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2012 Cotton Bowl Depth Chart: Arkansas Razorbacks versus Kansas State Wildcats


It comes as no surprise that the 2012 Cotton Bowl between No. 6 Arkansas and No. 8 Kansas State features two depth charts loaded with upper classmen.

 

The Arkansas Razorbacks have five seniors and seven juniors listed on their two-deep offensive depth chart. The notable Hog seniors include a trio of wide receivers – Jarius Wright, Greg Childs, and Joe Adams.

 

Adamswas a consensus All-American as a punt returner and Wright leads the SEC in receiving touchdowns.

 

The Kansas State Wildcats list five seniors and 10 juniors on their offensive depth chart. None more important on offense than junior quarterback Collin Klein and junior running back John Hubert.

 

On defense the Wildcats have a pair of junior transfers, cornerback Nigel Morgan from City College of San Francisco and linebacker Arthur Brown from University of Miami, that are the heart and soul of their team.

 

Jerry Franklin, the Razorbacks’ Senior middle linebacker, is a four-year starter and team leader in tackles. Tramain Thomas leads the Hogs in interceptions (5) while senior defensive end Jake Bequette leads the team in sacks (8.5).

 

Kansas State does not have an Arkansas player listed on their team.

 

Defensive tackle Robert Thomas is the onlyArkansasplayer with immediate ties to the state of Kansas. Thomas graduated high school from Muskogee, Oklahoma but is a junior college transfer from Coffeyville, Kansas.

The following is a two-deep listing of the depth charts for the Arkansas Razorbacks and Kansas State Wildcats heading into the 2012 Cotton Bowl.

 

Arkansas Razorbacks

 

Offense

WR Joe Adams (Sr.)

Julian Horton (So.)

WR Jarius Wright (Sr.)

Marquel Wade (Fr.)

WR Cobi Hamilton (Jr.) or

Greg Childs (Sr.)

RB Dennis Johnson (Jr.) or

Ronnie Wingo Jr. (Jr.)

FB Kiero Small (Jr.)

QB Tyler Wilson (Jr.)

Brandon Mitchell (So.)

TE Chris Gragg (Jr.)

Austin Tate (So.)

OT Jason Peacock (Jr.) or

Mitch Smothers (Fr.)

OG Grant Cook (Sr.)

Luke Charpentier (Fr.)

C Travis Swanson (So.)

Tyler Deacon (Jr.)

OG Alvin Bailey (So.)

Chris Stringer (So.)

OT Grant Freeman (Sr.)

Brey Cook (Fr.)

 

Defense

DE Jake Bequette (Sr.)

Chris Smith (So.)

DT Bryan Jones (So.)

Alfred Davis (Jr.)

DT Robert Thomas (So.)

DeQuinta Jones (Jr.)

DE Tenarius Wright (Jr.)

Trey Flowers (Fr.)

OLB Alonzo Highsmith (Jr.)

Bret Harris (Sr.)

MLB Jerry Franklin (Sr.)

Terrell Williams (Jr.)

OLB Jerrico Nelson (Sr.)

Ross Rasner (Jr.)

CB Darius Winston (Jr.)

Tevin Mitchell (Fr.)

S Eric Bennett (So.)

Elton Ford (Sr.)

S TramainThomas (Sr.)

Ryan Farr (Jr.)

CB Isaac Madison (Sr.)

Greg Gatson (Sr.)

 

Special Teams

K Zach Hocker (So.)

P Dylan Breeding (Sr.)

SNP Alan D’Appollonio (Fr.)

H Brian Buehner (Fr.)

KOR Dennis Johnson (Sr.)

Marquel Wade (Fr.)

PR Joe Adams (Sr.)

Marquel Wade (Fr.)

 

 

*Information obtained from the 2012 Arkansas Razorback Cotton Bowl Media Guide

 

 

Kansas State Wildcats

 

Offense

WR Chris Harper (Jr.)

Tramaine Thompson (So.)

WR Sheldon Smith (Sr.)

Curry Sexton (Fr.)

WR Brodrick Smith (Jr.)

Torell Miller (So.)

RB John Hubert (So.)

