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Name a qb who doesn't. I will also say you can't blame a qb solely for losing close games (unless they are turning the ball over). It's a team game. This year it's the o-line that should take the majority of the blame

A bit of context around Jefferson's INTs: One was on the final "Hail Mary" pass at the end, so I don't think you can really count that against him overall

Yes it is. However, in the new era of the transfer portal and NIL, it makes things more complicated to get good players, especially a school like Arkansas. Take BYU's QB as an example: He's playing for his 3rd school in three years, and he got significant playing time at the other schools, so it's not he transferred to BYU just to get off the bench. I'm not trying to absolve the staff of mistakes, because there were many. But look at what's happening in college football now. Even Alabama is sucking, and no one is going to say Saban can't coach or recruit. I'm just saying that those who want to can Pittman need to be realistic about our program and where we fit in nationally.

It's easy for Sunday morning qbs to blame the coaches, but in the end it's up to the players to execute, and in this case, the o-line failed. This year, we just don't have the players on the line we've had in the past. I'm not going to blame Pittman. I will say some of the offensive play calling was curious, but the staff had more eyes on the defensive schemes than I did, so willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

As was I. We were about 3 rows from the top, and the wind was brutal. Don't think I have ever been that cold.

Yes, classless. Almost as bad as faking injuries on defense to slow down the opposing team. But seriously, if he is caught and has season tickets, the UA will take those away from him for life. And if he used someone else's season ticket, they will run the risk (albeit a small one) of losing it.

Absolutely. While I am disappointed in 5-5, this is the SEC. Any other conference and Arkansas's record would be much better (for the record, I am opposed to any idea of changing conferences). And this hurts me to no end to say, as I can't stand Brian Kelly (Kelley, Kellie???), but he has done a hell of a job to turn around LSU from the start of the season. Hats off to him and LSU.

In the A&M game, a few fluke plays made the difference. KJ hurt his shoulder in the Auburn game (the week before Liberty), which showed in the Liberty game. Didn't play in this game, and with no threat of passing, offense couldn't do much. Alabama, well it's Alabama. The rest of the games, no answer.

Really more of a bro and a tool.

Too often I have seen a defender stay at the same angle, which would have been a fair hit, only to have the ball carrier duck down into the path of the defender's helmet. While I've never thought that the ball carrier did this intentionally, it does usually result in a targeting call against the defender. The rules need to allow take that into consideration when the play is reviewed. As for an increase in concussions, I think the increase is due to the scrutiny around diagnosing it, instead of ignoring (or just not making it public).

Can't believe more folks didn't get the reference. Back in the mid 2000's, I named my fantasy football team the Ron Mexico conVICKS. Too bad the comments don't allow images, or I would show you the sweet logo I made for my team.

I too agree. And Mindhunter was a very good show (and I think it might have been based on real FBI profilers)

I may not watch the 2nd half. I keep rewinding to watch the Katy Perry video from halftime!

But better than being trolled for losing the Birmingham Bowl!

I agree. If there aren't some guardrails put up soon, there's going to be a bigger divide between the haves and have nots. I would like a multi-cap system put into place: One cap for the program as a whole (per sport), with another for an individual player. Make the limits large enough that the players at the elite schools make a good chunk of change, but not the near unlimited levels now.

What's the other have do? :)

I've got a crazy thought: Maybe, perhaps, possibly the coach should apologize, not the AD. While what he did was not much at all, having the AD issue the apology is no apology at all IMHO.

And I like Kentucky! It's nice seeing them playing some good football.

Yes it was targeting. Don't think it was intentional, but it was the right call. However, the targeting call on Bumper Pool was BS. He was leaning over, his back and head stayed on the same plane for a couple of steps. Had the receiver not started to go down, Pool's head would have hit the receiver's stomach. But instead, the receiver started to drop, which caused was head-to-head contact. To me, that really makes the receiver responsible for targeting, not the defender. Since all targeting calls are reviewed, why don't they reverse calls in those cases?

You're the idiot. You absolutely can spread the virus even if you are asymptomatic. The only thing you got right is that a positive test doesn't necessarily mean you have the virus. Nearly all medical tests have some level of uncertainty, and with the rush to develop these tests, the current ones have a high false positive/false negative rate.

That response is the college football equivalent to Lou Brown's answer to if he wanted to manage the Cleveland Indians

I say "strain" as that is the term most people would understand, but did add "type" to make it more technically correct. But, yes, you are correct about virus vs disease. Once again, was going with the KISS explanation (Keep It Simple Stupid)!

Well, technically, COVID-19 is a strain/type of coronavirus, one that is new to humans (at least that we know of). The name COVID-19 comes from "Co"rona"vi"rus "D"isease discovered in 20"19". That concludes your infectious disease lesson for the day. ;)

What I don't understand is why does it matter if the ball hit the returner or not? If it was a kickoff, it's a live ball until downed, so it's essentially a 60+ yard onside kick.

Sorry, you are incorrect. That "study" is just internet falsehoods. Any legit epidemiologist or virologist will tell you masks are critical for stopping the spread of covid and other airborne diseases. As for the masks not helping in the wildfires, it's because smoke particles have orders of magnitude more parts per million than covid (or any other virus). It's not that the masks can't block it (they can), it's just there are too many particles in the air for it to do any good.

I think they have more important things to be mad about...

I agree (it really is a crazy year when I agree with an Auburn fan!) The rule should be changed to allow play to continue (assuming no safety issue), then sort everything out after the whistle. The ruling makes no sense. The explanation was a fumble (as explained in the SEC press release), but because the whistle was blown early, no possession could be determined. However, the penalty assessed was intentional grounding. How can there be a fumble if it was intentional grounding (and vice versa?) Are dealing with quantum football where all possibilities can exist and the same time? Maybe Schrodinger's cat is really a tiger

Fair enough. Based on that criteria, I would agree. That being said, other articles of similar types usually categorize the school based on what conference it is in today, not then. Guess that's what I get for assuming...

That's being nit-picky. I know math at Alabama is of lesser priority than football, but it wasn't 95%, it was 88%, and that's including the 4 years he played during which the AFL was part of the NFL, but didn't play each other in the regular season. As for NFL HoF vs Pro Football HoF, I was well are of that, but shortened it for brevity.

LA/SD Chargers: Wes Chandler? Really? Ever heard of Lance Alworth(NFL and College Hall of Fame member, Arkansas Razorback)? Or Kellen Winslow (Also NFL and College Hall of Famer, and best player ever from Mizzou)? Either one of those are worthy. Not Wes Chandler.