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Seeing 59 points on the scoreboard in the opener continued a recent TCU trend of racking up the touchdowns.But the 41 points allowed were still bothering Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson this week.No. 15 TCU hosts Arkansas at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday night, and the residue of the shaky defensive showing in which the Horned Frogs allowed 461 yards to South Dakota State in their opener has Patterson deeply concerned.When you do that, youre not going to give your kids a very good chance of being successful, Patterson said. Hopefully, well do a lot better job as a coaching staff of getting them put in position against Arkansas.If not, theyll have 1,000 yards and 1,000 points. Weve got to do a lot better job this week.The Razorbacks rallied for a 21-20 victory over Louisiana Tech in their opener with quarterback Austin Allen engineering a 77-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter to overcome a 20-14 deficit. He capped the march with a 4-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jeremy Sprinkle.We found a way to win, Hogs coach Bret Bielema said. That builds a lot of confidence.Allen was 20 of 29 passing for 191 yards with two touchdown passes, but he also was intercepted twice and was sacked four times. Wide receiver Keon Hatcher had six catches for 86 yards and wide receiver Drew Morgan five for 47 to account for more than half the production. Sprinkles touchdown reception was his third and final catch of the day.Running back Rawleigh Williams III led the Razorbacks rushing attack with 96 yards on 24 carries. The Hogs had a net team total of 106 rushing yards with the sacks accounting for 26 yards in lost yardage.We felt really good about certain guys, Bielema said. Our MVPs offensively, two guys really jumped out -- Rawleigh Williams and Keon Hatcher. Keon supplied some juice, especially in that second half. Some of those plays with extra effort continue to be impressive.Rawleigh was really impressive the whole game. I probably could have called on him a little bit more.Keeping Williams in check has to be a concern what with the Horned Frogs experiencing an abundance of poor tackling in their first game. Patterson took the blame for the woes on defense.We didnt tackle very well. As we get a lot of times, we got a different game plan than what we worked on, Patterson said. To be honest with you, I did a poor job of getting them ready to play. We didnt tackle very well, and schematically we didnt do a very good job of lining up.TCU senior defensive tackle Aaron Curry cited communication issues as a big problem in the first half against South Dakota State so there are plenty of things to shore up.It was the first game so everyone was probably too hyped up and worrying about the wrong things, but as the game kept going everyone calmed down, Curry said.One area where there was no problem was at quarterback, where Texas A&M transfer Kenny Hill made his TCU debut. He passed for 439 yards, seventh-most in TCU history, while accounting for five touchdowns.I thought for a first ballgame, he managed it, Patterson said. We understand Arkansas is a lot more talented as a defense, a lot more athletic, a lot more physical one than the one we just played. 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Kiffin will consider the offensive coordinator position at LSU under Ed Orgeron as he sorts out his options, the source said.Kiffin has been the offensive?coordinator at Alabama for three seasons, including 2016, helping the Crimson Tide win last seasons national championship and get back to the College Football Playoff with the No. 1 ranking this year.He has been frequently mentioned for other jobs, and the former USC, Tennessee and?Oakland Raiders?head coach was believed to be a candidate for the now-filled head-coaching openings at Oregon and Houston in recent days.Alabama coach Nick Saban recently acknowledged he wants to help Kiffin get a chance to lead a program again.Weve had conversations about it, Saban said. He wannts to be a head coach.dddddddddddd I want him to be a head coach. I want to help him get a head-coaching job.The rest of it, we have not discussed, and I dont think its the right time.Landing Kiffin would be a major coup for FAU, which fired Charlie Partridge last month after going 3-9 in each of the last three seasons. The Owls havent been to a bowl game since making back-to-back appearances under Howard Schnellenberger in 2007 and 2008.Since those bowl years, FAU is 28-67.Even being in the conversation with Kiffin means FAU is willing to make a serious salary upgrade. Partridge had two years left on what was a five-year, $2.7 million deal with FAU. Kiffin is making $1.4 million this season at Alabama.Kiffin lasted 20 games with the Raiders in 2007 and 2008, going 5-15. In 2009, his lone season at Tennessee, he was 7-6. And he went 28-15 in three-plus seasons at USC, getting fired after five games of the 2013 season.He went to Alabama the following year and has been an annual fixture in coaching-opening whispers since.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '