The Inside Arkansas staff had a little fun on Wednesday with simulating Arkansas’ season on EA Sports College Football 25 to see how the new hit video game had things shaking out for the Razorbacks.
Hogs fans across the state have been quenching their college football thirst and tiding themselves over until the real season begins by enjoying the long-overdue return of the game the past few weeks.
It is worth noting that every simulation yields different results, but here is a look at the schedule and the most interesting stats College Football 25 churned out for Arkansas:
ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS SIMULATED SCHEDULE
- Week 1 vs. UAPB (FCS West) | 34-13, W
- Week 2 @ Oklahoma State | 49-47, L
- Week 3 vs. UAB | 42-14, W
- Week 4 @ Auburn | 47-35, L
- Week 5 vs. Texas A&M | 20-3, L
- Week 6 vs. Tennessee | 38-28, L
- BYE
- Week 8 vs. LSU | 35-24, W
- Week 9 @ Mississippi State | 31-17, W
- Week 10 vs. Ole Miss | 27-21, L
- BYE
- Week 11 vs. Texas | 23-21, L
- Week 12 vs. Louisiana Tech | 45-42, W
- Week 13 @ Missouri | 50-48, L
- FINAL RECORD: 5-7 (2-6 SEC)
Is this some sort of sick, twisted joke? Really? A season after Sam Pittman’s Razorbacks lose five one-score games, EA Sports conveniently has Arkansas dropping one-possession games to Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Texas and Missouri, essentially opting to torture the fanbase against several rivals. Brutal…
NATIONAL RANKINGS
- 35th in total offense
- 31st in scoring
- 124th in total defense
- 109th in scoring defense
Bobby Petrino with a potent offense? No surprised there. Defense falling completely off the map? This video game must not trust Travis Williams as much as we do.
All that being said, if Arkansas’ games end up with similar final scores as this simulation, it will undoubtedly be a team that is super fun to watch.
INDIVIDUAL STATS OF NOTE
- QB Taylen Green: 3,362 passing yards (4th in SEC), 36 TD/6 INT, 78% completions, 497 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD
- RB Ja’Quinden Jackson: 605 rushing yards, 7 rushing TD, 4.6 yards per carry
- RB Rashod Dubinion: 196 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 2.9 yards per carry
- WR Isaac TeSlaa: 67 receptions, 1,017 yards, 15 TD
- WR Isaiah Sategna: 71 receptions, 872 yards, 6 TD
- WR Andrew Armstrong: 36 receptions, 492 yards, 7 TD
- TE Luke Hasz: 34 receptions, 439 yards, 5 TD
- LB Xavian Sorey: 83 tackles
- DE Landon Jackson: 4.5 sacks
- DE Anton Juncaj: 8 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks
- CB Jaheim Singletary & CB Marquise Robinson: 3 interceptions each
- K Matthew Shipley: 9-12 FG, 49-49 XP
- FWIW… Arkansas lost Fernando Carmona (Achilles) and Doneiko Slaughter (ankle) to injury.
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