Arkansas must go back to drawing board on tackling

The Razorback defense has some glaring issues that must be corrected in order to avoid a three-game losing streak.

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There likely wasn’t a lot of love lost in the film session on Sunday after Arkansas’ 52-51 defeat at Ole Miss on Saturday.

At times, it appeared that the Razorbacks were only mildly interested in attempting to get Ole Miss ball carriers on the ground.

Barry Odom will have to get things corrected in a short order with Auburn coming to town on Saturday, a team that likes to run the football with a pair of bruising running backs.

“We couldn’t get (Matt) Corral on the ground,” Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman said. “Our secondary support was poor. There’s a lot of things we’ve got to get fixed, and we’re going to have full-time practice in order to do so.”

Odom electing to stick with the 3-man front has been an area where fans have wondered if they could do something different.

Pittman alluded in his press conference to discussions he’d had with Odom on possibly having four down linemen instead of three and that they have enough depth to do that schematically if they choose to do it.

Safety Jalen Catalon may have broken his hand against Texas A&M and so he may be in a protective cast the remainder of the season but it shouldn’t sideline him unless he aggravates it further.