018-Colorado
2019-Houston
2020-Houston

Heisman Trophy Winner
2018-Joel Thomas, QB Colorado
2019-Joel Thomas, QB Colorado
2020-Joel Thomas, QB Colorado

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Arkansas Razorbacks Football Records In Game*

Passing
TD Career: Ryan Mallett (2009-10), 62
TD Season: Brian Bradford (2020), 42
TD Game: Brian Bradford (2020 vs Mississippi State), 7
Yards Career: Ryan Mallett (2009-10), 7493
Yards Season: Brian Bradford (2020), 5307
Yards Game: Brian Bradford (2020 vs Mississippi State), 670

Rushing
TD Career: Bill Burnett (1968-70), 46
TD Season: Bill Burnett (1969), 19
TD Game: Madre Hill (1995 vs South Carolina), 5
Yards Career: Darren McFadden (2005-07), 4590
Yards Season: Darren McFadden (2007), 1830
Yards Game: Darren McFadden (2007 vs South Carolina), 321

Receiving
TD Career: Jonathan Frank (2018-20), 41
TD Season: Jonathan Frank (2019), 15
TD Game: Jonathan Frank (2020 vs Texas A&M), 4
Yards Career: Jonathan Frank (2018-20), 3512
Yards Season: Jonathan Frank (2020), 1575
Yards Game: Jonathan Frank (2020 vs Texas A&M), 315
Receptions Careers: Jonathan Frank (2018-20), 212
Receptions Season: Jonathan Frank (2020), 78
Receptions Game: Jonathan Frank (2020 vs Texas A&M), 15

Defense
Interceptions Career: Steve Atwater (1985-88), 14
Interceptions Season: Jim Rinehart (1949), 10
Interceptions Game: Wear Schoonover (1929 vs Texas), 5
Sacks Career: Wayne Martin (1985-88), 25
Sacks Season: Steve Conley (1995), 14
Sacks Game: Wayne Martin (1988 vs Ole Miss), 5

*I only include the record held in game. For example, Tyler Wilson holds the real record for passing yards in a career at 7765, but for some reason they don't count his full 2012 stats. The same happens to Cobi Hamilton who had 175 career receptions, including 90 in 2012. Yet they included his receiving yards record from that year?

One other note, Wayne Martin is credited with 26 sacks but in game only has 25 so I kept the 25.

Arkansas Razorbacks Football Achievements

All Americans
Ron Weaver, JR FS, 1st Team 2020 (91 overall)
Thomas Watkins, SR MLB, 2nd Team 2020 (83 overall)
Brian Bradford, FR QB, Freshman 2020 (82 overall)

All SEC
Brian Bradford, FR QB, 1st Team 2020 (82 overall)
Jonathan Frank, SR WR, 1st Team 2020 (93 overall)
Thomas Watkins, SR MLB, 1st Team 2020 (83 overall)
Ron Weaver, JR FS, 1st Team 2020 (91 overall)
Jeremiah Richardson, SR CB, 2nd Team 2020 (86 overall)
Anthony Mays, JR FS, 2nd Team 2020 (79 overall)

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Okay, I think that is all for placeholders. Feel free to comment. I don't want to spam posts and I have my next ~10 posts already written up so I'm going to take a break and come back to this.

If you're reading this, thank you.

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Report: Growing unrest in Boulder from coaches, AD
Written September 30, 2019

The Colorado Buffaloes have not had the season they had hoped following their 14-0 National Championship in 2018. While a 4-2 record is not bad, there are several issues with this team that have caused a rift between offensive and defensive coaches, and this has leaked into the athletic department as well.

The first issue has been turnovers. Colorado has more than twice as many giveaways as any team in the country with 15 interceptions and 12 fumbles. This includes three games of four interceptions by reigning Heisman winner Joel Thomas. Despite throwing for over 500 yards per game this season, fans have called for a quarterback change because of Thomas’ 15 interceptions, only 3 fewer than both his freshman and sophomore season.

The second issue is the imbalance of the offensive attack. While they have thrown for over 3000 yards on the season, the rushing attack is averaging only 3.9 yards per carry. Defensive coaches have blamed this as a reason for not only the turnovers, but the team's most recent loss to Texas. Despite scoring 76 points in 4OT, the Buffs only managed 64 rushing yards on 39 carries, compared to 69 passes.

Defensive coaches have blamed these as a reason for the defensive woes. “Of course we’re giving up so many points, we’re on the field all game in terrible field position,” one anonymous defensive coach said. A bright spot just a year ago, the Buffs have given up 68 ppg in their 3 toughest games, going 1-2 in those games.

“We have the talent, at some point the blame falls on the coaching,” Coach Alex Flight said Saturday following the teams 78-76 loss to Texas. Flight was clearly referring to Coach Mike MacIntyre, the Buffs former head coach who was given a second chance as defensive coordinator this year. Flight was vocal in the offseason about wanting Brent Venables who instead took the job at UL Monroe.

The tension has leaked into the athletic department as well. AD Rick George supported Flight, mentioning the teams National Championship and Flights success to this point with the program. However, at the end of his statement he said, “defense wins championships” which has led to speculation that this saga has not ended.