Angelo Pease (Jr.)

FB BradenWilson(Jr.)

Jay Hanley (Jr.)

QB Collin Klein (Jr.)

Sammuel Lamur (Sr.)

TE Travis Tannahill (Jr.)

Andre McDonald (So.)

RT Clyde Aufner (Sr.)

Cornelius Lucas (So.)

RG Colten Freeze (Sr.)

Jordan Allred (Jr.)

C B.J. Finney (Fr.)

Tomasi Mariner (Fr.)

LG Nick Puetz (Jr.)

Keenan Taylor (So.)

LT Zach Hanson (Sr.)

Ethan Douglas (Jr.)

 

Defense

CB Nigel Malone (Jr.)

Allen Champman (Jr.)

FS Tysyn Hartman (Sr.)

Matthew Pearson (Sr.)

SS Ty Zimmerman (So.)

Thomas Ferguson (Jr.)

CB David Garrett (Sr.)

Kip Daily (Jr.)

WLB Tre Walker (So.)

Blake Slaughter (Jr.)

MLB Arthur Brown (Jr.)

Jarell Childs (Jr.)

SLB Emmanuel Lamur (Sr.)

Jonathan Truman (Fr.)

DE Jordan Voelker (Sr.)

Meshak Williams (Jr.)

DT Vai Lutui (Jr.)

Raphael Guidry (Sr.)

NT Ray Kibble (Sr.)

John Sua (Jr.)

DE Adam Davis (Jr.)

Laton Dowling (Fr.)

 

Special Teams

K Anthony Cantele (Jr.)

P Ryan Doerr (Jr.)

KOR Tramaine Thompson (So.)

Chris Harper (Jr.)

PR Tramaine Thompson (So.)

Ty Zimmerman (So.)

 

*Information obtained from the 2011-2012 Kansas State Cotton Bowl Media Guide

 

The Cotton Bowl will be played January 6, 2012, at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

 

Game time is 8:00 p.m. EST on FOX.

 

FOX Broadcast Team

Gus Johnson – Play-by-play

Charles Davis – Color

Tim Brewster – Sideline Reporter

No. 6 Arkansas takes on No. 7 Kansas State in the Cotton Bowl


For weeks Arkansas fans have wondered who their beloved Hogs would play in the post season. Sunday night Hog fans found out that they will play in the Cotton Bowl versus No. 7 Kansas State January 6, for a school-record 12th time.

 

The 10-2 Wildcats started the season 7-0 with quality wins over unranked Miami and then No. 15 Baylor. KSU lost two back-to-back games against the only other ranked opponents they have played this season, then No. 11 Oklahoma 58-17 and the No. 3 Oklahoma State 52-45.

 

Kansas State finished the season winning their last three games, in closely contested fashion, against Texas A&M, Texas, and Iowa State.

 

KSU is led by junior quarterback Collin Klein. Klein is a non-traditional quarterback that is a run-first option as opposed to a pocket passer.

 

Klein has 11 passing touchdowns on the season with 5 interceptions. He ranks 8th in the Big 12 in total passing yards (1,587) and 8th incompletion percentage (58.5).

 

Klein hurts most teams with his ability to run. Klein leads KSU in rushing yards and ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 1,099 total yards. He leads the Big 12 in rushing touchdowns with 26.

 

The 10-2 Razorbacks ran through their SEC schedule with losses to No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama, both games on the road.Arkansaspicked up quality wins over then No. 14 Texas A&M, No. 15 Auburn, and No. 10 South Carolina.

 

One of the problem areas for the Razorbacks during the 2011 season has been running quarterbacks. Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, South Carolina, and LSU all had quarterbacks with the ability to run. Collin Klein presents a tough match up for the Razorback defense.

 

Kansas State will have to stop Arkansas top rated passing offense. KSU is ranked 74th in total defense allowing 398.75 yards per game. The Wildcats allow 267.33 yards passing per game ranking them 104th in the nation in pass defense.

 

The Razorbacks have the 13th ranked passing offense in the nation racking up 307.75 passing yards per game.

