BATON ROUGE, La. - For a while Friday it appeared Arkansas might pull off the school’s biggest win in a generation.
The Razorbacks moved the ball as well as could be expected against one of the nation’s toughest defenses and were playing sharp defense of their own for the first 20 minutes in Death Valley.
When Alonzo Highsmith returned a fumble 47 yards for a touchdown with 12:11 left in the second quarter, Arkansas led 14-0 and had the second-largest crowd in the history of Tiger Stadium at a hush, minus a splash of exuberant fans in red.
But when it was all said and done, No. 1 LSU proved it was worthy of being called the nation’s best team, easily overcoming its biggest deficit of the year to soundly beat the No. 3 Razorbacks 41-17.
In doing so, the Tigers won the Southeastern Conference’s western division and moved within one win of playing for a national championship just down the road in New Orleans.
“We got beat by a better football team,” Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said. “They played better offensively, defensively. I thought we started out well and took the lead, but made some crucial errors.”
VIDEOS: Arkansas-LSU Postgame
The Tigers wrapped up their first undefeated regular season since 1958 by shutting down Arkansas’ prolific offense and pounding the Razorbacks with the run.
LSU (12-0, 8-0 Southeastern Conference) rushed for 286 yards on 46 carries as a team while scoring 41 of the game’s final 44 points.
Kenny Hilliard (102 yards, 1 touchdown) and Michael Ford (96 yards) were the main contributors in the ground game, but not the only ones. Spencer Ware scored from 7 yards out and Jordan Jefferson scored on a 55-yard quarterback keep early in the fourth quarter to ensure Arkansas would not be able to come back.
LSU turned momentum back in its favor on a 92-yard punt return touchdown by Tyrann Mathieu with 3:24 left before halftime. The third-longest return in the school’s history tied the game 14-14.
“There was never a question in anyone’s minds on that sideline that we were going to respond,” LSU coach Les Miles said. “It was really just a matter of time.
“Tyrann Mathieu’s return for a touchdown certainly was a fast answer. I think we’ve played a lot of good teams this season, and we took on all comers. I think this team is a very special team.”
Arkansas looked as if it wouldn’t let the big play affect it. Thanks to a pair of pass plays from Tyler Wilson to Greg Childs, the Razorbacks quickly moved the ball into LSU territory.
But a Dennis Johnson fumble – which was initially ruled down but later overturned via replay – gave the Tigers the ball at their own 34. Jefferson completed four passes to drive LSU down the field, culminating in a 9-yard pass to Russell Shepard with 59 seconds left before halftime.
Unlike LSU, Arkansas (10-2, 6-2) struggled to move the ball, totaling just one offensive scoring series. LSU held the Razorbacks to their second-lowest total offense output (254 yards) of the season.
Arkansas’ only scoring drive came on an 11-play, 62-yard possession that culminated in a 13-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Wilson to Jarius Wright on the first play of the second quarter.
“The defense, even in the early going, was in and around (Wilson) a lot,” Miles said. “The plays that he made scrambling out, the plays that he made under duress – and he did make some plays – it kind of told him that the pocket was not going to be a friendly place for him.
“Our guys were coming loose and it spells a problem for a team that throws the ball as well as they do.”
Arkansas pulled within 21-17 on a Zach Hocker 29-yard field goal with 7:42 to play in the third quarter. LSU responded with a field goal of its own minutes later before the Ware and Jordan put the game out of reach in the fourth quarter.
Now the Razorbacks await their postseason fate, which will likely be the Capital One Bowl in Orlando or the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. While both are great bowls, neither is of the status Arkansas coaches, players and fans felt their team would be part of when the season began.
For a little while Friday, it appeared the Razorbacks would be destined for more but it wasn’t meant to be. There is a little consolation for Arkansas players in knowing their only losses came to the two teams that will likely play for the national championship.
“I wouldn’t call this a down,” Wright said. “We played a great team and they came out on top. They’re the number one team in the country.
“We’re upset about the loss because we definitely could have finished better. I still think we definitely deserve to be in the conversation of the better teams in the country.”
Unfortunately for the Razorbacks, they play in the best division in college football and ran into the best team Friday.
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We got completely smoked
Don’t think so!!
Many will say we choked, but that’s not true. Others will say that we do not belong on the field with Alabama and LSU, an they might be right. They are just the two best teams, plain and simple. Where does that leave us? I think we MUST win our bowl for people to take us seriously going into next season. Losing on the road to the two best teams isn’t anything to be ashamed of, but we need to show people that we are better than the Michigan States and Wisconsins of the world.
