razorfan08

Why the emphasis on NEVER? Seems personal.

That’s right, and the best time to be competitive is March. We haven’t gotten the natty in awhile now, but we get to feel like we’re at least in the running every year at least for now, all you can truly ask for.

Hogs have not clearly had more talent than everyone but Kentucky, this year is the only year you could make that argument going into the season. This is the only truly subpar regular season Hogs have had for the talent present, and plenty of post-season success throughout. Hogs are a good bet more often than not come February and March, and that’s a much better feeling than Bama, Kentucky, Tenn, or anyone else’s fans have during that time. So what matters to you?

Geezus, way too long!!

I don’t know how long he was there in the parking lot before the Jeep pulled up, but if more than just mere seconds, you cannot convince me that if these young men were mad enough to shoot someone shortly thereafter, with enough gumption to request the gun, that they didn’t partially fill him in more on what the situation was when he arrived. If they did indeed send that text requesting the gun with reference to some sort of disagreement or dispute (whatever “fakin’”means in that context) and that being the reason for wanting the gun, he knew it wasn’t a good situation (or should have). To think the young men weren’t close enough (teammates with the one requesting gun) that they didn’t tell him anything at all upon his arrival as stirred up as they obviously must have been is silly. To think he was completely oblivious is either biased or just naive. I’m not saying he knew for certain a shooting was about to occur, but he made a dire mistake in bringing a gun to someone at nearly 2am..and after receiving the text he did, he had to know it was a distinct possibility. He’s young, and young people make mistakes. He’s likely learned a lesson for life, but the red flags were waving and he bypassed them all and made it a much worst situation in bringing the “joint” as his teammate called it. It is what it is, but he’s not innocent enough that he should go scot-free within that program. I’m not saying he should be charged, in fact I don’t think he should be, but it’s pretty crazy (at least to me) that he escapes any liability at all as far as his eligibility goes within the athletic department. Kid’s have been and are suspended for much much, much less. Your (Bama’s) AD was on after that game last night, and said while in the decision-making process of how to handle Brandon’s situation specifically, “Let’s do what we think is right”….it might be right to people in Bama, and particularly to those who care most about the program, but the fact that so many outside of the program are up in arms should tell y’all something. It’s just bonkers, and it really ISN’T right to the vast majority of people looking at it. It’s a tough scenario for y’all, defending the kid, it’s not easily defended, but y’all are giving it your all..legally defensible yes, morally no. I don’t see how anyone feels right about it. I sure as hell wouldn’t bring my buddy his gun at near 2am after leaving the bar scene and after getting a text like that. And if I did, I’d sure as hell know what I was potentially getting into, even at 20 years old. He made a bad choice, and will pay for it anyway, but he should have missed SOME time SOMEwhere in all this. It’s absolutely irking, that’s all. Just a bad, bad look for everyone involved. Sorry it got so long! Good luck Saturday! I don’t know if the Hogs can beat y’all in that building, will take a hell of performance, but I’m genuinely glad you will be at full strength just in case we do!

Now that..is reasonable I’d say. Though it does concern me if KJ isn’t able with the way our secondary has played and the air raid upcoming. No argument from me on the secondary and offensive play calling..Briles has had his moments, but more bad than good of late! The execution has obviously been to blame at times, but the playcalling has indeed been predictable far too often.

xD reasonable huh? That’s funny. Your assessment could turn out, but entirely unfounded to this point. Troll? Or just overly pessimistic with life in general? If you are indeed a “fan” feel free to go bandwagon somewhere. You’re spewing nonsense.

Butch Jones also went 2-10 in the Sun Belt with Arkansas State this year (albeit in his first year at the helm)..like the positive results of Dabo as Glenn mentioned in the article, what has that to do with Pittman and his future success/failure at the U of A? You could also mention Orgeron the same way, and I’ve seen folks that have, but different coaches and their success/failures at their respective programs are absolutely independent of one-another, at least when speaking in foresight. We won’t be firing Pittman if we have a bad season next year, and I don’t think anyone could see the Hogs going 4-6 overall and 0-6 in conference that got Jones booted in Knoxville. Possible? Sure (those kind of years are still in our recent memories). But I’m sure most would agree it’s probably not likely. Jones’ situation was somewhat of an outlier from the norm, and Dabo’s tenure definitely has been, just on opposite ends of the spectrum. Pittman likely lands somewhere in between them in my opinion, but only time will truly tell. I can tell you the state of Arkansas is excited to find out Glenn!

I don’t believe Hog Nation is afraid to ask any question about the future of the program at this time. Most folks I speak to are excited to talk about next year and beyond Solid QB returning, RB quality nor depth is an issue. we lose a couple starters on the O-line, but it’s a Pittman-lead team just gaining steam on the O-line..Pittman’s O-line recruits are now about to start folding into the mix even more, little to no concerns on our future O-line play. We do have an obvious void to fill at receiver, Haselwood does provide some relief of concern there and Ketron Jackson looked promising when he got the opportunity this season. The front 7 on defense is probably the biggest question at this point, hopefully Bumper Pool elects to return to bring some previous experience to the LB room. The D-line has at least one big hole to fill, possibly two pending John Ridgeway’s decision..we played half the year without one of the best safeties in the country, a true game-changer in Jalen Catalon, he’ll be back. I, at least, feel pretty good about the offense. I’m not afraid of the future defensive product either, especially if we can retain Odom. Our 19th ranked recruiting class to this point is the best on paper we’ve put together in quite a while, and those lesser recruiting classes brought us from the abyss and made for a pretty competitive team this year. Lightning in a bottle? We’ll see. My real point, nobody I know is hiding from or repressing the question “can Pittman and the Hogs sustain it?”. We’re savoring this year, but ready for more. Possibly just drunk off of short-term success, but optimism is not of short supply around here. I believe 8 wins next year would satisfy most people I know with the schedule we face, with the hope it only grows beyond that. We love Pittman enough not to run him out of here regardless, he has time to really settle in. This year was a surprise and a blessing and we’ll see what the future brings, but a “forbidden” question, no sir. Not in South Arkansas. My first post, might as well get my money’s worth. xD