 

The Hogs have had success in the new Cowboys Stadium against Big 12 teams. The Hogs have a 3-0 record against Texas A&M in the Southwest Conference Classic over the past three seasons.

 

The last win for the Hogs in the Cotton Bowl was in 1999, a 27-6 victory over University of Texas. The Razorbacks last appearance in the Cotton Bowl was against Missouri, a game the Hogs lost 38-7.

 

Kansas State’s last appearance in the Cotton Bowl was in 2001 win they beat University of Tennessee35-21. KSU has a 1-1 all-time record in the Cotton Bowl with their lone loss coming to BYU in 1997.

 

The SEC has won the last three Cotton Bowls; 2011 LSU 41, Texas A&M 24, 2010 Ole Miss 21, Oklahoma State 7, Ole Miss 47, Texas Tech 34.

HogManInLA’s College Football Top 25: Week 14


 

  1. LSU 12-0
  2. Alabama 11-1
  3. Oklahoma State 10-1
  4. Arkansas 10-2
  5. Wisconsin 10-2
  6. Michigan State 10-2
  7. Georgia 10-2
  8. Virginia Tech 11-1
  9. South Carolina 10-2
  10. Houston 12-0
  11. Stanford 11-1
  12. USC 10-2
  13. Oklahoma 9-2
  14. Boise State 10-1
  15. Oregon 10-2
  16. Kansas State 9-2
  17. Michigan10-2
  18. Baylor 8-3
  19. TCU 9-2
  20. Arkansas State 9-2
  21. Nebraska 9-3
  22. Penn State 9-3
  23. West Virginia 8-3
  24. Clemson 9-3
  25. Southern Mississippi 10-2

 

College Football: Week 12 Shows that the Big 12 Conference is Weak


 

The loss by No. 2 Oklahoma State and No. 5 Oklahoma this weekend sends an overdue wakeup call to the rest of the nation that the Big 12 is a weak conference this year.

 

All OSU had to do is win one game against an unranked team. The unranked team they had to beat owned a record of 2-4 in conference and 5-4 overall entering the game. This was an unranked team that lost four straight games to Texas, Baylor, Missouri, and Texas A&M earlier in the year. No. 2 Oklahoma State lost to an Iowa State team that held on for a 13-10 home win over 2-9 University of Kansas the week before.

 

Not surprising, this is not the first team in the Big 12 with a Top 10 ranking to fall to an unranked team this season. This loss was actually worse than Oklahoma State’s. No. 3 Oklahoma lost at home to Texas Tech 45-40 October 22.

 

Texas Tech was 4-2 entering the game with back-to-back losses in-conference to Texas A&M and Kansas State at home. Since beating Oklahoma, the 5-6 Red Raiders have lost four in a row.

 

Wait,Oklahomadid it again. Ranked in the Top 10, OU fell to a team that had not been ranked in the Top 25 in over five weeks? No. 5 Oklahoma upset loss to No. 25 Baylor Saturday night to help further prove that the 2011 Big 12 conference is overrated and weak. There are no dominate teams in conference.

 

What’s the problem in Big 12 country? Is parity in a tough conference the reason why the teams are cannibalizing each other within the Big 12?

 

Based off preseason rankings… no, the Big 12 is not that tough of a conference.

 

Preseason rankings included four teams from the Big 12 in the AP Top 25 and five in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. Oklahoma was ranked No. 1 in both polls.

 

Of the four teams ranked in the AP preseason only two of those teams are currently ranked Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. Texas A&M and Missouri are no longer ranked. Texas was the fifth team ranked in the preseason USA Today Coaches’ Poll. Texas is also no longer ranked in either poll as of end of week 12.

 

What about K State?

 

KansasStatehas been one of the bigger surprise teams in the nation. The Wildcats won their first seven games of the season and was ranked as high as No. 10 in the nation. During their seven-game winning streak the only ranked team they beat was then No. 15 Baylor. The other two ranked teams KSU has played this year ended in defeats to OU and OSU. Not really an impressive record.

 

In times like these Big 12 conference apologist will turn to the non-conference schedule to settle the debate. What marquee victory can show that the Big 12 is truly a power conference and parity is the reason for the upset losses?