And I think we need to fire Willy Robinson and bring in proven coordinator. Willy didn’t lose the game and all phases share blame in what happened today. However, if we are to become legitimate title contenders, we have to bring the wood defensively because we have learned that our offense cannot put up 38 a game on great defenses. Nothing I’ve seen from Robinson defenses suggests that we will ever be HALF the defense that LSU/Bama have this season. We also need to recruit better on the defensive side of the ball.
We got outclassed and outplayed and outcoached. We need more players. Our coach should be ashamed of his performance.
Not as painful as the 1998 TN game in Knoxville, but painful still. Jarius Wright drops a a perfect 3rd down pass, DJ fumbles it away, and the defense gets runover in the second half. I’m afraid of losing to Wisconsin in the Capital One Bowl. Mistakes on offense, and a wilting on defense sealed our fate. This was still a game even into the 4th quarter. It is always what could have been with Hogs, and they find a way to break your heart year in and year out… I’m sick of hearing 10-2 is solid. You don’t get many chances to play for a national championship. We just squandered the second chance in my lifetime, and is the most sickening feeling as a fan. Once more a afloat in the sea of mediocrity, but I guess I hate is less than 7-5 or 8-4.
Your an idiot !!!!
Mohogg is an idiot!!!!
Thanks for the clarification
GO HOGS
KEEP YOUR HEADS UP
NEXT YEAR IT’s LSU AND BAMA IN ARKANSAS
SO MAYBE WE GET SOME REVENGE
I AGREE, LSU AND ALABAMA ARE 1 AND 2 BUT WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN. LSU AND ALABAMA WON’T STAY ON TOP
W88 PIG S88IE!!!!!!!
If I was taught anything, it was that a solid defense and running game is at the core of a great team. We are found wanting in both departments. Bottom line…
it’s real simple, we lost two games this year, to teams that were clearly better than us.
untill we get the defensive players or coaches that can compete at the highest SEC levels, which is the best in the country, we will never reach our goal.
i didn’t think anybody could ever stop our offense. LSU did by never letting our offense on the field.
i think we had a great year, we beat the teams we were suppose to although we very easily could have lost 3 of them. that shows these kids are a cut above, we have the coaches that can get the best of them.
patrino commented several weeks ago how excited he was about how many redshirts he had coming next year. hopefully some of these kids are on defense.
last year we beat LSU because we had more talent. not so this year.
it will be interesting to see if patrino can get the kids up for a “minor” bowl, and if he is willing to make changes on defense.
Dude, this season is the first time in 21 years that we have won double digit games back to back. That is something to celebrate and it is certainly not mediocrity. Yeah, I’m bummed that we could not get it done today, but our loss has more to do with LSU being a phenomenal team (look at all their wins against very good competition).
To me it simply comes down to defense. They made as many mistakes as we did today. The difference between them and us is that them has a stout defense that they can depend on when things get rough for the offense. We do not. We are not mediocre, but we are not yet elite. We are a very good team on the cusp of being a perennial title contender. Bring in higher caliber players on defense and bring in a DC who can light a fire under them and we’ll take that last step. There will be more chances if that can happen.
By the way, we have lost 5 games since 2010. Those teams were ALL in the top 10, and a few eventual BCSChampions. That’s not mediocrity.
A change of defensive philosophy is something we can both agree on skezell.
I’ll re-phrase then skezell: we are sub-elite. If we play Wisconsin I say we get our butts handed to us. We’ve shown, more than not, that we cannot consistently stop the run.
We are one of the top 10 teams in the country and these young men had a fantastic season. However, if Arkansas wants to compete for a national title we are going to need better line play on both sides of the ball. Our current defensive philosophy isn’t enough to contain a power running game.
Amen Dann. I bet we fall just out of the top 10 though.
Guys i am down as much as everyone. I felt if we would have taken back 3 of those mistakes ( punt ret, dj’s fumble and int by wilson down the sideline) and the substitution of mitchell for wilson on the 3 (cost us 7)this game would have been a lot closer. With that said we need to definately get a new veteran d-coordn with a pedigree (sorry willy your schemes and adjustments have gotten long in the tooth), recruit more 4-5 star d and o lineman and teach our db’s to play tighter and look back to find ball when either wr’s ear hole turns back or hands go up to catch. I’m proud of our hogs but know changes need to be made inorder to become elite like lsu and alabama
Defense sure is lacking, but what about an offense that can only put up 10pts. We had a chance to be somebody today but spit the bit. Then the coach made a fool of himself in front of everybody. $300,00 a week should buy more class than that. After all the opportunities to play Brandon Mitchell this year he gets stuck in there in this game, near the end zone. Real smart.
