Mario Craver injury update: MSU WR's status vs. Arkansas updated on Friday report

This weekend, Starkville will play host to a SEC matchup that we’ve become accustomed to seeing as Mississippi State will play Arkansas. The series dates back to 1916, and this season’s iteration will mark the 33rd consecutive year they have squared off. In recent years, the Bulldogs have had more success, winning five out of seven.

As for the present, both teams are coming off tough losses in their previous games. Arkansas welcomed rival LSU to town but wound up dropping the game by 24 points while Mississippi State lost to Texas A&M by 10. It wasn’t how either wanted to enter the matchup, but there is an opportunity to get back on the right track Saturday.

With kickoff only one day away, there’s some injuries the two squads are dealing with. Multiple names have popped up on the Friday injury report for both teams, before the action gets underway from Davis-Wade Stadium.

You can check out the full injury report for the big-time matchup between Arkansas and Mississippi State here.

Arkansas Razorbacks Injury Report:

• DB Jaylon Braxton–Out
• RB Ja’Quinden Jackson–Out
• TE Var’keyes Gumms–Out
• K Kyle Ramsey–Out
• RB Rodney Hill–Questionable
• WR Tyrone Broden–Probable

Mississippi State Bulldogs Injury Report:

• QB Blake Shapen–Out
• CB Traveon Wright–Out
• WR Mario Craver–Out
• WR Creed Whittemore–Out
• DL De’Monte Russell–Out
• WR Trent Hudson–Out
• DL Kedrick Bingley-Jones–Out
• DL Trevion Williams–Out
• RB Keyvone Lee–Out
• DL Kalvin Dinkins–Out

Sam Pittman believes Mississippi State is ‘scary’ team despite record

Arkansas heads to Mississippi State on Saturday, being the first-ever matchup between Sam Pittman and Jeff Lebby. Both teams are fresh off a loss and looking to bounce back. Especially the Bulldogs who are now 0-4 in SEC play and 1-6 overall.

Pittman is not looking at Mississippi State’s record though, believing they are still a good football team. He cites a tough strength of schedule, already playing the likes of Georgia, Texas, and Texas A&M — three teams competing for spots in the SEC Championship. Not many teams will face that kind of gauntlet over the entirity of conference play, let alone through four games.

The environment of playing in Starkville is never easy either, having to deal with a good atmosphere full of cowbells.

“They’ve got a great football team,” Pittman said on Monday. “Everybody looks at somebody’s record. Who did they play too? It’s his first year in there and all that. He’s playing everybody… They’re a scary team, now, to go in there and play. The cowbells going off and all that.”

On3’s Griffin McVeigh contributed to this article.