 

Here’s the list of Big 12 teams versus other power conference teams: Iowa State beat 7-4 Iowa and 4-6 Connecticut, Kansas State beat 6-5 Miami, Oklahoma State beat 2-8 Arizona, Texas beat 6-5 UCLA. The biggest win would have to be Oklahoma’s win over 7-4 Florida State.

 

What about Big 12 losses in non-conference games?

 

Texas A&M lost to 10-1 Arkansas, Kansas lost to 8-3 Georgia Tech, and Missouri lost to 6-5 Arizona State.

 

We could add Mountain West or Conference USA wins to pad the victories we can but this is about being a power conference with quality wins.

 

Strength of schedule rankings that exists for college football fans should have no part of this clear cut point of view. The difficulty of the Big 12 schedule is not that difficult. Florida State was the only ranked power conference team that was defeated by a Big 12 school and now FSU is 7-4.

 

Hopefully voters, the media, and college football fans will come to understand that no matter how one looks at it, the Big 12 is not an elite conference this year.

 

This year’s Bedlam Series will be hyped by the media but will prove nothing that we do not already know about the Big 12, it’s a weak conference.

HogManInLA’s College Football Top 25: Week 13


 

  1. LSU 11-0
  2. Arkansas 10-1
  3. Alabama 10-1
  4. Virginia Tech 10-1
  5. Georgia 9-2
  6. Oklahoma State 10-1
  7. Michigan State 9-2
  8. Wisconsin 9-2
  9. Houston 11-0
  10. South Carolina 9-2
  11. Stanford 10-1
  12. USC 9-2
  13. Oklahoma 8-2
  14. Boise State 9-1
  15. Oregon 9-2
  16. Kansas State 9-2
  17. Penn State 9-2
  18. Michigan 9-2
  19. Clemson 9-2
  20. Baylor 7-3
  21. Georgia Tech 8-3
  22. TCU 9-2
  23. Arkansas State 9-2
  24. Tulsa 8-3
  25. Auburn 7-4

Heisman Trophy Watch: Top Five-ish after Week 11


 

The Heisman race became a little more defined this week after Boise State and Stanford lost to TCU and Oregon respectively.

Andrew Luck is a media darling, one can count on him being in New York regardless of his play the rest of the season. HogManInLA reporters are investigating if he was mailed an invitation before the season began. In the biggest game of Luck’s season he finished 27-41 for 271 yards passing with 3 touchdowns and two interceptions. Not very Heisman – MVP type numbers against top competition in front of a national TV audience.

Kellen Moore had a good game against TCU. He had a chance to win the game for BSU put left it up to his field goal kicker. My Heisman winner wants the ball and wants to make the plays to win the game.

Moore finished the game 28 or 38 for 320 yards passing with 2 touchdowns and zero interceptions.

 

Brandon Weeden continues to get it done week after week. With no Big 12 Conference Title Game to play and the Heisman Trophy being announced before the major bowls are played, Weeden’s opportunity to “win” the Heisman will come against Oklahoma on Thanksgiving Day weekend.

 

Here’s how my top Heisman players performed:

Brandon Weeden vs. Texas Tech

31-37 for 423 yards passing, 5 touchdowns, 0 interceptions, 1 sack, 224.4 QB rating

 

Justin Blackmon vs. Texas Tech

6 catches for 103 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns

 

Case Keenum vs. Tulane

22-29, 325 yards passing, 3 touchdowns, 0 interceptions, sacked twice, 204.1 QB rating

5 rushing attempts for 8 yards, 0 touchdowns

 

Trent Richardson vs. Mississippi State

32 rushing attempts for 127 yards, 1 touchdown, 0 fumbles

2 receptions, 26 yards receiving, 0 touchdowns

 

Collin Klein vs. Texas A&M

17-27 for 281 yards passing, 1 touchdown, 1 interception, sacked 4 times

35 rushing attempts, 103 rushing yards, 5 touchdowns

 

Robert Griffin vs. Kansas

22-29 for 312 yards passing, 3 touchdowns, 1 interception, 0 sacks

10 rushing attempts, 103 yards rushing, 1 touchdown