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Don't let the pundits fool you when discussing The Arkansas Razorbacks. Sure they lost their entire heart and soul on offense when Darren McFadden and Felix Jones were drafted in the first round of this years NFL draft but Bobby Petrino had quite a sucessful first spring scrimmage with his new squad. The most improvent came in the form of a passing attack led by Casey Dick at QB. Dick went 33-49 for 404 yards and 2 TDs in the Hog scrimmage and seemed to fit into what Petrino is wanting to do. The losses of Peyton Hillis and Marcus Monk may prove to be more damaging than that of McFadden and Jones based on what Petrino likes to do on offense. Keep your eye on center Jonathan Lugis this fall. Named to the remington watch list this 300 pounder has the tools that NFL scouts like to see. Below is a look at how the Arkansas offense may look in 2008.

Receiver

81 Marques Wade, 6-3, 192, SO-SQ

13 Rod Coleman, 6-1, 192, JR-2L

Receiver

19 Carlton Salters, 6-0, 191, SO-1L

88 Lucas Miller, 6-3, 201, JR-2L

Receiver

2 London Crawford, 6-2, 200, JR-2L

1 Reggie Fish, 5-7, 160, SR-3L

Left Tackle

73 Ray Dominguez, 6-4, 315, SO-1L

72 Grant Cook, 6-6, 320, FR-RS

Left Guard

66 Mitch Petrus, 6-4, 305, SR-3L

74 Kareem Crowell, 6-4, 333, FR-RS

Center

63 Jonathan Luigs, 6-4, 314, SR-3L

60 Seth Oxner, 6-4, 300, FR-RS

Right Guard

65 DeMarcus Love, 6-5, 302, SO-1L

71 Wade Grayson, 6-4, 292, SO-1L

Right Tackle

78 Jose Valdez, 6-5, 313, SR-2L

62 Michael Aguirre, 6-6, 315, JR-2L

Tight End

45 D.J. Williams, 6-2, 250, SO-1L

82 Andrew Davie, 6-5, 266, JR-2L

Quarterback

11 Casey Dick, 6-2, 215, SR-3L

10 Nathan Dick, 6-4, 217, FR-RS

7 Alex Mortensen, 6-2, 220, JR-RS

Running Back

21 Michael Smith, 5-7, 173, JR-2L

6 Brandon Barnett, 5-10, 206, JR-1L

Fullback

83 Lance Thompson, 6-4, 227, SR-3L

45 John Durmon, 5-11, 217, JR-SQ

On defense Arkansas is looking to get better. Ramon Broadway led the white defense in the Hog scrimmage with 14 tackles and hopes to find his name higher up on the depth chart come September. Willy Robinson has his hands full this fall tring to whip this depleated corp into shape. Look for RS-FR Jake Bequette to emerge as good bullrushing end that may give opposing offenses trouble come September. Arkansas will find it hard to stop the pass if they dont get a better pass rush. Their corners are suspect in 1 on 1 coverage as shown by Casey Dicks 404 yards. Below is how the Arkansas defense may look in 2008:

DEFENSE

Left End

54 Jake Bequette, 6-5, 265, FR-RS

58 Damario Ambrose, 6-5, 253, SO-1L

Nose Tackle

90 Ernest Mitchell, 6-2, 305, SR-3L

98 Cord Gray, 6-1, 305, SR-3L

Defensive Tackle

96 Malcolm Sheppard, 6-3, 277, JR-2L

95 Patrick Jones, 6-2, 297, SO-1L

Right End

53 Adrian Davis, 6-4, 238, JR-2L

97 Antwain Robinson, 6-2, 258, SR-3L

57 Donnell Sanders, 6-3, 238, SO-SQ

Sam Linebacker

38 Elston Forte, 6-0, 219, SR-3L

46 Freddy Burton, 6-2, 221, SO-1L

Middle Linebacker

34 Jerry Franklin, 6-2, 229, FR-RS

37 Jermaine Love, 5-11, 226, SO-1L

Will Linebacker

41 Ryan Powers, 6-1, 207, SO-1L

38 Elston Forte, 6-0, 219, SR-3L

Left Cornerback

29 Jamar Love, 6-1, 197, SR-3L

17 Shedrick Johnson, 5-10, 188, SR-3L

26 Ramon Broadway, 5-9, 191, SO-1L

Strong Safety

20 Dallas Washington, 6-0, 210, SR-3L

32 Bret Harris, 6-0, 209, FR-RS

36 Walner Leandre, 6-2, 213, SR-1L

Free Safety

39 Matt Harris, 6-2, 192, JR-SQ OR

35 Rashaad Johnson, 6-1, 191, JR-1L

Right Cornerback

24 Isaac Madison, 6-0, 181, SO-1L

13 Darrell Glasper, 5-8, 180, SO-SQ

28 Greg Gatson, 5-11, 167, SO-SQ

SPECIAL TEAMS

Punter

50 Jeremy Davis, 5-9, 206, SR-3L

Placekicker

18 Alex Tejada, 6-1, 207, SO-1L

SCHEDULE

Sat, Aug 30	Western Illinois	Fayetteville, Ark.	TBA
Sat, Sep 06	Louisiana-Monroe	Little Rock, Ark.	TBA
Sat, Sep 13	Texas	at Austin, Texas	TBA
Sat, Sep 20	Alabama *	Fayetteville, Ark.	TBA
Sat, Oct 04	Florida *	Fayetteville, Ark.	TBA
Sat, Oct 11	Auburn *	at Auburn, Ala.	TBA
Sat, Oct 18	Kentucky *	at Lexington, Ky.	TBA
Sat, Oct 25	Ole Miss *	Fayetteville, Ark.	TBA
Sat, Nov 01	Tulsa (Homecoming)	Fayetteville, Ark.	TBA
Sat, Nov 08	South Carolina *	at Columbia, S.C.	TBA
Sat, Nov 22	Mississippi State *	at Starkville, Miss.	TBA
Fri, Nov 28	LSU *	Little Rock, Ark.	1:30 p.m.

Projection 5-7 (2-6)

Hubbs Breakdown

The Arkansas Razorbacks will be a team in transition this season. With the addition of new schemes on both sides of the ball and the losses on both sides of the ball its hard to find many games that Arkansas should win. Petrino is good for 1 win he shouldn't get with his scheme and cordination. Defense is what keeps Arkansas home this holiday season. I just don't see a SEC contender this season when I look at Arkansas. One thing the program has going for it is all the transition and scheme changes have come at the same time giving Arkansas a step up when highly touted transfer Ryan Mallet is eligible in 2009.

Source: hogwired.com