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Auburn vs Arkansas: Where the Tigers have an advantage

Where does Auburn have an advantage over Arkansas?

Auburn’s matchup with Arkansas begins what is a brutal back half of the season for the Tigers.

The Tigers are current road dogs (ESPN’s FPI gives Arkansas a 60% chance to win) with current aspirations of making the SEC title game.

I don’t want to jinx it, but we’ve seen this movie before. A two-loss Auburn team, with only one loss in their conference? A brutal bottom half of the schedule? A vulnerable Alabama team that has to face Auburn at the end of the season?

I honestly don’t think it will happen again, for two reasons. One, Auburn isn’t as good as they were in 2017 in the trenches. Two, Bo Nix. If they’re going to make a push though, it starts with this Arkansas game.

Where does Auburn have an advantage? Here’s every position group matchup.

This one hurts: Ole Miss escapes Arkansas after failed 2-point conversion

A failed two-point conversion with no time left allowed Ole Miss to beat Arkansas, 52-51.

Not to say “told you so,” but, told you so.

Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson found wide receiver Warren Thompson in the end zone with no time left to pull the Razorbacks within a point. Facing potential overtime, Hogs coach Sam Pittman chose to go for the two-point conversion.

Jefferson rolled right, threw right, incomplete. Flags were down. Didn’t matter. It was on Arkansas, Ole Miss declined and the Rebels won, 52-51.

It was another classic between the No. 16 Hogs and the No. 17 Rebels, a a back-and-forth affair that lived up to the expectations the series had wrought in recent years. Only twice in the last decade has the winning team won by more than two touchdowns. Most games have only single-digit margins.

In the end, an Arkansas lapse on defense was enough to lift the Rebels.

Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral found Braylon Sanders for a 68-yard touchdown with 1:07 left to provide the game-winning score.

Arkansas’ defense allowed 611 yards of Rebels offense on the day. The Razorbacks offense tried their best to counter, managing 676. But with only 67 seconds and 75 yards to go to try to tie the game, it was too much for the Hogs to overcome.

A 21-yard pass to Treylon Burks started things. A three-yard pass to Trey Knox followed. Then came three-yard pass to Rocket Sanders. By that point, it was 3rd-and-4, Hogs, with 42 seconds left from the Ole Miss 48. A field goal wouldn’t suffice.

Sanders ran for the first down, getting to the Rebels 43. Jefferson found Knox with 22 seconds left and the Hogs were down to the Ole Miss 28. Jefferson checked down to Sanders on the next play after looking deep and the Razorbacks were down to the 21 with 14 seconds left. Tyson Morris caught a 12-yard pass to the 15 and there were six seconds left.

The nerves were palpable.

Jefferson looked to Burks in the back of the end zone, but it went high.

One second was left. And the end was in sight.

Ole Miss running back Snoop Conner finished with 110 yards on 12 carries with the three scores. Henry Parrish Jr. added another 111 yards on 18 carries and quarterback Matt Corral had 15 carries for 94 yards and two scores.

Corral also went 14 of 21 passing for 287 yards and two touchdowns.

It was too much. The Rebels entered the game fourth in FBS in total averaging 549 yards per game.

Arkansas matched the best it could. KJ Jefferson had the best game of his career, going 25 of 35 for 326 yards and three touchdowns and he ran for another 85 on 20 carries with three more scores. Rocket Sanders added 139 yards on 17 carries and Trelon Smith another 85 yards on 11 carries.

But it was a game that needed a stop. Ole Miss got it, sending Arkansas to its second straight loss. The Razorbacks next host another Top-25 team in Auburn for Week 7. Arkansas hasn’t beaten the Tigers since 2015.

WATCH: Treylon Burks scores to tie game against Ole Miss in 4th quarter

Arkansas wide receiver Treylon Burks ties the game against Ole Miss with a 20-yard touchdown.

A bonkers game just keeps getting more out-of-control.

Arkansas wide receiver Treylon Burks hauled in a 20-yard touchdown pass from KJ Jefferson one drive after Snoop Conner had put Ole Miss up by a touchdown. Burks’ catch – his fifth of the day – was his first touchdown and tied the game at 38 with 11:12 left.

Burks had one catch at halftime. With more than 11 minutes left, he has five for 112 yards and a score. He was instrumental on Arkansas’ previous touchdown drive, too.

Jefferson now has 253 yards passing on the day, as well. It’s his second-highest total of the season after a 366-yard day against Georgia Southern.

Arkansas’ defense has given up scores on four of its last five drives, but the Arkansas offense has scored on its last four.

WATCH: KJ Jefferson ties the game vs Ole Miss in the third quarter

Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson and wide receiver Treylon Burks are keeping the Hogs right with Ole Miss.

The touchdown was KJ Jefferson’s. The reason for the touchdown was Jefferson’s and Treylon Burks.

Jefferson, the Arkansas quarterback, did his best Brandon Allen impression by diving toward and flipping into the end zone with 1:42 left in the third quarter to tie the Razorbacks with Ole Miss, 31-31.

The touchdown came from six yards, but it was set up by Jefferson’s finding wide receiver Treylon Burks for back-to-back, leaping 37-yard catches. Both grabs were deep throws down the left sideline. The first put Arkansas at the ball at the Ole Miss 38. The second at the Ole Miss 1.

After a false start penalty pushed the Hogs back five yards, Jefferson found paydirt.

Tie game.

3 Reasons Arkansas can pull the upset of Ole Miss

Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin isn’t exactly known for his teams showing up in big games. Arkansas can take advantage.

