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Everything Sam Pittman said after Arkansas vs Texas A&M

There were precious few positives to take from Arkansas’ loss to the Aggies on Saturday and Sam Pittman knows it.

Arkansas football is in familiar territory right now.

The Razorbacks have lost three straight games at some point in every season since 2016. Saturday’s defeat at the hands of Texas A&M marked that point in 2023 as the Hogs fell to below .500, 2-3, five games into the year.

Overall, the game may have been the team’s worst-played of the year. In last week’s loss to LSU, Arkansas was in the game until the end. The week before against Brigham Young, Arkansas outplayed the Cougars.

But everything Saturday went Texas A&M’s way, from the big plays to the small things.

Coach Sam Pittman knows it was not his team’s best performance and he may have gone so far to admit that it was the worst. Here’s what the head Hogs man had to say after the game.

Arkansas’ Players of the Game vs. Texas A&M: Does anyone deserve it this week?

Just about everything about Arkansas on Saturday against Texas A&M was a disappointment.

Texas A&M is a good football team. Texas A&M is not a great football team.

Right now, Arkansas is losing to good football teams.

The Razorbacks dropped their third straight football game Saturday, this time to the Aggies for the 10th time in the last 11 games, 34-22.

The big play was Arkansas’ death knell. The Aggies intercepted a KJ Jefferson pass and returned it for a touchdown early in the second half and then returned a punt 84 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to take total control.

Arkansas’ offense simply couldn’t respond often enough, even if its defense played fairly well, all things considered.

But you can find summaries elsewhere. This is about Arkansas’ individual players. Here are the Hogs’ Players of the Game, as selected by the RazorbacksWire staff.

Déjà vu in DFW: Hogs fall against A&M because of big plays

Instead of a fumble return for touchdown, it was an interception return and a punt return that doomed Arkansas.

If Saturday seemed familiar for Arkansas football fans, you’re forgiven.

A year after big plays sent Arkansas to a loss against Texas A&M, the same things happened in 2023. The Aggies provided the Razorbacks with a third straight loss, 34-22, in Saturday’s Southwest Classic in Arlington, Texas.

The Razorbacks trailed by just four points late in the third quarter when Chris Russell intercepted KJ Jefferson and returned the pick for a touchdown to lift Texas A&M to a two possession lead. Jefferson’s pass was tipped up in the air behind the line of scrimmage and Russell nicked it out of the air and took it 16 yards for a touchdown.

Midway through the fourth, the Aggies took complete control when Ainias Smith, after fumbling the punt, picked the ball up and ran 82 yards for a punt-return touchdown to give Texas A&M a 34-16 lead.

Arkansas scored a final touchdown with 3:53 left when KJ Jefferson found Andrew Armstrong for a 48-yard score, but the two-point conversion failed and the onside kick did, as well, as the Aggies simply ran out the clock to hold on.

The Razorbacks will seek to snap their three-game skid in Week 6 when they travel to Oxford, Mississippi, to play Ole Miss.

WATCH: Snaxx takes it baxx for the pick-six to get Arkansas back in the game

Lorando Johnson intercepted Max Johnson on the first play of the second half to trim Texas A&M’s lead.

After a disasterous end to the first half, Arkansas needed just one play to get back into the game Saturday.

Lorando Johnson, who goes by the nickname Snaxx, intercepted Texas A&M quarterback Max Johnson on the first play of the second half and returned the pick for a touchdown to pull Arkansas within four points, 17-13.

Johnson had torched the Arkansas secondary in the first half to the tune of two touchdowns and 169 yards passing. His two-yard touchdown pass to Earnest Crownover with 13 seconds left in the half built A&M’s lead to two scores at that point.

The Aggies received the kickoff in the second half, too, threatening to make it a three-score game before Johnson’s pick-six.

Johnson, the team’s starting nickel back, had seven tackles and a pass break-up in four games with the Razorbacks after transferring from Baylor in the offseason.

Arkansas – Texas A&M: LIVE updates, scores and highlights from second half

Arkansas trails Texas A&M 17-6 entering the second half. Follow along for updates, scores and highlights from AT&T Stadium.

Arkansas is in danger of letting this game slip away as they trail the Texas A&M Aggies 17-6 at halftime.

The Hogs trail in almost every statistical category except penalties, which has been the major point of emphasis this week. The Aggies have been called for three penalties, but the Hogs have yet to be flagged.

Texas A&M has 225 yards of total offense compared to Arkansas’ 124 yards. The Hogs have gotten inside the 10-yard line on drive twice, but only have two field goals to show for it. That was a common theme in last week’s loss to LSU, settling for field goals instead of scoring touchdowns.

The Aggies were able to play the game management around halftime perfectly, as they scored to end the half and get the ball to start the second half.

Follow along here for drive-by-drive and score-by-score updates from the second half between Arkansas and Texas A&M.

Arkansas – Texas A&M: LIVE updates, scores and highlights from first half

Follow along for live updates, scores and highlights from all of today’s action in Arkansas and Texas A&M.

