Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Hogs say this start is different
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas Razorbacks who engaged in media interviews Tuesday said the coaching staff has remained positive and the locker room upbeat after the team lost its third game in a row to fall to 2-4 heading into Saturday’s home game against No. 11 Auburn.
“Everything’s not promised,” freshman receiver Treylon Burks said. “It’s not going our way, but we’ll just keep pushing forward and getting better day by day and maybe that miracle might come. We’ll just keep getting better every day at practice.”
Senior tight end Cheyenne O’Grady said the vibe from the locker room has changed from last year’s 2-10 team to this 2-4 start.
“Like I said before in past interviews, we’re a whole different team this year,” he said. “We’re 2-4, starting off like we did last year. Last year, we would have had people blaming, complaining, talking just bad noise. This year everybody, they’re still coming together and we’re being the same people, bringing it every day.”
O’Grady said the Razorbacks practiced hard on Sunday, and defensive end Gabe Richardson echoed that.
“We just got off a great practice two days after a tough one,” Richardson said. “We come out here and continue to fight.
“You can’t talk about it, you’ve got to show it. Continue to push forward. You’ve got to line up and play the best you can because if you don’t that’s what they’re gonna see. There’s no quit in us.”
Richardson said it has been frustrating to lose three consecutive games by one score.
“Of course it is. We’ve been preaching ‘finish’ since I’ve been here. It’s hard at times. It really is hard dealing with this, but you can’t
quit. You’ve got to keep going.”
Cornerback Jarques McClellion said he and others talk to the younger players to help keep them up.
“We let them know everything is going to be straight and we’re not going to be down in the dumps,” McClellion said. “We’re always going to be up. This locker room is still going to be the same locker room, win or lose.”