Fool of himself? What exactly are you talking about mohogg?
The play at the goal line would have worked out great if Travis Swanson gets Brandon the ball. It was a bad snap that cost us the touchdown, not Brandon Mitchell or the coaches.
And let’s not forget that was 2nd down. Wilson overthrew Hamilton on 3rd down.
When is CBP going to wise up and get a DC who can teach somebody how to tackle. For four years the tackling has been pathetic. Other programs have had bad D, but instead of putting up with sub-par D they hire a guy who can coach. Yet Arkansas continues to allow willy to steal money from the university. And it is painfully obvious that CBP can not recruit top talent. All you guys who say the stars don’t matter I give you proof that it does. Bama and LSU are two deep with 4 and 5 star guys that routinely lay down the smack on Ar. Oh let’s stop calling CBP an offensive genius, because until he can actually beat some one who can play D he is mediocre at best. The bowl game will be a loss, because they never retain the focus needed to be a great team. FIRE WILLY TODAY!
Did you watch the game? Everyone in my living room could read his lips, and pointing at Miles across the field. Just because they scored. It’s not their fault our defense was helpless late in the game.
I guess that game against Mo. State just didn’t prepare us for the big time.
And what exactly did he say? I saw him point and say something, but so what? The guy was running up the score. But to say Coach Petrino can’t recruit is ignorant. We have much better talent than we did when HDN was here. I have never enjoyed or believed in our defensive schemes the past four years and I do think it is time for a change. This free willy crap is stupid though. Just say we need a change at DC. Have you read about the man or even listened to him in a post game. He is an intense and genuine individual. I really like him as a person, I just don’t like his defensive philosophy. No need to be ugly.
Offensive side of the ball I can excuse due to inexperience at the tackle positions. Defensively, I can not excuse the lack of ability to tackle and more importantly, the lack of heart and that mean streak needed to move in to the elite arena. I do not believe Willy can get us there as he has done nothing in the last four years to prove otherwise. We get a good defense and then the Hogs can be called one of the elite teams in the country.
I hate it that we made some mistakes, but give LSU credit, they handed the Hogs their lunch today.
I’d say the six SEC games in a row would have prepared us enough for the big time. The Mo. State comment is just dumb. That was week 1. This is Week 13 dude. So you want us to schedule all top 10 non-conference opponents on top of our SEC schedule?
LSU did what it needed to get back into the football game and then crammed the football down our throats in the second half. I will give them due credit.
I say we fall to #13. Just below Georgia, but above South Carolina. Oregon and Oklahoma will be ahead of us for sure.
Mohogg is a troll and a anti hog fan get off the board!!!
I don’t care if he is intense or how good of a man you think he is because that crap doesn’t put a descent defense on the field. Willy coaches the secondary and it is no coincidence that they are the worst in the sec. Every receiver for the opposing team is wide open and our db’s are never any closer than 10 yards. Everyone who said that the D line was going to dominate this year was smoking CRACK.
We will still be in the top 10!!!!
no they fall out of top 10 for sure. Hell they were the only team to drop a spot even though they defeated a top 10 team.
No just hide and watch!!!
Also hard to figure out how LSU can find 4-5 of those big strong hard running backs and we can’t even find one. Our coaches were rattled and intimidated, it was clear. That carried over to the players as the game went on. All the women and children could clearly see what the coach was yelling. I didn’t see any running up the score. That is a whiners complaint. Get some players if you don’t want them scoring. Our weak defense is not their problem. Hope we draw New Mexico in a bowl.
Arkansas is butting its head against the very top echelon in NCAA football. Few teams can say that, and I think Petrino will take the Razorbacks through that barrier soon enough. He was positively beaming about the talent we’ve red-shirted this season.
More venom from FREE WILLY. Coach Robinson doesn’t coach our D-line and you just threw them under the bus. All I’m saying is you can say things in a way that is tasteful, or you can be an @$$. You are being an @$$ brother. I agree that he should be let go, but my username is not FREE WILLY. The man is not a mass murderer buddy. He’s a guy trying to coach young men. It isn’t working out and we need to go in a different direction. I thought our defensive line would be great, and I don’t smoke CRACK. Many thought this, and it turned out they were just dominating a very weak offensive line in the spring and again in preseason practices. So before you take all our defensive players to the gallos, why don’t you place some blame on the other side of the football in the trenches. They sucked just as bad as their defensive counterparts, especially in this game.
