Jim Harris: Razorbacks vs Aggies Live Blog

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The Razorbacks vs Aggies Live Blog powered by Jim Harris. The stage is set. It is Razorback game day. Texas A&M at Arkansas – here we go.

Join us today as Jim Harris tracks the action on the field at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Ark. The Arkansas Razorbacks take on the Texas A&M Aggies. Here is the pre-game chatter from throughout the week on the game. And Jim’s pre-game column is here. The game kicks off at 6 p.m. Sept. 28, 2013, and is televised on ESPN 2. Bookmark this page and plan to come back often. No one live blogs a game like Jim Harris. Want proof? Here is Jim’s work from the season opener against the UL-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns. And here is his live game blog from Little Rock against Samford. The live blog from last week – Arkansas vs. Southern Miss – is here for your review. Jim’s blog of last week’s game at Rutgers is here. You will learn more about Razorback football during one Jim Harris Live Blog than you thought possible. Guaranteed. Also, don’t forget to tag us in pictures your take and post to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. On Twitter, we’re @sportinglifeark; click here to get us on Facebook and here to get us on Instagram. Whether you’re at the game in Fayetteville, at a party or hanging with friends at the sports pub, we want to see all the fun you’re having.

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9:05 p.m. 45-33 Ags — With 6:56 left and facing a fourth-and-10, unless this pass incompletion to Keon Hatcher is somehow overturned (it shouldn’t be, you can see the ball hit the ground), the Hogs will face one more huge play to stay in the game. I can’t say enough too, about the play call from upstairs on the Jonathan Williams catch and run to deal with A&M blitzing two from the Arkansas left side. Amazing call and play.

9:02 p.m. — Arkansas may not win this game, but Jonathan Williams has surely won the night. Another terrific play by Williams on a third-and-10, easily the biggest play for Arknasas in the game at the moment, and Williams takes a deftly delivered touch pass (shovel, sorta) for 28 yard to the A&M 16.

8:53 p.m. 45-33 A&M — Aggies return to the blend of power and finesse on offense, running 230-pound power back Tra Carson at the Hogs for a couple of carries, then speedy Trey Williams for a few, and they cover 57 yards in 7 plays. You’d think after all that hard work, Coach Kevin Sumlin would let Tra or Trey score, but no, he turns to Ben Malena for the easy 1-yard (really about a foot) run over right guard to reestablish a two-score edge for A&M. Arkansas had Carson stopped twice on the first two snaps of the drive and couldn’t get him down. The second time, he just broke clear of a tackle at the line and rambled 10 yards for a first down, and the march was on. Williams followed with with a 31-yard burst right past safety Eric Bennett. Again, the secondary was having to make too many stops there.

8:47 p.m. — Arkansas goes nowhere and punts. Linebacker Jarrett Lake is on the punt team this week, and he’s awfully fast to be the first guy down the field to cover the punt. Impressive. How much gas does the Arkansas defense have left. Arkansas has gained the edge in time of possession, 24:45 to 22:11. Attendance is announced as 72,613.

8:43 p.m. — And, just like that, Sabian Holmes drops a third-down pass on the first play of the fourth quarter, as Rohan Gaines was on the play. A&M has to punt. Who saw all these A&M punts coming, the way the game started for Arkansas’ defense?