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Heisman winner benched in home loss
Written October 26, 2019. Last update October 27, 2019

After his 4th four interception game of the year, reigning Heisman Trophy winner Joel Thomas was benched, much to the joy of the fans. That joy was short lived, however, as backup Lionel Dixon struggled with accuracy for the rest of the game and the Buffaloes lost 36-28. Coach Flight wasn’t happy to make the move but said he hoped the move would teach the fans a lesson.

“You would think they would have more confidence in the coach and quarterback that brought them a championship a year ago,” Coach Flight said in a rant based postgame speech. “He [Dixon] clearly wasn’t ready for game action and I knew it wasn’t a good decision, but apparently I’m coaching for my job at this point.”

Dixon would finish 25/52 passing for 223 yards with a touchdown and interception. Dixon really struggled with accuracy as many of those incompletions were not remotely close to his receivers, who were often wide open.

Dixon did lead a bit of a comeback with the help of the run game led by Jacob Johnson who averaged 6.4 yards per carry in one of his best games of the year. The Buffaloes got to the 1 yard line in the final minute down 36-28. However, they were stuffed on 3 straight plays and lost as time expired.

When asked who the starter would be versus an Oregon State team that touts a top 20 pass defense, Coach Flight asked “who do you think should start?”. This answer was tongue in cheek as he seems to want to stick with Thomas no matter what.

Update: AD Rick George tweeted early Sunday morning the following:

“A coach shouldn’t blame the fans for a decision he made. He is in charge of the team
and while his job is to please the fans, he also knows more about the team than them.
Coach Flight is at fault for this loss and shouldn’t make excuses for his poor
performance.”

This tweet was quickly deleted but not before stirring up controversy and speculation on if Coach Flight will return to Boulder next year.

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BREAKING: Alex Flight out at Colorado
Written January 1, 2020

In a stunning turn of events. Colorado and head coach Alex Flight have parted ways. The news came in the post game press conference following Colorado's 37-33 win in the Fiesta Bowl. Tension had reportedly been building all year and culminates in what appears to be a mutual parting of ways.

Colorado has agreed to pay Flight the remaining four years of his contract worth a total of 18.4 million dollars. Whoever Colorado brings in to replace Flight will have big shoes to fill. Flights resume includes an 8-5 season in his first year, a cumulative 43-10 record, a 4-0 record in bowl games including three BCS bowls, a conference championship, and the second National Championship in Colorado's history.

The next step for both Flight and the Buffs remains to be seen. Many have speculated Flight will take an NFL job. However, being a Washington native, Flight could be holding out for Pete Carroll to retire and to take over as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks.

Many have speculated this move may be to open the door for Mike MacIntyre to step in as head coach for Colorado. MacIntyres first run as head coach was short lived as he was fired after going 3-9 in his first season.



Report: Flight down to Razorbacks, Hurricanes, NFL
Written January 15, 2020

The National Championship winning head coach has reportedly cut Stanford from his potential destinations list due to the academic restrictions. This leaves just two schools and the potential of moving to the NFL. Flight is reportedly leaning towards accepting the Miami Hurricanes job, who fired head coach Pete Kwiatkowski after a 4-8 season. Flight has told those close to them he is intrigued at the thought of “Bring Back The U”.

However, Flight hasn’t ruled out Arkansas as he would like to return to the SEC, a conference he went undefeated in as an offensive coordinator at Texas. He likes the thought of going to Arkansas because of their rivalry with his former school, after the Longhorns passed on Flight for his offensive coordinator in their search for a head coach a year ago.

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BREAKING: Flight signs 5 year, 34 million dollar deal with Arkansas
Written January 18, 2020

Former Colorado head coach Alex Flight signed a five year contract worth 6.8 million dollars per year this morning to become the 35th coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. Flight takes over after Tommy Tuberville retired to pursue a career in politics. Tuberville led the Razorbacks to a 2-10 year, with many fans saying he quit on the team in the middle of the year.

Flight will bring a drastic change from traditional Arkansas football with his pass happy run and shoot offense. Flight has said he has added a wrinkle to the offense to better ease the Razorbacks into the offense. When asked why he decided on Arkansas, Flight said, “They offer a lot of opportunities that just weren’t present in Miami”. One of those opportunities was “the chance to retire here”. Flight added that Miami, in their successful years, has been a stepping stone to the NFL and that he didn’t see it as a long term stop.

“I did pretty well here in my first go round,” said Flight when asked how he felt his offense would fit in the SEC. While that is true as he led Texas to a 27-1 record and two national championships as their offensive coordinator, he ran more of a hybrid offense between the traditional Run and Shoot and Tom Herman’s spread.

Colorado brings on Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich to replace Flight. Rolovich led the Warriors to a 13-1 record last season. Many had expected the Buffaloes defensive coordinator Mike MacIntyre to take the position despite his poor performance a year ago. Instead he will stay put as defensive coordinator.

Arkansas also fired offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and defensive coordinator Mike London. The Razorbacks replaced Kingsbury with Arkansas State OC TJ Weist, and London with Central Arkansas defensive coordinator Brooks Johnson. Weist performed decently with the Wolves, averaging 25.8 ppg which put them dead in the middle for points per game in the country. While that hire may not be eye popping, fans have to remember that Flight will be handling the bulk of the play calling on offense. Defensively, Johnson is a bit of an unknown, spending only two years as coordinator at Central Arkansas. However, his defenses were historic, allowing 9.7 ppg and 7.3 ppg in his two seasons. Most importantly, Johnson employs the same 4-2-5 defense that Flight runs.