The Arkansas Razorbacks enter Saturday’s contest with Texas A&M on a two-game losing skid.

After one-possession losses at home to BYU and on the road to LSU, the Hogs need to get back in the win column on Saturday. If they don’t, they could be looking at a 2-5 start to a season that was once filled with quiet confidence and optimism.

The games in Arlington seem to almost always be close, but Arkansas only has one win over the last 11 games in this series. Bobby Petrino being the new offensive coordinator for the Aggies has added some extra flair to this game, but you can probably expect the same sort of theatrics and drama that this game has been know for in recent history.

Follow along below for live drive-by-drive and score-by-score updates of all the first half action from AT&T Stadium.

Arkansas vs Texas A&M Predictions: Two teams that deserve each other

Our four writers are all picking a game with a maximum margin of 10 points. Expect a tight one between Arkansas and Texas A&M.

Texas A&M may be near a touchdown favorite against Arkansas on Saturday at 11 a.m., but little about most meetings between the Aggies and Razorbacks had made sense in recent years.

The Aggies are without starting quarterback Connor Weigman, replaced by Max Johnson. Johnson has had mixed results against the Razorbacks, though he led Texas A&M to win in this same game last year.

Arkansas may have running back Rocket Sanders back for the first time since Week 1. Sanders was a preseason All-American, but a knee injury has kept him out of the lineup since that season-opening win over Western Carolina.

Texas A&M has won nine of the last 10 games in the meeting in the last 10 years. The old Southwest Conference rivalry was re-estbalished when the Aggies joined the SEC at about that time. Even with all those A&M wins, neither team has won by more than 11 points since 2016.

Here is how our team of editor E. Wayne and contributors Steve Andrews, Connor Goodson and Derek Oxford see Saturday shaking out.

Arkansas football vs Texas A&M: How to watch, stream, listen

The Southwest Classic is set for an 11 a.m. kickoff between the Razorbacks and the Aggies.

Arkansas and Texas A&M are to kick off in the annual Southwest Classic from Arlington, Texas, at 11 a.m. Saturday morning.

And this year, the game, despite its slotting in just fifth week of the season, carries plenty of weight.

The Razorbacks enter at 2-2, on a two-game losing streak that has created some doubts in the minds of fans about the ability for Arkansas to get to a bowl game. The schedule doesn’t lighten in the next two weeks for the Hogs, either at Alabama and Ole Miss. A loss against Texas A&M would mean a five-game losing streak and those aren’t simple to overcome mentally.

Texas A&M is 3-1, but hasn’t looked as good as expected, having already fallen out of the Top 25. Coach Jimbo Fisher seems perpetually in Aggies fans’ focus of frustration and his hire of new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino has increased such.

Arkansas needs the game a bit more than Texas A&M, at least for this season. But the Fisher needs the win a bit more than Arkansas’ Sam Pittman.

Here’s how to watch, stream and listen to the game.

Can Arkansas upset Texas A&M or will Bobby Petrino get revenge? Three reasons why each can happen

Will the Hogs upset the Aggies in Arlington or will Bobby Petrino finally get his revenge? Here’s three reasons why each could happen.

The Southwest Classic has not been kind to the Arkansas Razorbacks since its’ inception in 2009.

Arkansas still holds an eight-game advantage in the overall series record, but have only won four times since 2009. That stretch includes a nine-game losing streak from 2012 to 2020.

Over the years, Arkansas has found countless ways to lose this game to the Aggies. It just seems like something always happens in this rivalry game that keeps the Hogs from winning the close ones. Last year, it was a [autotag]KJ Jefferson[/autotag] fumble and ensuing 99-yard scoop-and-score combined with [autotag]Cam Little[/autotag]’s missed field goal at the end of the game that to Arkansas’ getting beat.

This year’s matchup should be pretty even and there’s more added flavor than there has been in years past. [autotag]Bobby Petrino[/autotag] will be on the sidelines – or in the press box – calling shots for the Texas A&M on Saturday.

So, will Arkansas be able to upset the Aggies and turn the season around or will Petrino finally get his revenge on the Razorbacks? Let’s look at three reasons why both outcomes can happen.

With injuries both healing and occurring, Texas A&M and Arkansas have intriguing players to watch

Texas A&M will be without its usual starting quarterback. Arkansas should be with its All-American running back.

Max Johnson. In.

Connor Weigman. Out.

Rocket Sanders. In?

A number of changes on the injury front for both Texas A&M and Arkansas could drastically alter the face of Saturday’s Southwest Classic between the two teams.

Reports out of College Station indicate that starting quarterback Connor Weigman will miss the Arkansas game – and perhaps the season – with a foot injury, leading to Max Johnson’s likely start.

And in Fayetteville, preseason All-American running back Rocket Sanders, who has missed the last three games with a knee injury, is clearly healing from his malady and seems poised to make his return against the Aggies.

The injury report likely won’t swing the game completely in Arkansas’ expected favor, but could see a sign of change from the expected way the game shakes out Saturday.

Let’s take a look at those players and some others to keep an eye at kickoff.