The Razorbacks made the trip to Memphis today with less than 50 scholarship players. In the past during the covid year, that was enough to cancel games. Nevertheless, Sam Pittman and Arkansas decided to play despite the lack of depth. Depth was not the only worry. Talking heads on social media questioned whether or not the Hogs had enough “want to” after a disappointing 6-6 finish to the season in addition to facing a Kansas team that has not been to a bowl since 2009. Arkansas, at least at the beginning of the game, proved the latter wrong.
The season-long woes of not starting fast for the Hogs failed tocarry over to the postseason as Arkansas completely dominated Kansas in the first half.