Sam Pittman on Arkansas's 2021 potential: 'I think we could have a special team'
The Arkansas Razorbacks had a solid spring, according to coach Sam Pittman. After spring practices were canceled due to COVID-19 last year, this is Pittman’s first spring with the program.
He recently said he doesn’t think the Hogs had a bad practice this spring. He continued to be high on his team during an appearance on “The Paul Finebaum Show” on Monday.
During the appearance, Pittman stopped short of saying the Hogs would go undefeated, but did say he thinks this year’s team could be special:
"I think we could have a special team. I'm not saying we'll go 12-0 but we should be able to compete in every single game on our schedule."
A good spring has Sam Pittman fired up to coach @RazorbackFB in 2021 pic.twitter.com/3ssXehwTjb
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) April 19, 2021
Texas, Texas A&M, Georgia, Ole Miss, LSU, Alabama and Mizzou won’t be easy opponents for the Hogs. The SEC West is always brutal.
But, if Pittman is to be believed, the Razorbacks could be involved in some great games this fall.
Perhaps he meant… a “special teams.”
Which were not special last year at all. Sounds like big emphasis on it this spring though. Has to be better than last year.
I like him raising expectations. Gotta keep building.
This article did not age well. Just lost their number one receiver to the portal.
Bro, troll better, Treylon Burks might be best receiver in the league, is definitely on the team. Mike was the number 2 guy.
Amount of receiving yards does not always mean the best player. I was mainly going by this quote in another article (This news comes after Woods caught 32 passes for 619 yards and five touchdowns last season. His average of 19.3 yards per reception was the best among all returning receivers in the SEC this season and ranked third-best in the conference last season behind only Alabama’s Jaylen Waddle and Ole Miss’ Kenny Yeboah — both of which have left school for the NFL.) But you do you Karen.
By your logic, I guess Waddle was Bama’s best receiver. It won’t be easy replacing Woods, but if you’ve watched one Hog game in the last three years, it’s obvious Burks is the WR1.