Chad Morris clarifies quarterback plan following narrow win over Portland State
Chad Morris used two quarterbacks in Arkansas’ narrow 20-13 win over Portland State, but said Ben Hicks would be the starter next week at Ole Miss.
Fortunately, the Arkansas defense played well and forced three turnovers as they held the FCS team to 70 rushing yards.
Hicks was 14-for-29 passing for 143 yards, and Nick Starkel, with a costly first-half interception, was 4-for-5 for 48 yards. Neither threw a touchdown.
Here’s a sampling of what Morris told reporters:
Morris: “I was very disappointed offensively.. By design I was going to play Nick. I didn’t know when, but we wanted to get him some reps.”
— Kelli Stacy (@Kelli_Stacy_) September 1, 2019
Chad Morris: I think Nick did well. I thought Ben did well. I thought Ben managed the game. I thought he was just OK. Overall, the flow of things offensively wasn’t what we want.
— Scottie Bordelon (@NWAScottie) September 1, 2019
Morris: “Ben’s a veteran. He’s been in this position before. As a starter he’s 1-0. He knows he needs to get better.”
— Kelli Stacy (@Kelli_Stacy_) September 1, 2019
MORRIS: Never will I ever apologize for winning. There’s no such thing as a bad win. You win and you correct. You may not play as well as you want to play, and we didn’t. But we won. pic.twitter.com/9r4pA8m9xd
— Clara Goodwin (@5NEWSClara) September 1, 2019
Morris on the offensive line: “I thought our offensive line had a lot of improvement, but it’s got to continue to be made.”
— Kelli Stacy (@Kelli_Stacy_) September 1, 2019
Morris says he won’t apologize for winning, but they wanted to play better. “We’ve got a lot of stuff that we want to correct.”
— Kelli Stacy (@Kelli_Stacy_) September 1, 2019
Well, he doesn’t have to worry bout pologizin’ much. Mutt is a deranged lunatic who couldn’t coach himself out of a box of dildos.
MuttMorris? That’s the best you can come up with? You guys won the game… Your Program has been decimated sine Petrino ran The Program, Harley and Harlot into a ditch. Some of you Arkansas Fans need to go kill yourselves… Jump from that ledge you weak POS.
Great response esad, and I agree
Amen. Unfortunately, this intellectual beast will continue his cleverness most of this year.
Aww… Petrino…..He gave me a glimmer of hope and BAM! The Razorback curse got em. I knew there were tough years to follow.Oh well! I’m still happy as hell! We held a lead in the fourth quarter! We couldn’t say that very often the past several years. 1-0 Undefeated right now son! WPS!
Why is coach Morris so enamored with Ben Hicks. The guy clearly doesn’t have the tools to be an SEC quarterback let alone even look serviceable against an FCS team. Nick starkel through a pick but he definitely has the god-given talent that Hicks does not have. I was worried about that after the red and white game when he looked bad, apparently it was for a good reason.
Newsflash coach Morris you should apologize when you’re making $3 million dollars a year especially after how the team played last year. Razorback fans were hoping to finally see your offensive genius on display. That was a swing-and-a-miss coach you should apologize for that crappy 4th quarter game management and the Misusage of Rakeem Boyd. Why on Earth would you keep taking your only stud out of the game for that big of chunks at a time to give the ball to Hayden and Whaley. Also when you are coaching (stay with me now don’t get lost coach) and you’re only up by 14 in the fourth quarter with a crappy offense you definitely shouldn’t be playing your third string guys on defense cuz of these dumb coaching decisions they made it a one-possession game and got the ball back and had a chance to win or tie the game.
I wish they would have given Starks a longer field to get in a groove on his first series. I know it was planned before hand, but we just had a pick, emotions are high, don’t put in a new qb known for his arm strength near the redzone.