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Diplomate of American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine 34 NWA Democrat-Gazette College Football Preview Sunday, August 27, 2017 A Look at Arkansas' Opponents By Bob Holt GAME 1 FLORIDA A&M DATE Aug. 31 PLACE War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock 2016 RECORD 4-7, 4-4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference COACH Alex Wood (5-17 in two seasons at Florida A&M, 30-41 overall in seven seasons) RETURNING STARTERS 7 offense, 7 defense KEY PLAYERS WR Brandon Norwood, OL Osman Aguilera, OL Loubens Prolinice, DB Orlando McKinley, DB Terry Jefferson 2017 SCHEDULE Aug. 26 ................................... Texas Southern Aug. 31 ..................... at Arkansas (Little Rock) Sept. 16 ..................Tennessee State (Tampa) Sept. 23 ..............................at Savannah State Sept. 28 ....................... North Carolina Central Oct. 7 .......................................at Norfolk State Oct. 14 .............................. North Carolina A&T Oct. 21 ........................................... at Hampton Oct. 28 ....................................at Morgan State Nov. 4 ...................................................Howard Nov. 18 ............. Bethune-Cookman (Orlando) OUTLOOK Rattlers Coach Alex Wood, in his third season at Florida A&M, was Arkan- sas' quarterbacks coach in 2006 and 2007 under former coach Houston Nutt. Wood led a big turnaround last season when the Rattlers improved from 1-10 to 4-7, including from 1-7 to 4-4 in the MEAC. … Florida A&M, which is getting a $750,000 guarantee payout from Ar- kansas according to the Tallahasee Democrat newspaper, will ride a bus from Tallahassee, Fla., to Little Rock for the game rather than fly in order to save money. … Not only is Florida A&M making a long drive to Little Rock, but the Rattlers will play Arkansas five days after their season opener against Texas Southern on Aug. 26. … The Rattlers are getting some early-season national exposure with their 11 a.m. game against Texas Southern being televised on ESPNU and their Thursday night game at Arkansas on the SEC Network. GAME 2 TCU DATE Sept. 9 PLACE Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Fay- etteville 2016 RECORD 6-7, 4-5 Big 12 COACH Gary Patterson (149-54 in 16 sea- sons) RETURNING STARTERS 10 offense, 7 defense KEY PLAYERS QB Kenny Hill, RB Kyle Hicks, OL Austin Schlottmann, LB Travin How- ard, SS Nick Orr 2017 SCHEDULE Sept. 2 ....................................... Jackson State Sept. 9 ...........................................at Arkansas Sept. 16 .................................................... SMU Sept. 23 ............................. at Oklahoma State Oct. 7 ...........................................West Virginia Oct. 14 .................................... at Kansas State Oct. 21 .................................................. Kansas Oct. 28 .........................................at Iowa State Nov. 4 ......................................................Texas Nov. 11 ......................................... at Oklahoma Nov. 18 ....................................... at Texas Tech Nov. 24 ................................................... Baylor OUTLOOK With 17 starters back TCU is looking for a bounce back season after fin- ishing with a losing record for only the third time in Gary Patterson's 16 seasons as head coach. The Horned Frogs' 6-7 record includ- ed a 41-38 loss to Arkansas in double over- time at G. Amon Carter Stadium. … Senior quarterback Kenny Hill is back to lead the offense after passing for 3,208 yards and 17 touchdowns and rushing for 609 yards and 10 touchdowns last season. … Senior run- ning back Kyle Hicks rushed for 1,042 yards and 12 touchdowns last season. … Senior guard Austin Schlottmann was a preseason All-Big 12 first-teamer. … Senior linebacker Travin Howard, another preseason All-Big 12 first-team pick, had 130 tackles last season. … Senior safety Nick Orr had 86 tackles and 4 interceptions last season. … The Horned Frogs were picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 in a preseason media poll. GAME 3 TEXAS A&M DATE Sept. 23 PLACE AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas 2016 RECORD 8-5, 4-4 SEC COACH Kevin Sumlin (44-21 in five seasons at Texas A&M, 79-38 in nine seasons overall). RETURNING STARTERS 5 offense, 7 defense KEY PLAYERS WR Christian Kirk, RB Trayveon Williams, C Erik McCoy, FS Armani Watts, CB Nick Harvey 2017 SCHEDULE Sept. 3 ................................................ at UCLA Sept. 9 ........................................Nicholls State Sept. 16 ............................ Louisiana-Lafayette Sept. 23 ...........vs Arkansas (Arlington, Texas) v Continued on next page