FAYETTEVILLE — Earlier this week Arkansas defensive coordinator John Chavis longed for the time he could enter his weekly press conference with a smile on his face.
Cue the mustached smile in T-minus 48 hours, just past noon Monday.
Chavis' unit that gave up 1,250 yards, 13 touchdowns and two field goals over the two previous weeks was sharp Saturday against a drastic decrease in competition, limiting Tulsa to 260 yards and recording the Razorbacks' first shutout since a rout of Ole Miss in November 2014.
The Golden Hurricane missed field goal attempts of 28 and 42 yards on their first two possessions, then didn't have another scoring opportunity until the final drive of the game when they failed to convert a fourth down from the Arkansas 11 in the final minute.