FAYETTEVILLE — Daniel Gafford remembers the talk he and Arkansas coach Mike Anderson had following the Razorbacks' Southeastern Conference opener against Tennessee last season.
Be prepared for the physicality. Dig down deep. Everyone is playing for something, so be ready and stay ready.
Many of Arkansas' players will experience their first SEC run beginning Saturday at Texas A&M, and Gafford and Anderson are relaying that same message to them. Seven players - those who garnered playing time in nonconference play - will go through the league grind for the first time.
"They’re going to have to step it up and be ready, understand the fact that not every foul is going to be called," Gafford said Thursday.