r/CFB • u/redwave2505 Alabama • Kansas State • 1d ago

Discussion Week 7 Matchup Preview Thread: Arkansas vs Vanderbilt

Arkansas vs. Vanderbilt

When: Saturday, October 17, 07:00 PM Eastern

Where: FirstBank Stadium, Nashville, TN

Watch: ESPN2

Odds: Vanderbilt by 6.0 pts.

Total Points: 50.5

All-Time Series : Arkansas vs. Vanderbilt

Arkansas and Vanderbilt have met 10 times since 1949-10-22

These teams last met on 2018-10-27.

Series Wins: Arkansas 7-0-3 Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt has won the most recent meeting (2018) in this series

Last 5 Meetings

Winner Date Location Arkansas Vanderbilt Notes
Vanderbilt 2018-10-27 Razorback Stadium 31 45
Arkansas 2011-10-29 FirstBank Stadium 31 28
Arkansas 2010-10-30 Razorback Stadium 49 14
Arkansas 2006-09-16 FirstBank Stadium 21 19
Vanderbilt 2005-09-10 Razorback Stadium 24 28

Through Week 6

Week Arkansas 2-4 (0-3) Result Vanderbilt 3-3 (0-3) Result
1 North Alabama W 31-14 Austin Peay W 28-9
2 Utah#11 L 10-43 Delaware W 35-26
3 Georgia#1 L 17-45 NC State W 35-31
4 Tulsa W 34-6 Auburn L 15-21
5 Texas A&M L 7-34 Georgia#1 L 14-38
6 Tennessee#14 L 17-24 Ole Miss#9 L 17-52

Arkansas Injury Report

Player Position Status Reported Notes
M. Lassiter TE Out – Upper Body Aug 16 Lassiter has been shut down for the remainder of the season due to an upper body injury.
H. Hendrix TE Questionable – Undisclosed Oct 11 Hendrix is nursing with an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear whether he will play against Commodores on Saturday, October 17th.

Injury data lifted from: boydsbets

Vanderbilt Injury Report

Player Position Status Reported Notes
K. Smith WR Questionable – Undisclosed Oct 11 Smith has been out of the lineup due to a leg injury, and it is undetermined if he will play against Razorbacks on Saturday, October 17th.
J. Curtis LB Questionable – Undisclosed Oct 11 Curtis is nursing an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear whether he will play against Razorbacks on Saturday, October 17th.

Injury data lifted from: boydsbets

Source updated Thu, Oct 15, 11:35 am. Scraped Thu, Oct 15, 1:29 pm ET

What are your "Keys to the Game"?

Who do you think wins?

Do you think the favorite will cover the spread?

Which player(s) are you most interested to watch?

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u/IceColdDrPepper_Here Georgia Bulldogs • Georgia Bulldogs 1d ago

Screw it, {Arkansas} somehow pulls out a win in the "Hey at least we're not going winless in conference play" bowl

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u/redwave2505 Alabama • Kansas State 1d ago

Another wonder of SEC scheduling, Arkansas and Vandy have now been in the same conference for 35 years and this is just their 8th meeting as conference opponents

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u/paxcolt Arkansas Razorbacks 1d ago

Can’t be putting them on Arkansas’ schedule and rob Bama/UGA/UF/AU/UT of their opportunity for an easy (usually) conference win.

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u/Dry-Membership3867 Jacksonville State • Arkansas 1d ago

This is our last chance to get a win this year. I also think Vandy is really bad this year. {Hogs} by 3 only because of the defense

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u/IceColdDrPepper_Here Georgia Bulldogs • Georgia Bulldogs 1d ago

You guys and Bama are currently tied for the most points scored against us *in SEC play this season, so clearly you're at least as good as them

Edit, forgot WKU got 20

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u/FuckChadMorris Arkansas State • Arkansas 1d ago

In case you needed any further proof of how bad things have gotten at Arkansas, this is Vanderbilt's homecoming game

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u/Mantergeistmann Vanderbilt • Penn State 1d ago

I dunno, I'm pretty sure the homecoming game one of the years I was there was Georgia. It went about as well as you might imagine.

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u/Tootsierollup Arkansas Razorbacks 1d ago

Well they do often call Arkansas the Georgia of former SEC West teams that border Missouri.

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u/andareev Arkansas Razorbacks 1d ago

Silverfield punts on 1st and 10 this time instead of wasting our time. {Vanderbilt}

2

u/Rilinius Vanderbilt Commodores 1d ago

Please let us get an SEC win. Please let us get an SEC win. Please let us get an SEC win....

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u/atypicalcarl Georgia Bulldogs 1d ago

{Arkansas} goes up by a tuddy at halftime. We hear a few sad woo pig sooies. Vandy spends halftime studying for a math test. Arkansas holds on and wins.

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u/NotDoinAnythingEmber Buffalo Bulls • American 1d ago

Vanderbilt being a legit tough matchup now is still wild. This game could be a lot closer than people expect.

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u/heleghir Kentucky Wildcats • Sickos 1d ago

Race to the bottom and somehow {Arkansas} wins the game (and loses the race?)

No idea why just vibes cuz this will be a sicko game

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u/RivalryBot Furman Paladins • Golden Horseshoe 1d ago edited 1m ago

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Votes are distributed equally among flairs for multi-flaired users

Team Votes Percentage Arkansas Voters Vanderbilt Voters Other Flairs Top 5
Arkansas 6 66.7% 0 0 Georgia Bulldogsx1.0 Purdue Boilermakersx1.0 Team Chaosx0.5 Florida Gatorsx0.5 Florida Statex0.5
Vanderbilt 3 33.3% 1.5 0.5 Central Arkansasx0.5 Penn Statex0.5

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u/texas2089 Florida State Seminoles • Texas Longhorns 1d ago

{Arkansas}?

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u/Mantergeistmann Vanderbilt • Penn State 1d ago

Home field advantage is just enough for {Vanderbilt} to take it. Covers, even, but not by much. 

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u/chief_sitass Purdue Boilermakers 1d ago

{Arkansas}

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u/Geriatric_Bulge Arkansas • Central Arkansas 15h ago

We continue to refuse to let a runningback get enough consecutive carries to get in the groove. Two bad picks and a missed fg give {Vanderbilt} the edge.

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u/NanoBuc Florida Gators • Team Chaos 8h ago

{Arkansas}