Arkansas reported to campus on Aug. 5, started practice Aug. 6, and, by my calculations, have spent at least 30 hours in the past 10 days on the field.

So it’s no surprise the Razorbacks are pretty happy to get some time off.

Arkansas left the field at about noon today and won’t be back until Monday morning at 9 a.m. Safety Matt Harris said it’s a much-needed break for a team that has been going pretty hard for a week-and-half.

“A lot of people think physically we’re beat down and we are,” Harris said. “But mentally, I’d like to just get away and not put the cleats on for a day and not put the pads on. Just get in and study film and just kind of act like a normal human being for a day and not have to worry about all my checks and coverages.”

The Razorbacks don’t have the day completely off Sunday. The team will be around for meetings and will watch film of Saturday’s scrimmage. But it’s the fact they won’t be on the field, in the heat, colliding with each other that had running back Dennis Johnson pretty excited.

“It’s going to feel good,” Johnson said. “We’re get a lot of time off. We just come back (Sunday), meet and watch film.”

Johnson was asked what he was going to do with his down time. Simple: “I’m fixing to go to sleep.”

Quarterback Tyler Wilson has other plans. The sophomore will celebrate his 20th birthday tomorrow and said his parents are in town to help him celebrate. Wilson said he was planning to go to dinner with them tonight, then will try to get some rest before beginning another week of practice.

“We’ve worked hard the past two weeks,” Wilson said. “He has given us a day off. I think we’re all going to take full advantage of it. Go home, get some rest and preapre for next week.”