College Football Week 7 Early Lines, Odds & Predictions: BYU vs. Arkansas (2022)
Let’s take a look at the College Football Week 7 odds, picks, and predictions for this week’s game: BYU vs. Arkansas.
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College Football Week 7 Early Odds, Picks & Prediction: BYU vs. Arkansas
Arkansas was without QB KJ Jefferson due to a head injury on Saturday against Mississippi State and, not surprisingly, lost 40-17. HC Sam Pittman came clean on Sunday, saying that it was never the plan to play Jefferson against the Bulldogs. Which is another way of saying Jefferson was ruled out early in the week (despite Pittman saying on gameday that Jefferson was active and ready to go).
But the Hogs announced on Monday that Jefferson has been cleared for Saturday’s game against BYU. That’s a significant development.
As we saw over the weekend, Arkansas QB2 Cade Fortin is not playable. The Hogs moved Malik Hornsby back to QB from WR last week. The offense only moved against MSU when Hornsby was taking snaps. If I were Pittman, Hornsby would remain QB2 for the rest of the campaign.
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