All notable coaching changes are below:
Alex Flight, Colorado HC>Arkansas HC
Nick Rolovich, Hawaii HC>Colorado HC
Tony Levine, Houston HC>Michigan HC
Jamaal Workman, Houston DC>Houston HC
Cam Cameron, Toledo HC>Stanford HC
Charlie McCoy, South Alabama HC>Arizona HC
Ian Shields, Oregon State HC>Miami HC
Les Koenning, Hawaii OC>Hawaii HC
Ron English, Eastern Michigan HC>California HC
Matt Wells, Utah State HC>Oregon State HC
Kevin Sherrer, Toledo DC>Toledo HC
David Bailiff, Wisconsin DC>Utah State HC
Jay Bateman, Army DC>South Alabama HC
Jim Fleming, Akron HC>Colorado State HC
Clay Helton, USC OC>Maryland HC
Bryan Cook, Georgia Tech OC>Eastern Michigan HC
Paul Frazier, Kent State HC>Marshall HC
Curtis Johnson, Tulane HC>Louisiana Tech HC
Rich Nagy, Texas A&M DC>Tulane HC
Rich Rodriguez, Arizona HC>USC OC
Pete Kwiatkowski, Miami HC>Akron HC
Brady Hoke, Michigan HC>Wisconsin DC
Pat Narduzzi, Michigan State DC>Texas DC
David Shaw, Stanford HC>Georgia Tech OC
Mark Stoops, Penn State DC>Georgia DC
Rod Carey, California HC>Michigan OC
Shawn Elliott, South Carolina OC>Mid Tenn State HC
Kenwick Thompson, SJSU HC>Penn State DC
John Thompson, Arkansas State DC>Texas A&M DC
Dave Cohen, Akron DC>Western Michigan HC
Bob Stoops, Mid Tenn State HC>Houston DC
Bill Roberson, Duke DL>Miami DC
Doc Holliday, Marshall HC>South Carolina OC
Bobby Petrino, Western Kentucky HC>Stanford OC
Mark Richt, Colorado State HC>Western Kentucky HC
Trent Miles, Maryland HC>UAB HC
David Rivero, Cal OC>Ball State HC
Jim Grobe, Baylor DC>SJSU HC
Brian Lindgren, UNLV OC>Kent State HC
TJ Weist, Arkansas State OC>Arkansas OC
Brooks Johnson, Central Arkansas DC>Arkansas DC
Bret Bielema, California DC>Maryland DC
Ryan Day, Stanford OC>Troy OC
Justin Fuente, Texas Tech OC>UMASS OC
Kliff Kingsbury, Arkansas OC>UL Lafayette OC

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Recruiting Summary
Written February 5, 2020

Coach Alex Flight got his quarterback on national signing day. 4* ATH Brian Bradford went with the Razorbacks over Kansas State and New Mexico, citing Flights hire as the deciding factor. “He told me I’d be the front-runner to be his day one quarterback, I couldn’t pass that up,” Bradford told ESPN this morning. The number 32 prospect in the class of 2020 threw for 3658 yards and 34 TDs to just 7 INTs in 12 games this year, adding 230 yards rushing and 4 touchdowns. Bradford was also his team's starting strong safety, where he was named all-district.

Flight also added 4* WR Will Louis, 3*’s QB Julius Wade, OLB Jamaal McCray, WR Kurt Carey, and CB Tre Richardson in what was a busy national signing day for the new Razorbacks coach. “We had a lot of work to do, and we accomplished what we set out to do,” Flight said at the deadline.

Two players who signed before signing day that may be key pieces soon are twins Derrick and Andrew McDonald. Andrew is a pure running back with good size and speed, while Derrick is a slightly bigger athlete who projects best as a wide receiver.

For Razorback fans wondering about Flights recruiting ability long term, look no further than what he accomplished at Colorado this year. The Buffaloes finished with the third best class in the country, signing the second and third ranked recruits in the country in HB Speedy Sasso and ATH Jimmy Jackson. Both signed in the middle of the season to enroll early, meaning they couldn’t follow Flight to Arkansas.

The number one recruit in the class, DE Brady Elliott from Aberdeen, WA, signed with UCLA on signing day and projects to be a day one star. Elliott ran a 4.46u with a 500lb bench press and 610lb squat. The fourth overall prospect, HB Donovan Daniels, signed with Auburn and do it all athlete Bobby Nelson, the fifth overall prospect, signed with California. Auburn and UCLA each added one more top ten prospect in WR John Webb and WR John Lee, respectively.

The top five classes belonged to Alabama, Stanford, Colorado, Clemson, and Ohio State. Number nine Auburn signed the most 5*’s with 4, but only signed 2 4*’s. Flights alma mater Washington signed the eighth ranked class. His other finalist, Miami, finished with the 13th class, headlined by 5* Martin Benjamin. Arkansas finished 59th.

