Arkansas’ practice ran a late this evening and then players had to go to meetings, so I apologize for this blog entry coming a bit later than usual. Anyway, here are some tidbits we learned today.

  Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said he has a plan for how many carries he’d like to get starting running back Michael Smith, but he smiled when asked about it and said he wasn’t going to share his plan with the media. Robbie Neiswanger has a whole story on Smith for Wednesday’s newspaper, so I’ll let him tell you all about the senior.

  Meanwhile, Petrino clarified that sophomore De’Anthony Curtis isn’t a true fullback, even though he was listed as the backup fullback on Arkansas’ opening-week depth chart. Curtis hasn’t changed positions as much as he’ll be used in a two-tailback set.

  “Oh, it’s not really a move to fullback. It’s what we call out-personnel, where you put two tailbacks in the game,” Petrino said. “He can block there, he can catch a lot of passes there. He runs, gets the ball running from that position.

  ”… (Anthony) does a nice job of it. He’s very quick, has a good understanding of what he needs to do and I’ve been impressed with the way he’s learned to block better.”

  Wide receiver Joe Adams appears to be improving from the hamstring injury that sidelined him late last week, which is good news for the Razorbacks. Adams is expected to be a big part of the offense and has shown that he has the speed and moves to be a primary receiver for quarterback Ryan Mallett. 

  “It was my right hamstring. It’s feeling better,” Adams said. “I’m ready now.”

  That’s it for now. I’ll have more later. You can follow me on Twitter @NWAAlex.