Going with the Razorback here and Petrino to take care of Conference USA East Carolina. ECU is a solid team and they play solid ball and have a challenging schedule, but I just think they will be outmatched in this one. Basically because their most glaring weakness is Arkansas' strength. Pass defense, ECU ranks 110th in the nation while Arkansas ranks 10th in the nation.
Ryan Mallet should have a field day throwing to his receivers Greg Childs and DJ Williams. Arkansas has a blend of size, and speed. Arkansas got their #10 ranking against some of the top pass defense teams in the nation. They only faced two teams outside the top 100 in pass defense and ECU will be the third. The results was not so good for the first two including Texas A&M as Arkansas rattled off 56 points and then 47 points against Troy. Really think Arkansas will put up close to 30 and ECU just does not have the offense to keep up.
