The Good

• For the second week in a row, wide receiver Jarius Wright showed an ability to make big plays.  Wright’s 70-yard touchdown grab in the second quarter was the unquestioned highlight of the afternoon for the Hogs.
• Several different players stepped up and produced on Saturday.  Senior safety Dallas Washington had six tackles and pulled in his first career interception; freshman fullback Mitchell Bailey scored his first career touchdown; redshirt freshman quarterback Nathan Dick led the Hogs on a 13 play, 80 yard touchdown drive; and junior tailback Brandon Barnett rushed 7 times for 45 yards and a touchdown.

The Bad

• Seeing the Razorback defense force a turnover should actually make fans cringe this season.  Once again on Saturday, the Hogs’ offense went three-and-out immediately after the defense had a takeaway.  We’ve lost track here at RBN of the number of times that’s happened this year…certainly in at least four of the ten games played.
• I guess there’s an “SEC Player of the Week Jinx” since Casey Dick had one of his worst outings as a Razorback in the game after receiving the recognition.  Freshman mistakes continue to plague the senior quarterback: grounding penalties, holding the ball too long, and tossing three interceptions.  As Coach Petrino said, “Anytime you throw three interceptions like that, you’re going to have a heck of a time winning the game.”

The Ugly

• There was more ugly than you could shake a stick at on Saturday as the Hogs generally had a letdown game.  (Six sacks???)  But one play that was especially ugly was the 66-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jared Cook that was allowed by the Hog defense.  And I say ‘allowed’ because it took the poor tackling effort of several Razorback defenders to ‘allow’ it to happen.

Walking on Sunshine also contributed to this post.