Been a long time, but I'll never forget the 2007 Arkansas game

[18IsTheMan]

I remember Felix Jones and Darren McFadden absolutely tore us up and down that game, but they had a couple other backs I think that also abused us. If I recall, they ran for basically a first down every carry. Hardly passed the ball at all.

I just remember watching the game and being utterly dumfounded. They made no secret they were going to run the ball, basically every single play, and we were absolutely helpless to stop it. I don't recall when I've seen our D get gashed from start to finish like they were in that game when we knew exactly what was coming.

I believe, at the time, one of the backs set the SEC single game rushing yard in that game.

And our offense performed quite well in the game If I recall.

Who was our DC that year?

 

[Anon1742573506]

I remember Felix Jones and Darren McFadden absolutely tore us up and down that game, but they had a couple other backs I think that also abused us. If I recall, they ran for basically a first down every carry. Hardly passed the ball at all.

I just remember watching the game and being utterly dumfounded. They made no secret they were going to run the ball, basically every single play, and we were absolutely helpless to stop it. I don't recall when I've seen our D get gashed from start to finish like they were in that game when we knew exactly what was coming.

I believe, at the time, one of the backs set the SEC single game rushing yard in that game.

And our offense performed quite well in the game If I recall.

Who was our DC that year?

I think both backs had over 200 yards...hard to watch.

 

[18IsTheMan]

EDIT: Just looked the game up. Ran for 9.3 ypc lol. SOS must have been losing his every loving mind. I know I was. Our DL must have been something awful that year.

That was the infamous 6-1 and top 10 ranking to 6-6 and no bowl season.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I think both backs had over 200 yards...hard to watch.

Oh, man, it was brutal. Hard to watch doesn't even begin to describe it. Insane thing is, looking at the stats, they ran the ball a whopping 58 times but only held the ball 17:45. We actually had more TOP. If you run the ball 58 times, you expect to dominate TOP but they were picking up yards in massive chunks on the ground.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I also remember under Holtz...can't recall the year...we were playing Arky and knocked out their #1 and #2 QBs.

 

[sclawman77]

Tyrone Nix. That was the year Nix could have personally handed the Heisman out to Tebow or McFadden (both were finalists-Tebow won) after their Heisman like performances against our non-tackling defense.

 

[usc_nc]

I am pretty sure, almost positive, that our Defense had figured out that they pulled a certain player, a guard or a tackle, and it indicated a particular run play.
Well they were smart enough ti change it. And we were not smart enough to realize they changed it.

 

[Deathstar]

Those two might still be running somewhere, unstoppable by maybe one of the worst defenses we ever fielded.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Those two might still be running somewhere, unstoppable by maybe one of the worst defenses we ever fielded.

McFadden rushed for 1800 yards that year....321 came against us.

 

[sclawman77]

Those two might still be running somewhere, unstoppable by maybe one of the worst defenses we ever fielded.

I remember my dad coming back from the '95 UF game whipping (Spurrier vs Fat Brad). My dad said "I don't remember us making a tackle all day on defense". Courtesy of Wally Burnham-one of the worst DC's to step foot on a Carolina sideline.

 

[sclawman77]

McFadden rushed for 1800 yards that year....321 came against us.

Run DMC was the real deal. Felix Jones had a decent NFL career too. Peyton Hillis at FB.

 

[Rhode Island Dork]

My worst memory at Arkansas was going there in 2001, undefeated, top 10 ranked, national TV game on CBS (was a big deal back then), & crapping the bed, losing 10-7.

Up until that game ended, I thought the 2001 season was going to be some magical one that we'd all been waiting for. Thought it was fate, with it being our bicentennial, the "2001" theme we'd used for years, & such. That pathetic showing at Arkansas ended that.

 

[sclawman77]

My worst memory at Arkansas was going there in 2001, undefeated, top 10 ranked, national TV game on CBS (was a big deal back then), & crapping the bed, losing 10-7.

Up until that game ended, I thought the 2001 season was going to be some magical one that we'd all been waiting for. Thought it was fate, with it being our bicentennial, the "2001" theme we'd used for years, & such. That pathetic showing at Arkansas ended that.

Remember it, yes. They always made us play at War Memorial in Little Rock where they hardly lost instead of Fayetteville. It was personal with Lou being our coach and Broyles wanted that win.

 

[18IsTheMan]

My worst memory at Arkansas was going there in 2001, undefeated, top 10 ranked, national TV game on CBS (was a big deal back then), & crapping the bed, losing 10-7.

Up until that game ended, I thought the 2001 season was going to be some magical one that we'd all been waiting for. Thought it was fate, with it being our bicentennial, the "2001" theme we'd used for years, & such. That pathetic showing at Arkansas ended that.

That was almost a magical season. Lost to Arkansas by 3 and top 10 UT by 7 (obliterated by Florida). Almost an 11-1 season with the bowl win.