The polls say Arkansas beating Ole Miss on Saturday in Oxford wouldn’t be an upset. Las Vegas, ESPN, most prognosticators say differently.

Ole Miss was projected to be a Top-25, or close to it, team in 2021. The Rebels even vultured a pick in the preseason to win the SEC West. Arkansas, on the other hand, wasn’t sniffing the top of the division. The Hogs won three games last year with all three coming in the SEC, anyway.

But this season the Razorbacks find themselves at 4-1 with upset wins (well, they were upsets at the time) over Texas and Texas A&M. A loss to Georgia was Arkansas’ first loss last week. Ole Miss was supposed to beat every team it has but were outmatched by Alabama last week.

Still, the numbers suggest Ole Miss beats Arkansas in Oxford on Saturday.

Here are three reasons the Hogs can avoid such a fate.

Treylon Burks goes off as Arkansas upsets Texas A&M

The Arkansas Razorbacks are still undefeated after upsetting the Texas A&M Aggies, and their top pass-catcher helped lead the way

Arkansas is still undefeated, thanks to a 20-10 upset win over Texas A&M on Saturday, and one of the top wide receiver prospects in the 2022 NFL draft helped lead the way.

Treylon Burks showed off his big-play ability all game long, finishing the day with 167 yards on just six receptions, thanks in large part to an 85-yard touchdown in the first half.

As impressive as the long scoring strike was, it wasn’t the most impressive highlight of the day for Burks. The 6-3, 225-pound pass-catcher showed off his incredible leaping ability and flare for the dramatic highlight with this epic one-handed grab:

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10 potential Lions prospects to watch this college football weekend

Here are 10 players to watch this weekend with an eye towards the Detroit Lions and their draft needs in the 2022 NFL draft.

It’s the third weekend of the college football calendar, one of the last weeks featuring non-conference matchups across the national landscape.

There are several games that will help train the scouting eye on some future NFL prospects on the slate. Here are 10 players to watch this weekend with an eye towards the Detroit Lions and their draft needs in the 2022 NFL draft.

Arkansas-Texas: Who has the edge at each position?

Arkansas and Texas are a lot closer in talent than a lot of people outside those two states realize. Here’s how they stack up, position by position.

To outsiders, the Arkansas-Texas game may seem like a walkover for the Longhorns.

Tip: it isn’t.

Texas is favored by 5½ points, per Tipico, and there is no doubt the Longhorns have been the better team for the past decade, 20 years, 30 years … well, for most their history. But Arkansas is an SEC team — an SEC football team that appears better than it’s been in five years, too.

So, how exactly do these teams match up on the field? Here’s a position-by-position breakdown of each.

Arkansas WR Treylon Burks loves the deep ball

Arkansas wide receiver Treylon Burks is among the nation’s best at turning deep throws into big plays

If your favorite NFL team is looking for a pass-catcher who excels at making big plays down the field, (and let’s be honest, who isn’t), Treylon Burks of Arkansas should be atop their list for the 2022 NFL draft.

Burks leads all returning wide receivers in college football in quarterback rating on throws of more than 20 yards (per Pro Football Focus).

A big, physical target with an ideal blend of size and athleticism, Burks should lock himself in as a first-round prospect in next year’s draft class with another strong showing for the Razorbacks this season.

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Titans trade up, select Treylon Burks in PFN’s 2022 mock draft

It would take a lot for the Titans to prioritize a WR this early in the 2022 NFL draft.

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With the Tennessee Titans’ uncertain situation at the wide receiver position beyond the 2021 season, it’s quite possible we could see general manager Jon Robinson take one at some point in the 2022 NFL draft.

All in one offseason, the Titans have traded for Julio Jones, signed Josh Reynolds and drafted Dez Fitzpatrick in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL draft to replace departed receivers Corey Davis and Adam Humphries.

But Reynolds is only on a one-year deal, the jury is still out on Fitzpatrick, who has yet to play in a game, and Jones could be a cut candidate in 2022 should things not pan out for whatever reason.

As a result, Pro Football Network has the Titans trading up with the Arizona Cardinals from No. 22 overall to No. 13 overall in the first round of next year’s draft in order to take Arkansas wide receiver, Treylon Burks.

Arizona trades back with Tennessee to gain draft capital in this 2022 NFL Mock Draft. A.J. Brown is an elite receiver, and Julio Jones still has gas left in the tank. However, Jones won’t play to an elite level forever, and outside of those two WRs, the Titans have little depth. Thus, Tennessee spends big to draft Brown’s co-star for years to come in the big-bodied Treylon Burks.

The only way we could see the Titans taking a wide receiver this early would be if Jones and Reynolds are one-and-done in Nashville, and Fitzpatrick doesn’t show he’s capable of being a No. 2 opposite A.J. Brown.

Even then, Robinson has shown he’s willing to wait on taking a wideout. After all, the Titans desperately needed help at the position this year, yet waited until the fourth round to get some.

As far as Burks is concerned, he’s no doubt an intriguing prospect. He has even drawn a comparison to Brown from NFL Network analyst Daniel Jeremiah.

I remember watching Brown torch the SEC from the slot. Brown is a little more explosive than Burks, but both guys play with tremendous physicality and toughness. They aren’t afraid to work in traffic and they become special once the ball is in their hands. Brown has already established himself as a premier player at his position in the NFL. I don’t believe Burks has quite the same upside, but I see him developing into a solid No. 2 target at the next level.

In the past two years at Arkansas, Burks totaled 80 receptions for 1,295 receiving yards and seven scores, while also adding 110 rushing yards on 24 carries. In 2020, Burks totaled career-highs in receptions (51), receiving yards (820) and touchdowns (seven).

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