{"id":264440,"date":"2025-11-01T06:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T06:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264440\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T06:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T06:59:12","slug":"arkansas-vs-mississippi-state-friday-availability-report-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264440\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas vs. Mississippi State Friday availability report revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arkansas<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Mississippi State<\/a>\u00a0will clash this Saturday afternoon in a battle of two winless teams in conference play. The Razorbacks are coming off three straight SEC losses by nine points or less following\u00a0Sam Pittman<\/a>\u2018s dismissal, while the Bulldogs blew a 38-21 fourth quarter lead against\u00a0Texas<\/a>\u00a0last Saturday.<\/p>\n

While this is not a rivalry by any stretch of the imagination, this will be the 34th consecutive meeting between the two. Divisions within the SEC meant they played as West opponents, dating back to 1992. And even when the conference moved off them, they decided to keep this matchup for two seasons.<\/p>\n

Arkansas\u00a0dominated last year\u2019s game 58-25 thanks to five passing touchdowns and one rushing score from quarterback\u00a0Taylen Green<\/a>. Heading into the game however, there are some injuries to deal with. Both teams have multiple names popping up on the SEC injury report released on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Arkansas Razorbacks<\/p>\n

OL\u00a0E\u2019Marion Harris<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0QUESTIONABLE
OL\u00a0Caden Kitler<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0QUESTIONABLE
WR\u00a0Jalen Brown<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OUT
RB\u00a0AJ Green<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OUT
WR\u00a0Monte Harrison<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OUT
DL\u00a0David Oke<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OUT
TE\u00a0Andreas Paaske<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OUT
DB\u00a0Quentavius Scandrett<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OUT<\/p>\n

Mississippi State Bulldogs<\/p>\n

CB\u00a0Jett Jefferson\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OUT
OL\u00a0Albert Reese IV<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 OUT
OL\u00a0Brennan Smith<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OUT
OL\u00a0Blake Steen<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OUT
DL\u00a0Will Whitson<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OUT
WR\u00a0Jaron Glover<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0OUT<\/p>\n

Setting the stage for Arkansas vs. Mississippi State<\/p>\n

Arkansas\u00a0has been through plenty already this season. A mid-season firing is never easy for a program, especially when\u00a0Sam Pittman<\/a>\u00a0is the one being let go. But the Razorbacks felt the need to make a switch and put Petrino in charge in the meantime.<\/p>\n

On3\u2019s\u00a0Pete Nakos<\/a>\u00a0recently provided an update on where the\u00a0Arkansas\u00a0coaching search stands.\u00a0You can get all of the latest information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mississippi State\u00a0finds itself in a different situation, halfway through\u00a0Jeff Lebby<\/a>\u2018s second year. The Bulldogs won four straight to start the season, including a victory over No. 12\u00a0Arizona State<\/a>. Since then, the losses have begun to pile up. Letting\u00a0Texas\u00a0pull off the massive come-from-behind victory extended the streak to four losses. Now, the overall record sits at .500.<\/p>\n

Lebby is still in search of his first-ever win as an SEC head coach. His total tally comes in at 0-12, four this season and eight in 2024. Struggles were expected in Starkville, but the fanbase is craving a defining win in the near future.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Good news however is in the cards for\u00a0Miss State\u00a0this weekend, as running back\u00a0Fluff Bothwell\u00a0was listed as probable on Thursday. Bothwell, who has rushed for 465 yards and six touchdowns this season, looks to be on track to return after missing the past two games.<\/p>\n

Going on the road and beating\u00a0Arkansas\u00a0can get the ball rolling for the Bulldogs. On the flip, Petrino needs to stack together a few results to help his case for the interim tag to be taken off. Both teams rank in the bottom five in the conference in yards allowed per game, so this one could turn into a shootout in Fayetteville.<\/p>\n

On3\u2019s Griffin McVeigh contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arkansas\u00a0and\u00a0Mississippi State\u00a0will clash this Saturday afternoon in a battle of two winless teams in conference play. The Razorbacks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-264440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}