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Dropped passes and errant throws conspired to create a crisis in confidence for Arkansas' passing game, ranked 109 th in NCAA Division I football before Saturday night's game with North Texas.

What could heal junior quarterback Casey Dick and his beleaguered receiving corps' damaged psyches better than a date with the Mean Green's 115 th-ranked pass defense (359. 3 yards per game )? Confidence was inspired after the Razorbacks' 66-7 beatdown of overmatched North Texas (0-4 ).

Receivers who had been ham-handed the first three games of the year displayed the deft mitts of jewelers, recapturing the trust of a quarterback whom they had betrayed too often during a 1-2 start.

Sophomore London Crawford started the healing.

His hard-run post route tangled up a defender's feet and got him behind a Mean Green secondary that had been duped by a play-action fake to Darren McFadden. The 61-yard touchdown connection was Dick's longest career completion and Crawford's longest reception at Arkansas. The deep strike put the Razorbacks up 14-0 with only 5: 09 elapsed off the clock.

" Before I even went out there, you had [receivers coach Alex ] Wood keep telling me, ' Make sure you step on their toes, make sure you step on their toes before you make your move, '" Crawford said. " I ran into him, stepped on his toes, gave him an outside jab and then was runnin'. "

Crawford said he and his unit were resolved to regain their quarterback's trust and their coach's confidence.

" We just went out there to prove a point, " he said. " We just wanted to win the confidence in our quarterback and the confidence in our coaches. We told ourselves if we're going to do it, we're going to have to be consistent and that's what we went out there to do - be consistent. "

Dick, UA receivers feeling better following rout of North Texas