stobyjoe

Did any of you Jefferson detractors actually watch him play last year when we had a decent O line? Nearly a 70% completion rate, excellent TD/INT ratio, and was a danger to take off if everyone was covered. Poor guy has the talent, but with our O line NOBODY could shine under center. Typical Arkansas though, We NEVER have a complete team. Last year our offense was hummin' but our defense couldn't have stopped a Jr High team's offense. This year our defense improved, but due to the substandard (understatement) O line our offense is doo doo... With last years O line we may well have been undefeated at this point. I love being a Hog fan.

Here we go again... These articles crop up every time Bama looses a game. Even BAMA can't win them all. So... No, the dynasty isn't over. Nick hasn't lost his mojo. The sky isn't falling. Congrats TN. You whipped the monster. Win out and take it all. I'm pullin' for you guys..

Well, the O line and linebackers are solid. We are starting Jr High kids in the D backfield and everyone we play knows if they get past Morgan and Poole chances of taking it to the house are ridiculously high..

Agree. The novelty of playing At Jerryworld wore off when A&M joined the SEC. Home and home please. College football has lost too much pagentry.

well put...

We win IF : 1) We establish the run. If Rocket goes for 100+ again, that opens up play action, and KJ is scary accurate throwing downfield. 2) We hold them under 300 passing. I know. Ain't happened yet But how many points are the Ags averaging per game. 21... Take away Sam Houston, 15. This could be the week our secondary finds a bit of footing. 3) Sustain drives. The Arkansas formula is to wear defenses down. 15 play drives do that. Their defense is mean. They win IF: 1) We sustain any injury. KJ goes down, we are doomed. And that will be true of any game we play this year. Rocket, Drew, Jaden, Bumper going down would also create a huge void. Depth has been a problem at Arkansas since we joined the SEC. The kid that picks up dirty jocks in the locker room after the game at A&M is a five star athlete. Our ones are tough, but our twos aren't near as salty. 2) We start like we did last week. I sure hope that was a fluke. If an SEC team gets up 17-0 it will be a different story. A&M's defense wont wear out like State's did. Too deep. The get up three scores it may be unsurmountable. 3) Jimbo doesn't Jimbo. Most talented roster in the most talented conference in all of college football, can't beat Ap State. If it ain't the players (and it ain't) gotta be coaching..... Should the staff figure things out (ain't happened yet) A&M would be a MONSTER.

Darn. Hate to lose him. Hope he isn't making the same mistake Woods made.

OH... Almost forgot... KUDOS to Matt Corral. He didn't do four years, but he did care enough about his team to show up in uniform for the Sugar Bowl. May he mend well, and quickly.

So. When does it get to the point where players opt out after their team loses 2 games and virtually stand no chance of making the playoff? Yeah, I get it, the NFL dream. But.... A scholarship is offered to ANY one so they can get an EDUCATION and perhaps better their position in this world. Not to take remedial toenail clipping, play football, and quit early so they can bolt to the NFL. How many players do so, wash out in the League, and end up in a cra*k house somewhere. Go to school. Major in something you can make a living doing. Finish your degree. If the NFL happens, HOORAY, if not you can be an engineer or something. We are teaching young people it OK to renege on their agreements. Opt outs should be made to pay back their scholarships. Let em do so after their rookie year in the League. If they opt out and DON'T make the NFL, then they better sell a lot of cra*k... Or, don't take courses like earwax Removal 101.

Agree with every one thus far. Hate to lose him but I would do the same thing in his place. Good Luck young man.

Bama IS the devil. Replace the B in Saban with a T..

LSU in the Orgeron-be-gone Bowl.

Arkansas beat A&M and has identical w/l. Beat MSU and has better w/l. Yet these two are ranked and the Hogs left out? Not saying TAMU and State don't deserve to be ranked. But I just hope we don't get hosed when the real polls come out.

Is this an SDS crystal ball article? We don't lose to Bama for another couple of weeks. But Odom better dial up some heat because with Catalon out the Sultan of Dink and Dunk may suddenly find some open targets in the 25 plus range. MSU 38 AR 20.

LOL.. 5. Getting Lame Kiffin to kick field goals. 6. Finding a competent officiating crew in the SEC. 7. Finding a rap song without mf Or n in it. 8. Getting a flipped coin to land on its edge. 9. Gaining valuable insight into the female of the species. 10. Convincing Kirby Smart to ditch the Moe Howard hairdo. Your number one point is way legit. Until the playoff is expanded it still is being settled by opinion and not on the field. It's better than the BCS, but not by much.

Dink

I'll say it again. without Catalon back there Rogers doesn't drink and dunk his way to 300 yards, he will hit some big 'uns deep. State by 17 or more.

Without Catalon back there I'm afraid Rogers will carve us up. To win we will have to out score ya and I don't see it. State takes this one by 3 scores

Fans throwing debris on the field. Officiating crews incredibly inept. And a multi-million dollar a year coach who makes no bones about the fact he is willing to cheat. No one has any class anymore. No one is held to any kind of standard.

Auburn outplayed us. Even if the Refs got all those calls right, Auburn still outplayed us. All the cockiness from 3 weeks ago is gone now. I think we just caught Tex and Tex AM at the right time. Calzada was still trying to learn to spell football (he can spell it now for sure) and Tex didn't have the right man taking 1st string snaps yet. Make no mistake, we are still in a WAY better place than we were under Chad the Sad, But these last three games proved we aren't top 25 yet. Congrats Aubie and I think you guys actually have a staff that can develop a QB now. WPS

Oh, I think so. MSU is a strong possibility. LSU is just mediocre. And Auburn ain't exactly stellar this season. If we get 3 more wins (or even 2) and go bowling I will be shickled titless considering where we were 2 years ago. But your point is valid. DEPTH always hurts us as the season wears on. You guys and Georgia don't have to worry about that as the kid at Bama that picks up the dirty jock straps in the locker room after the game is a 4* athlete... LOL

Congrats to Ol' Miss on the W, but those were neither funny nor creative. You beat us 52-51, not 52-0. Ok.. the yessir one was a "little" funny... Ok, maybe it was a lot funny. Guess you can consider this one payback for the Hunter Heave... Matt for Heisman, the lad can play...

And if the play had succeeded everyone would be heralding the call as the most brilliant ever made. I am really not that disappointed. Going for 2 showed BAWLZ. Maybe that wasn't the best play call, but unless you are Georgia (or likely Bama) you better be prepped when the Hogs come to town. Couldn't say that two years ago as Chad the Sad was losing to middle school teams. WPS

LMAO

I expected Sam to go for the win and I admire the bawlz. I HATE overtime. This was the best ballgame I've seen thus far this season, unless of course you like a defensive struggle. This was more like a basketball game. Of course I'd be happier if we'd won, but I am delighted about what Coach Sam has accomplished with these young men...WPS

Can't argue. AR - TN would have been a football game this year, or even AR-USC east.

Arkansas needs this game worse than Ol'Miss. We, like Florida, Auburn, and Tennessee have to play both Bama and Georgia.

Agree. I can see Bama and GA in both the SEC championship and the Natty. No other teams measure up at this point.

Determining factors: #1: 40-21 #2: Arkansas plays in the SEC West Tex plays in the 12. Ark will play more ranked teams this season than Tex has in the past decade, so comparing final records means nothing. #3: 40-21 #4: Considering #2, who gets the better bowl means little or nothing as Ark has to wade through hell to even win 6 and Tex plays in the 12. #5: 40-21

LMAO .... Good one Yankeepig.