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GO TEAM! 300 Innisfree Circle Rogers, AR 479-636-7363 Sunday, August 26, 2018 33 Arkansas Football Arkansas Opponent Capsules By Bob Holt GAME 1 EASTERN ILLINOIS DATE Sept. 1 PLACE Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville 2017 RECORD 6-5, 5-3 Ohio Valley Confer- ence COACH Kim Dameron (24-22 in four seasons at Eastern Illinois) RETURNING STARTERS 6 offense, 6 de- fense KEY PLAYERS WR Alexander Hollins, RB Isaiah Johnson, DE Josh Price, DB Mark Wil- liams. 2018 SCHEDULE Sept. 1 ...........................................at Arkansas Sept. 8 ...................................... at Illinois State Sept. 15 ...................................... Indiana State Sept. 22 .................................Tennessee State Sept. 29 ............................. at Tennessee Tech Oct. 6 ........................................... Murray State Oct. 13 ...................at Jacksonville (Ala.) State Oct. 20 .................................Tennessee-Martin Oct. 27 ............................. at Eastern Kentucky Nov. 10 ..........................................Austin Peay Nov. 17 ................at Southeast Missouri State OUTLOOK Playing at Arkansas will be a homecoming for Eastern Illinois Coach Kim Dameron, who played wide receiver and de- fensive back for the Razorbacks from 1979- 82 and was a member of four bowl teams. Dameron, who is from Rogers, has recruited Arkansas well for the Panthers. His roster this season includes seven players from Arkansas, including defensive backs Iziah Gulley and Cornelius Page, who both played at Camden Fairview High School. Gulley, a sophomore, had 45 tackles last season. Page, a junior, had 27 tackles last season. Dameron has coached against the Razorbacks previously in 2005 and 2006 as Louisiana-Monroe's defensive coordinator and as Ole Miss' safeties coach from 2008-10. GAME 2 COLORADO STATE DATE Sept. 8 PLACE Canvas Stadium, Fort Collins, Colo. 2017 RECORD 7-6, 5-3 Mountain West Conference COACH Mike Bobo (21-18 in three seasons at Colorado State) RETURNING STARTERS 4 offense, 4 de- fense KEY PLAYERS QB K.J. Carta-Samuels, RB Izzy Matthews, WR Preston Williams, LB Josh Watson. 2018 SCHEDULE Aug. 25 .................................................. Hawaii Aug. 31 .......................... vs Colorado (Denver) Sept. 8 ...............................................Arkansas Sept. 15 .............................................at Florida Sept. 22 ........................................ Illinois State Oct. 6 ...................................at San Jose State Oct. 3 ............................................ New Mexico Oct. 19 ....................................... at Boise State Oct. 27 ...............................................Wyoming Oct. 28 .........................................at Iowa State Nov. 10 ............................................ at Nevada Nov. 17 ............................................Utah State Nov. 22 .......................................... at Air Force OUTLOOK Colorado State — which replaced Michigan on the Razorbacks' schedule after the Wolverines bought out their contract with Arkansas to schedule Notre Dame — has finished 7-6 in each of the last three seasons under Coach Mike Bobo, a former Georgia of- fensive coordinator. The Razorbacks are 3-0 against the Rams, but all of the teams' pre- vious games were in Little Rock. The Rams have been picked to finish from third to fifth in the Mountain West in various preseason polls. They have some transfers who began their college careers at Power 5 schools, including quarterback J.K. Carta-Samuels (Washington), offensive tackle T.J. Roundtree (Louisville) and wide receiver Preston Williams (Tennessee). GAME 3 NORTH TEXAS DATE Sept. 15 PLACE Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fayetteville 2017 RECORD 9-5, 7-1 Conference USA COACH Seth Littrell (14-13 in two seasons at North Texas) RETURNING STARTERS 7 offense, 7 de- fense KEY PLAYERS QB Mason Fine, WR Michael Lawrence, OT Elex Woodworth, DE Roderick Young. 2018 SCHEDULE Sept. 1 ...................................................... SMU Sept. 8 ..................................... Incarnate Word Sept. 15 .........................................at Arkansas Sept. 22 .............................................at Liberty Sept. 29 ....................................Louisiana Tech Oct. 6 .................................................. at UTEP Oct. 13 ...................................... Southern Miss Oct. 20 ...................... at Alabama-Birmingham Oct. 27 ....................................................... Rice Nov. 10 .................................. at Old Dominion See CAPSULES, Page 34