You’ve got to hand it to Arkansas running back De’Anthony Curtis. The freshman is confident.

But it’s not the trash-talking type of confidence sports writers love to hear. You know, like Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes’ assessment that Tennessee quit during its 59-20 loss to the Gators last season. Beautiful!

Anyway, Curtis was asked about the challenge Arkansas’ run game faces against Alabama, which has the nation’s top-ranked run defense. He said the Razorbacks will have success. If they believe.

Kind of like this ... but Arkansas

“They’ve got a big front seven, but I believe we better run against them,” Curtis said. “Just like coach said, you’ve got to believe. when you believe you think you can do it.

“We worked hard. The harder you work the harder it’s going to be to surrender. So I think our linemen will do a good job of opening holes and lanes for us. Me and Mike (Smith) and the rest of the running backs.

“It should be a real good challenge, but like I said we’ve got to believe. We’ve got to go fight, be the bullies, come in and hit them first and hit them in the mouth.”

Curtis will play a big role in any success. Curtis had been slowed by a sprained knee, but said he is 100 percent. The Razorbacks need him to help take some of the load off Smith, who had to carry the ball 22 times against Louisiana-Monroe two weeks ago.