Arkansas vs. Memphis Clash: Razorbacks Lay 7.5 Points

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00:00There's a battle brewing in Memphis, Tennessee.

00:03Undefeated Memphis enters this matchup right now as a 7.5 point home underdog

00:09to Talon Green and the Arkansas Razorbacks.

00:12Arkansas went toe-to-toe with Ole Miss last week in Oxford.

00:16They lost that matchup 41-35 but covered the 6.5 point closing line.

00:23This is an offense in Arkansas, Coach,

00:24that's averaging well over 550 yards of total offense.

00:30Talon Green accounted for over 100 rushing yards on the ground,

00:34but this is one of the best defenses in all the FBS in Memphis,

00:38only giving up 11 points per game.

00:41How do you see this matchup playing at 12 o'clock Eastern?

00:44Yeah, well, Memphis, I think, is stepping up in who they're playing,

00:47the competition.

00:48Arkansas, to me, I love Arkansas with plus 7.5 in this football game.

00:52Talon Green is one of the reasons I love them,

00:55and the fact that they're playing so good.

00:57And really, other than a 41-35 game at Ole Miss that they could have won,

01:02they need to respond because they have a team that can go to a bowl game.

01:06I don't know if they get back in the hunt for the SEC championship,

01:09but this is a team that I think is much better than a lot of people

01:12gave them the credit to be.

01:14What they must do, Memphis is an inside zone quarterback read team.

01:18They love to run the football, 219 yards rushing per game.

01:23They're the 28th-ranked rushing team in the country,

01:26and you've got to prepare hard.

01:27We have to have great assignment defense with Arkansas

01:30because that quarterback will either hand that inside zone off

01:33or he'll keep it and run over the outside,

01:36and they do a great job with it.

01:38Their head coach is an old offensive line player that wants to run the football,

01:43so that's going to be for Arkansas.

01:45Can they read and stop that offensive running attack by Memphis?

01:50And with their quarterback and the way he can play,

01:52I think Arkansas goes up there and gets themselves back on the winning side

01:58with a win over Memphis.

02:00Yeah, you know I love Taylor and Green in Arkansas.

02:03I told you about that game in Oxford.

02:06It would be a shootout.

02:07It lived up to expectations, 76 total points in that matchup.

02:11They're laying 7.5 on the road,

02:13so they have to win this game, Arkansas, by 8 points.

02:16I think the thing for me, when I look at Memphis,

02:18they run the football, to your point, over 200 yards per game.

02:22Brendan Lewis, the transfer out of Nevada, has played very well.

02:25And from a defensive perspective, Coach,

02:27they're only giving up 69 rushing yards per game,

02:31but they haven't faced an offensive line of this caliber

02:33and this size in terms of the SEC.

02:37This is going to be a tall order and a test.

02:39The one thing I will say is a home dog coming off a road loss.

02:43It is back-to-back games for Arkansas, even though they're close to Tennessee.

02:48I'm going to take the points, but what I like better in this game, Coach,

02:50is under 61.5.

02:52You have the number one ranked third down offense in Arkansas,

02:56converting close to 72% of their third down opportunities.

03:00I think Memphis knows they can't get into a back-and-forth type of game,

03:05slow down the tempo.

03:06I like under 61.5 and Memphis with the points.

03:10I think with a running attack that Memphis has, you're right on line with that

03:13because, again, they're going to control that football,

03:16try to keep Taylor Green on the bench.

03:18The best way to defend him is not let him get into the game,

03:21and they'll be happy with a much lower scoring game

03:24as they control the football at Memphis.

03:26But like I said, Arkansas has played too good this year.

03:30They're too good of a football team.

03:32They lost to a very good undefeated Ole Miss team,

03:35and I think they come back and get that win up at Memphis,

03:38and they win by 7.5.

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