The full Arkansas class can be found below, as can the top 25 classes.

Arkansas Razorbacks Recruiting - 2019-20
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Brian Bradford	ATH	HS	Kirby, TX	6'3"	213
Will Louis	ATH	HS	Monahans, TX	6'1"	210
Derrick McDonald	ATH	HS	Pharr, TX	6'2"	218
Ryan Martinez	G	HS	LaPlace, LA	6'5"	285
Andrew McDonald	HB	HS	Pharr, TX	6'0"	202
Kurt Carey	WR	HS	Clarksville, AR	6'5"	213
Craig Cannon	T	HS	Terrytown, LA	6'7"	326
Julius Wade	QB	HS	Tyler, TX	6'1"	183
Tre Richardson	CB	HS	Sweetwater, TX	5'11"	169
Jamaal McCray	OLB	HS	Walnut Ridge, AR	6'3"	236
Glenn Cook	DE	HS	Lake Charles, LA	6'0"	235
Bryan Cooper (WO)	FS	HS	Sulphur Springs, TX	6'4"	194
Fred Smith	CB	HS	Oak Hills Place, LA	6'0"	177
Jay Calhoun	FS	HS	West Odessa, TX	5'10"	177
Jay Veney (WO)	SS	HS	University City, MO	6'3"	218
Harold Givens (WO)	T	HS	Snellville, GA	6'5"	285
Chris Ferwerda (WO)	G	JUCO Jr	Roanoke, VA	6'0"	291
Billy Seymour	FB	JUCO Jr	Humble, TX	6'2"	240

Top Recruiting Classes - 2019-20
RK	TEAM	5	4	3	2	1	TOTAL
1	Alabama	3	7	14	0	0	24
2	Stanford	0	11	11	1	0	23
3	Colorado	2	10	6	1	0	19
4	Clemson	1	10	9	1	0	21
5	Ohio State	1	8	11	0	0	20
6	Notre Dame	0	8	12	2	0	22
7	Georgia	1	6	12	2	1	22
8	Washington	0	8	9	2	1	20
9	Auburn	4	2	11	2	0	19
10	Florida State	1	6	9	0	6	22
11	UCLA	2	5	7	3	0	17
12	California	1	5	11	3	0	20
13	Miami	1	4	11	8	0	24
14	Nebraska	0	7	8	1	0	16
15	Ole Miss	0	6	10	1	2	19
16	Oregon	1	4	12	0	0	17
17	Arizona	0	6	7	5	1	19
18	TCU	1	2	15	2	3	23
19	Wisconsin	0	6	5	6	0	17
20	Oklahoma State	0	5	8	6	0	19
21	Vanderbilt	0	5	8	3	4	20
22	MIchigan	0	5	10	1	0	16
23	Navy	0	4	11	4	0	19
24	BYU	0	3	14	4	0	21
25	USC	1	3	11	0	3	18

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Initial Spring Roster released
Written March 14, 2020

Arkansas released their initial roster on Saturday ahead of the first spring practice on Monday, including some notable position changes. However, numbers have not been assigned to first year players yet, and cuts have not been finalized and won’t until after spring ball.

The most notable, yet least surprising position change was Brian Bradford who is officially listed as a quarterback now. The 4* athlete has all but been announced as the starting quarterback to open the year.

Previously listed as fullbacks, Vince Andrews and Calvin Parker are now listed at center and halfback respectively. Andrews lacks the size of a center, but has demonstrated himself to be an elite blocker. Parker is a big body who can run through almost anybody, and projects as a third running back for the Razorbacks. Two fullbacks are still listed on the depth chart, Luke Thomas and JUCO Billy Seymour.

Corey Stewart has moved from left guard to right guard, while true freshman Ryan Martinez is listed at left guard. Craig Cannon is listed at left tackle after many expected the true freshman to play right tackle. Center Brian Jones is now listed at left guard.

Left ends Joseph Hill and Jeremy Hudson have moved to right end, a position that was weak after losing the top three players at the position. Freshman Jamaal McCray is listed as a middle linebacker after playing strong side linebacker in high school.

Chris Charles and Anthony Mays have moved from cornerback to free safety to add depth in Flight’s 4-2-5 defense. Meanwhile, free safety David Barnes has moved to weak side linebacker. Strong safety Thomas Watkins has moved to middle linebacker.

The last two notable positions are freshmen Will Louis and Derrick McDonald being listed as wide receivers after being recruited as athletes. Louis also projected as a defensive back, while McDonald played an H-Back role in high school, leaving the door open for him to play running back or wide receiver. However, Coach Flight emphasizes having big and fast receivers. Both Louis and McDonald run sub 4.45 40’s and are over 6’, the ideal combination for Flight. McDonald playing receiver will also open up more carries for his twin brother Andrew.

Final roster released, cuts made
Written April 30, 2020

Arkansas released their final roster on Thursday, including first year jersey numbers and cuts. Three players were cut, including two scholarship players. Three walk-ons made the roster.

The first cut is of surprise to nobody, as JUCO fullback Billy Seymour will not make the team. Seymour was the second best fullback in spring, behind sophomore Luke Thomas who is younger. When you consider that Coach Flight’s offense has never used a fullback, this was an obvious move and many are even surprised that Thomas made the roster. Flight had urged Seymour to reconsider his commitment when he took over the job, insisting it was very unlikely that Seymour would hold his scholarship.

