After a physical game against Alabama, the schedule makers didn’t grant LSU much recovery time. The Tigers (7-3, 3-3) head to Fayetteville to take on Arkansas (4-5, 0-5), a team with a big, nasty running game.

Here are some of the statistics that will play into the game.

THE GOOD

  • 7. Facing possibly gnarly winter conditions on Saturday, LSU is as well-equipped as any team that plays in the SEC to handle it (Arkansas is right there, too). It gets harder to throw the ball in a snowstorm, which is fine with LSU. All seven of LSU’s wins this year have come when they’ve run the ball 50 or more times, and they’re 7-1 in such games. Les Miles sounds excited for the snow, and you can see why.
  • 0. LSU is facing a team that has exactly zero SEC wins under current head coach Bret Bielema. While the Razorbacks are certainly hungry for a conference win, they’ve shown no aptitude for closing out games.
  • 10. Anthony Jennings played the first significant action of his career last season against Arkansas, when Zach Mettenberger went down with a torn ACL. In less that five minutes, Jennings led the Tigers to 10 points, including a game-winning touchdown heave to Travin Dural (who else?) for his first career touchdown pass.

THE BAD

  • 9. Arkansas’ defense has flown a bit under the radar this season, but they’ve been very solid on the ground. The Razorbacks have only given up 9 TD via the run, ranking them fifth in the conference. LSU scores about 60 percent of its offensive touchdowns (22 of 37) on the ground.
  • 56.2. Arkansas is fifth in the SEC in completion percentage allowed, with opponents connection on 56.2 percent of their pass attempts. That number rises slightly, to 59.3 percent, in SEC play. While it would be a banner day for the Tigers if they could hit on that high of a percentage through the air, keep in mind that Alabama allows 53.2 percent passing, and Jennings completed just 30.8 percent of his passes against them.
  • 49. Miles speculated on Wednesday that both teams could run the ball 50 times or more in a possibly snowy game on Saturday. While no team has had that many carries against LSU this season, two teams (Mississippi State and Auburn) have run the ball 49 times each. The results in those games were not pretty, as LSU allowed 600 combined yards, at just over 6 yards per carry. Of course, those two teams have running quarterbacks, whereas the Razorbacks do not.