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Sunday, August 25, 2019 13 NWA College Football Preview 2019 EARNING Hogs vow days of getting pushed around are over FAYETTEVILLE — Second-year Uni- versity of Arkansas football Coach Chad Morris framed the narrative for his Ra- zorbacks in his first news conference of training camp. Speaking late in the evening on Aug. 2, Morris passed along snippets to the media of what he had told his team after play- ers officially reported for camp the night before. "We talked a lot about the culture of our football program and where we are and how fragile it is and the time and the energy and the effort that's gone into this football program and the way we do things, and how we're going to beat teams that we're not supposed to beat," Morris said. "Nobody's giving little ol' Arkansas any credit, and that's OK. They shouldn't. We have to earn it." The Razorbacks, coming off a 2-10 sea- son and the program's second winless SEC campaign in six years, are projected to fin- ish last in the SEC West again by media members who voted at SEC media days. But hope springs eternal on every col- lege campus this time of year. The Razor- backs are no exception. Like their fresh, vivid-green natural grass surface at Reynolds Razorback Sta- dium, the Arkansas football program is looking for a new start to bury the recent pain. "It's in the past. We're not worried about 2-10," senior defensive end Gabe Richardson said. "We're continuing to push forward. We want to be the best team we possibly can be going into 2019." Arkansas enters the season on an 11-game SEC losing streak and is unlikely to be favored in any conference game un- less circumstances change. Morris and Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek say improvement will be on display this fall. "I promise you this is not the same football team that sat in this room last year," Yurachek said at the program's an- nual kickoff luncheon Aug. 16 in Rogers. "We'll all see proof of that in two weeks." Morris would not project a win total for the Hogs, but he said progress on the culture was evident inside the program all through last year. RESPECT NWA Democrat-Gazette File Photo/ANDY SHUPE Arkansas defensive lineman Jamario Bell (right) wraps up Gabe Richardson on Aug. 6 during practice at the university practice field. Having Problems Wearing Your CPAP? Our office provides a dental appliance that opens your airway at night and treats sleep apnea without a CPAP. This treatment is covered by most medical insurance companies and Medicare. Call us today to find out how to improve your sleep. It could be as simple as wearing a dental appliance. Dr. Berley is the only dentist in Northwest Arkansas that is Board Certified in Dental Sleep Medicine. Diplomate of American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine Ken Berley, DDS 5417 Pinnacle Point Drive | Suite 200 | Rogers, AR 479-254-0200 www.DrKenBerley.com TOM MURPHY ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE See RESPECT, Page 14