The second cut also shouldn’t be surprising as another JUCO player was cut, walk-on guard Chris Ferwerda. Ferwerda was one of the worst players in spring, and saw no action in the spring game.

The final cut comes at the expense of freshman free safety Jay Calhoun. Many expected Calhoun to make the roster over walk-on freshman Jay Veney, but the lack of depth at the strong safety position and Calhoun’s refusal to switch to the position eventually cost him his scholarship.

Walk-ons to make the roster include tackle Harold Givens, cornerback Fred Smith, safety Jay Veney, and safety Bryan Cooper. Coach Flight has announced that one of these players has been honored with the Burlsworth Award (not to be confused with the national Burlsworth Trophy). That comes with the honor of wearing the retired number 77 (as a lineman) or number 7 (as a skill position) and a scholarship.

In terms of jersey numbers, Two players switch numbers. Quarterback James Gonzalez will lose the number 7 and have to wear 14 as 7 is a reserved number for Coach Flight to honor Brian Burlsworth, the former Arkansas walk-on who became an All-American against all odds and wore 77. New center Vince Andrews will go from 27 to 72.

The winner of the Burlsworth Award is freshman walk-on cornerback Fred Smith. Out of Oak Hills Place, LA, Smith had 0 FBS offers. His biggest offer came from FCS powerhouse Stephen F. Austin. “He’s defied the odds and had a great spring camp, he’s earned this,” Coach Flight said about Smith. Smith was surprised with the award at a team meeting, with his parents watching their son receive a scholarship via a live video feed.

First year players numbers are listed below:
15 Brian Bradford
9 Will Louis
2 Tre Richardson
5 Derrick McDonald
74 Craig Cannon
58 Ryan Martinez
8 Julius Wade
33 Andrew McDonald
97 Glenn Cook
81 Kurt Carey
28 Bryan Cooper
56 Jamaal McCray
7 Fred Smith
61 Harold Givens
24 Jay Veney

Hometown is overall before progression/regression, overall after

2020 Arkansas Razorbacks
#	OFFENSE	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
14	James Gonzalez	QB	6'0"	206	SR RS	82, 85
15	Brian Bradford	QB	6'3"	213	FR	78, 78
8	Julius Wade	QB	6'1"	183	FR	65, 65
11	Sean Colvin	QB	6'2"	220	SO	69, 62
40	Mike Everson	HB	5'10"	207	SR RS	86, 86
22	Chris Mack	HB	6'0"	209	SR	83, 84
44	Calvin Parker	HB	6'2"	261	SR RS	75, 77
23	Brad Fry	HB	6'0"	219	SO RS	71, 71
37	Mike Lucas	HB	5'11"	203	FR RS	65, 66
33	Andrew McDonald	HB	6'0"	202	FR	64, 64
20	Luke Thomas	FB	6'0"	226	SO	77, 76
16	Jonathan Frank	WR	6'4"	220	SR RS	97, 93
85	Joe Stewart	WR	6'1"	198	JR	73, 78
84	Josh Holloway	WR	6'4"	220	SO	78, 77
83	Charlie Goolsby	WR	6'0"	180	SR	75, 77
9	Will Louis	WR	6'1"	210	FR	75, 75
5	Derrick McDonald	WR	6'2"	218	FR	72, 72
87	Brandon Perry	WR	6'3"	224	SR RS	70, 70
82	Sean Cook	WR	6'0"	206	SO RS	66, 66
81	Kurt Carey	WR	6'5"	213	FR	67, 59
80	Mason Spurlock	TE	6'0"	238	SR	80, 89
88	Thomas McLaurin	TE	6'3"	267	SR	78, 83
66	Steve Williamson	LT	6'4"	296	JR RS	78, 77
74	Craig Cannon	LT	6'7"	326	FR	71, 71
76	Brian Jones	LG	6'1"	297	JR	78, 79
69	Eric Hamby	LG	6'5"	307	SR RS	77, 78
58	Ryan Martinez	LG	6'5"	285	FR	69, 69
78	Brandon Haumiller	C	6'3"	280	JR	79, 81
72	Vince Andrews	C	6'1"	250	SO	79, 77
60	Scott Hubbard	C	6'3"	279	FR RS	69, 66
68	Jerod Carter	RG	6'3"	300	SR RS	83, 81
63	Corey Stewart	RG	6'3"	303	FR RS	74, 72
79	Kevin Brown	RT	6'6"	336	SR RS	71, 72
73	David Wilson	RT	6'3"	313	JR RS	73, 72
67	Bryan Chavez	RT	6'5"	310	FR RS	68, 71
61	Harold Givens	RT	6'5"	285	FR	48, 48
#	DEFENSE	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
95	Julius Houston	LE	6'3"	248	FR RS	72, 76
65	PJ Washington	LE	6'2"	282	JR RS	79, 73
96	Dallas Clark	LE	6'5"	270	FR RS	61, 59
64	Joseph Hill	RE	6'5"	261	JR RS	74, 74
99	Jeremy Hudson	RE	6'3"	287	FR RS	70, 70
97	Glenn Cook	RE	6'0"	235	FR	62, 62
98	Sean Young	DT	6'2"	301	JR	72, 84
62	Nick Dukes	DT	6'0"	291	SO	79, 73
93	Darren Finley	DT	6'4"	274	SR RS	77, 72
94	Eddie Clark	DT	6'2"	328	FR RS	69, 69
91	Ronnie Johnson	DT	6'2"	270	JR RS	71, 60
90	Geoff Sullivan	DT	6'2"	281	SO RS	72, 60
50	Martin Carter	LOLB	6'1"	228	SR RS	82, 82
57	Benjamin Hodges	LOLB	6'3"	247	SR RS	80, 80
25	David Barnes	LOLB	6'1"	201	SO RS	58, 57
30	Thomas Watkins	MLB	6'1"	205	SR RS	83, 83
55	Marshall Williams	MLB	5'11"	232	SO RS	72, 71
56	Jamaal McCray	MLB	6'3"	236	FR	56, 56
51	Matthew Wells	ROLB	6'0"	243	JR RS	78, 75
54	Cody Carter	ROLB	6'0"	226	SO RS	66, 63
47	Jeremiah Richardson	CB	6'0"	189	SR	90, 86
32	Wesley Wilson	CB	5'11"	178	JR RS	76, 77
2	Tre Richardson	CB	5'11"	169	FR	73, 73
46	Brad Leak	CB	6'1"	179	JR RS	77, 73
7	Fred Smith	CB	6'0"	177	FR	55, 55
26	Chris Charles	FS	6'2"	184	SR RS	82, 78
49	Anthony Mays	FS	6'1"	183	JR RS	74, 78
29	Tom Fitch	FS	6'0"	187	SO RS	74, 73
28	Bryan Cooper	FS	6'4"	194	FR	58, 58
21	Ron Weaver	SS	5'9"	178	JR RS	86, 90
48	Andrew Parks	SS	6'0"	185	SO RS	73, 64
24	Jay Veney	SS	6'3"	218	FR	50, 40
#	SPECIAL TEAMS	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
17	Mike Andrews	K	6'3"	188	JR	90, 90
3	Kyle Harrison	P	6'4"	205	SO	74, 74

