Going behind the tarp for a Razorback practice report

From a Razorback insider...

I talked to a friend last night at church who was at the dress rehearsal the Hogs held the other night. Part of the reason for this is making sure the players knew when they were supposed to be on the field and what happens if an injury occurs (this fellow made the comment that faked a couple of injuries and woe to the substitute that wasn’t ready when his name was called and they had to use a time out t get the sub on the field.) They also worked extensively on signally plays in and under the time limit. Petrino hates blowing timeouts.

During the practices I saw Coach P had no qualms about making a team get back in the huddle and do it again. This happened a lot to Tyler Wilson and at the time I didn’t understand the reason for it (I thought lack of hustle), but having heard Tyler has had problems reading the sideline signals this now makes sense. He would come out and they would lineup in the wrong formation and of course Coach P noticed this immediately.

According to my friend, the first team offense went against the second team defense and the defense won the day. My friend said the defense just seemed more up for it and they were flying around to the ball. Maybe the defensive shakeups we heard about earlier this week has provided a little motivation for both starters and second teamers alike.

Anyway according to my friend, the 2nd team D stalled a number of the drives and if it wasn’t for the coaches intervening and allowing the offense a second chance their would have been lots of punts. It appeared that Mallett wasn’t sharp at all and missed on a lot of throws and most of them tended to be behind the receivers.

He mentioned that Reggie Fish dropped three passes that should have been caught, but all three were behind him. He also missed several wide open receivers. Broderick “Crawford” Green was given lots of work and appears to be the one the coaches will go to 3rd and 1 and goal line plays. However, my friend said the same thing that Jerry and I saw during the spring and in fall ball that although Broderick doesn’t dance at the hole he doesn’t just lower his shoulder plow over people either.