Redshirts: Julius Wade (QB), Andrew McDonald (HB), Ryan Martinez (LG), Jamaal McCray (MLB)

Arkansas Razorbacks Depth Chart - 2020
Regular Offense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
WR	Jonathan Frank-Z	Mason Spurlock-X	Joe Stewart-H	Will Louis-S
TE	Thomas McLaurin	Mason Spurlock
LT	Steve Williamson	Craig Cannon	David Wilson
LG	Brian Jones	Eric Hamby	Vince Andrews
C	Brandon Haumiller	Vince Andrews	Eric Hamby
RG	Jerod Carter	Corey Stewart	Vince Andrews
RT	Kevin Brown	David Wilson	Bryan Chavez
WR	Josh Holloway-Z	Charlie Goolsby-X	Brandon Perry-H	Derrick McDonald-S
QB	Brian Bradford	James Gonzalez	Sean Colvin
FB	Luke Thomas
HB	Mike Everson	Chris Mack	Calvin Parker	Brad Fry
Base 4-2-5 Defense
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LDE	Julius Houston	PJ Washington	Dallas Clark
LDT	Sean Young	Eddie Clark	Darren Finley
RDT	Nick Dukes	Ronnie Johnson	Geoff Sullivan
RDE	Joseph Hill	Jeremy Hudson	Glenn Cook
SLB	Benjamin Hodges	Matthew Wells	Cody Carter
WLB	Thomas Watkins	Marshall Williams	Martin Carter	Matthew Wells
CB	Jeremiah Richardson-F	Brad Leak-F	Fred Smith-F
SS	Ron Weaver	Andrew Parks
FS	Chris Charles	Anthony Mays	Tom Fitch
SS	Anthony Mays	Andrew Parks
CB	Wesley Wilson-B	Tre Richardson-B	Fred Smith-B
Special Teams
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
K	Mike Andrews
P	Kyle Harrison
PR	Derrick McDonald	Brad Fry	Brandon Perry
KR	Derrick McDonald	Brad Fry	Brandon Perry
LS	Vince Andrews	Thomas McLaurin

Formation subs
Flexbone Normal: Joe Stewart, HB2 (H); Will Louis, HB1 (S), Mike Everson, FB (HB)
Flexbone Trio Right: Will Louis, HB (S); Mike Everson, FB (HB)
Flexbone Trips Left: Will Louis, HB (S); Mike Everson, FB (HB)
Flexbone Trips Right: Will Louis, HB (S); Mike Everson, FB (HB)
Ace Spread: Chris Mack, HB
Ace Trips 4WR; Chris Mack, HB; Derrick McDonald, WR4 (S); Charlie Goolsby, WR2 (X)
Pistol Spread: Josh Holloway, WR1 (Z)
Pistol Spread Flex: Brandon Perry, WR3 (H)
Pistol Trips 4WR: Charlie Goolsby, WR2 (X); Brandon Perry, WR3 (H); Josh Holloway, WR1 (Z)
Shotgun Spread: Chris Mack, HB
Shotgun Spread Flex: Calvin Parker, HB; Brandon Perry, WR3 (H); Derrick McDonald, WR4 (S)
Shotgun Trey 4WR: Chris Mack, HB
Shotgun Trio 4WR: Calvin Parker, HB; Josh Holloway, WR1 (Z); Charlie Goolsby, WR2 (X); Brandon Perry, WR3 (H); Derrick McDonald, WR4 (S)
Shotgun Trips HB WK: Brandon Perry, WR3 (H); Charlie Goolsby, WR2 (X)
Shotgun Trips Open: Derrick McDonald, WR4 (S); Josh Holloway, WR1 (Z)
Wishbone Tight: Calvin Parker, FB
Wishbone Wide: Calvin Parker, FB

4-2-5 Normal: Tre Richardson, CB2 (B); Jeremy Hudson, RE
4-2-5 Okie Across: Andrew Parks, SS2
4-2-5 Over: Martin Carter, SLB; Eddie Clark, DT1
4-2-5 Under: PJ Washington, LE
4-2-5 Under Slide: Brad Leak, CB1 (F); Darren Finley, DT2
Dime Normal: Marshall Williams, MLB
Nickel Normal: Anthony Mays, FS
Nickel Strong: Tom Fitch, SS1

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American changes name and adds four, including defending champs
Written February 7, 2020

Conference realignment continues in a big way, as the American Athletic Conference has added four teams and earned a BCS auto bid, while also assuming the name of the Big 12. Meanwhile, the Big 12 will assume the name of the American Athletic Conference, in what is essentially a swap.

The most notable addition to the new look Big 12 is defending National Champion, the Houston Cougars. Houston will be joined by a Hawaii team that finished 7th in the polls, Nevada who has been a familiar face in the rankings in recent years, and UCF. This gives the Big 12 twelve teams for now. However, the aptly named conference may not remain that way for long as they continue to search for more teams to add to join the other 4 automatic qualifying conferences with 16 teams.

Other moves include UMASS from the MAC to the new look American, Temple to the American from Conference USA, and Texas State from the Sun Belt to Conference USA. This leaves the automatic qualifying conferences and the MAC as the only conferences with a championship game. The American has 11 teams, C-USA has 9, Mountain West has 10, and Sun Belt has 7.

The Big 12 will split into East and West divisions. The East will consist of Army, UCONN, Houston, Kansas State, Navy, and UCF. Meanwhile the West will be Air Force, Baylor, Hawaii, Nevada, SMU, and TCU. Their conference championship will be at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas and there will be no consistent rivalry games that are protected. The conference will have an automatic bid to the Fiesta Bowl, if their champion does not make the National Championship Game.

For those who may have lost track, we have broken down the conferences below:

ACC Atlantic
Florida State
Clemson
Syracuse
Louisville
Boston College
NC State
Cincinnati
Wake Forest

ACC Coastal
Pittsburgh
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Miami
Duke
Virginia

American
Louisiana Tech
Tulane
Arkansas State
Temple
UMASS
UL Lafayette
USF
Tulsa
Mid Tenn State
Memphis
UL Monroe

Big 12 East
Houston
Army
Navy
Connecticut
UCF
Kansas State

Big 12 West
Hawaii
TCU
SMU
Baylor
Nevada
Air Force

Big Ten East
Penn State
Michigan State
Rutgers
Ohio State
Michigan
Indiana
Purdue
Maryland

Big Ten West
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Northwestern
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Iowa State

C-USA
Rice
ECU
Texas State
Old Dominion
North Texas
UTEP
Marshall
Western Kentucky
UTSA

Independent
Notre Dame

MAC East
Miami University
Akron
Buffalo
Kent State
Bowling Green
Ohio

MAC West
Toledo
Eastern Michigan
Central Michigan
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
Ball State

Mountain West
Utah State
San Diego State
Colorado State
Wyoming
New Mexico
UNLV
Fresno State
San Jose State
New Mexico State
Idaho

PAC-12 North
Colorado
Oregon
Boise State
Oregon State
Washington
Stanford
California
Washington State

PAC-12 South
USC
Oklahoma State
Arizona State
UCLA
Arizona
Texas Tech
Utah
BYU

SEC East
Alabama
South Carolina
Florida
Tennessee
Georgia
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Kentucky

SEC West
LSU
Texas A&M
Ole Miss
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi State
Arkansas

Sun Belt
South Alabama
Troy
FIU
Southern Miss
Georgia State
UAB
Florida Atlantic

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Preseason recruiting board

Arkansas Razorbacks Recruiting - 2020-21
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Nigel Clark	OG	HS	Bartlett, TN	6'6"	280
Bradley Williamson	FS	HS	Horn Lake, MS	6'4"	203
Demarcus Davis	MLB	HS	Skiatook, OK	6'1"	249
Andrew Brown (soft)	TE	HS	Siloam Springs, AR	6'5"	258
Brad Bailey	DT	HS	Pascagoula, MS	6'5"	252
Pierre Gordon	HB	HS	Hot Springs Village, AR	6'0"	186
William Greene (soft)	WR	HS	Longview, TX	6'3"	217
James Samuel	ATH	HS	Donaldsonville, LA	6'0"	205
Casey Noble	OLB	HS	Batesville, AR	6'3"	222
Ryan Morgan	DT	HS	Manhattan Beach, CA	6'3"	298
Lawrence Britt (soft)	OG	HS	Forestdale, AL	6'6"	273
Nick Calhoun	SS	HS	Canyon, TX	5'10"	182
Jerrell Tutins (soft)	CB	HS	Smithville, TX	6'0"	178
Marcus Alexander	CB	HS	Sallisaw, OK	6'2"	197
Blake Davis (soft)	CB	HS	Temple, TX	5'11"	171
Stevie Morgan	HB	HS	Red Chute, LA	6'1"	204
Ray Mack	WR	HS	Euless, TX	6'1"	188
Mike Lucas	TE	HS	Aldine, TX	6'2"	242

Recruits to Watch
Kamaru Nguyen, OT from New York City, NY. A 6'9" 370lb behemoth who recently picked up the sport after moving from Nigeria. His top 3 is Nebraska, Army, and Wisconsin.

Justice Jefferson, CB from East Los Angeles, CA. A 6'4" corner who is an athletic freak but tends to improvise on the field. His top 3 is Alabama, Notre Dame, and Texas.

Christoff Muller, TE from Sawmills, NC via Germany. A 6'7" TE that does everything well, but thrives using his power in blocking and to catch in traffic. His top 3 is Alabama, LSU, and Notre Dame.

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Arkansas sets 2020 schedule, announces future home-and-home
Written August 1, 2020

While the opponents were already set, the Arkansas football schedule was released today confirming dates, times and locations. Arkansas will play 7 home games, 4 true road games, and a neutral site kickoff game that was rescheduled when Coach Flight took over the program.

Arkansas will open the season up at home versus Georgia on August 29th at 6 pm. They follow that up with the Cowboys Kickoff game versus Texas Tech, a game that was originally supposed to be at Texas Tech. The Razorbacks then get rival Texas at home on September 12th before traveling to Norman to play Oklahoma.

After that, Arkansas will play their first of four teams ranked in the preseason polls in College Station. Texas A&M enters the season ranked 10th. A third consecutive road game will be played at Missouri, before returning home for 3 games. Those games will be #11 South Carolina, UL Monroe, and #24 Ole Miss.

Two bye weeks in a row will set the Razorbacks up for the home stretch where they travel to Mississippi State before returning home to host Texas State. The final game of the season is their rivalry game at home versus #6 LSU.

The Razorbacks will only have 5 games starting later than 4:00 pm EST, coming against Georgia (6pm), Oklahoma (8pm), Missouri (6pm), South Carolina (4:30pm), and Texas State (8pm). The remainder of their games will kickoff at 12:30, with the exception of the LSU game that kicks off at 3:30 pm.

Additionally, the Razorbacks announced a home and home in 2021-22 with Coach Flight’s former team, the Colorado Buffaloes. “We had to scramble to get this done because we knew the fans would want to see it,” said AD Hunter Yurachek. This will mean that Flight will coach against two of his former teams, Texas and Colorado, in the next two years.

2020 Arkansas Razorbacks Schedule
8/29 6:00pm vs Georgia
9/5 12:30pm vs Texas Tech (Cowboys Kickoff)
9/12 12:30pm vs Texas
9/19 8:00pm @ Oklahoma
9/26 12:30pm @ #10 Texas A&M
10/3 6:00pm @ Missouri
10/10 4:30pm vs #11 South Carolina
10/17 12:30pm vs UL Monroe
10/24 12:30pm vs #24 Ole Miss
Bye
Bye
11/14 12:30pm @ Mississippi State
11/21 8:00pm vs Texas State
11/28 3:30pm vs #6 LSU

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NCAA Football Rankings - Coaches Poll - Updated: Aug 15, 2020
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	W	L	POINTS
1	Colorado (40)			1504
2	Alabama (21)			1437
3	USC			1420
4	Oklahoma State			1393
5	Florida State			1277
6	LSU			1134
7	Wisconsin			1063
8	Oregon			974
9	Penn State			892
10	Texas A&M			837
11	South Carolina			817
12	Clemson			757
13	Michigan State			617
14	Houston			563
15	Florida			540
16	Nebraska			528
17	Tennessee			528
18	Arizona State			449
19	Army			386
20	Pittsburgh			328
21	Rutgers			303
22	Syracuse			301
23	Hawaii			284
24	Ole Miss			273
25	Georgia Tech			236

Heisman Watch - Updated: Aug 15, 2020
NAME	POS	SCHOOL		SEASON STATS
Joel Thomas	QB	Colorado
Troy Miller	HB	Wisconsin
Jed Dodd	QB	Nebraska
Steven Gonzalez	QB	Oregon
Quentin Herron	QB	Georgia Tech

Notable Week One Matchups

Texas @ Mississippi State
Arkansas State @ Vanderbilt
Colorado State @ #1 Colorado
#2 Alabama @ #10 Texas A&M (SEC GOTW, National GOTW)
Georgia @ Arkansas
Missouri @ Auburn
#24 Ole Miss @ #11 South Carolina
BYU @ Arizona
Utah @ Utah State