That tough six game SEC schedule didn’t help us much in this one. The defense scored as many touchdowns as the offense in this game. Hard to believe. Miles intimidated our coach into bad play calling and dumb decisions in this one.
At 10-2, I don’t think we will be drawing New Mexico mohogg. But I’m sure you already knew that, as did the women and children…
My in-laws yard cat isn’t intimidated by Les Miles. Nick Saban, sure, but Les Miles is far from scary. He’s got a very talented team though.
Man, I can’t get anything by you. Just too sharp for me. Well, let’s just hope it is not someone who tries to score points against our defense and run up the score. That’s just not fair.
oh I agree the o-line is terrible, and that brings us back to recruiting. Mohogg I am with you, LSU, Bama, Wisconsin, it seems that most of the elite teams can recruit 4 or 5 guys who can run the ball. Arkansas can barely recruit one. Let’s face it wingo is never going to turn in to a good rb, so why can’t they find a position he can play. otherwise he is just taking up a roster spot.
If Bama beats Auburn tomorrow and LSU beats Georgia in the championship game, we would be the BCS representative for the SEC if LSU/BAMA play each other in the championship game. A Georgia loss would be 3 for them and leave us tied with S. Carolina with 2 losses each. We win the tie breaker on head to head. If I am looking at this wrong, let me know.
Only two teams to BCS bowls from a conference. Capitol One(Citrus) Bowl or Cotton for us.
Right mohogg, right. I can agree that our defense has serious issues, and has for sometime. Miles just wanted the score to be equal to what Alabama put up on the Hogs and that bothered Petrino. And obviously Petrino being bothered, bothered you. It just wasn’t a big that big of a deal to me. The 17 points in the fourth quarter given up by our defense bothered me a bit more.
I doubt they go to a BCS game. Only two teams per conference.
Actually, if two teams from one conference play for the national championship, then the Sugar can pick us under the current BCS rules. It is the only way three teams can play in the BCS from one conference. I doubt that will happen. The Sugar bowl will most likely pick two higher ranked non-SEC opponents.
mohogg ….. I think you are exactly right baout that shameless mouthing of “M…F…er” from Patrino (with a smile on his face). It was very low class for a coach to do that. When he trotted out for the end of game handshake he never stopped moving. He didn’t look at Miles and he just sort of touched Miles’ hand. That doesn’t seem like the thing a classy coach would do.
I am an LSU fan (disclaimer), but those actions really did not show the coach in a good light.
I am a Razorback fan, and I thought it was not very mature of him. He likes to pout a lot if things don’t go right. Disappointing that he would be that kind of example for his players. No class.
Mohogg is no fan but a troll. He is an idiot!!!!
mohogg is a troll and an idiot, a court jester and a clown…a fool.
Petrino is a low class bottom feeding piece of monkey crap.Hell,LSU should have put 59 on him.Even Nick Satin shooke Miles’ hand.
should petrino be disciplined for saying “f… y.. m..th.. f…..” to less miles across the field
No he should not. Off the board Bruce!!!
dafun1,
I think we are on the same brainwave. Like you, I wish we could have put up a better effort today, but I also give credit to those two teams (LSU/Alabama); they’ve been doing this to everyone.
I don’t think they’ll drop us out of the top 10 for losing to the top two teams in the country in their stadiums. That’s a tall order to ask of a team. I think about 7-9 sounds about right and fair.
Regarding Petrino’s antics, I think he’ll regret it in a few days, but this is the second time he got his butt kicked on CBS and probably wasn’t happy about it. I imagine he was probably madder at his team than LSU’s but directed his anger at the other sideline. While this is childish and unprofessional, it’s hardly the crime of century. His conduct up this point has been stellar and he’s endured one of the roughest weeks a coach can endure. I think he deserves the benefit of the doubt.
How about all the big plays of lsu was done by players that were suspended at one time or another during the year. It reminded me of Ohio state last year with all those outlaws running around the field. Whore yourself out for wins is what lsu did!!!
Someone used my name! I did not post those shots at
mohogg
petrino will do better at penn state
off the board SAM troll!!!!!!!!!!!!
he is a job hopper and would fit so well
that’s right he only leaves in mid season lol
You Hog fans that beat this team up constantly. Need to become Arkansas St. fans then you would really have something to gripe about. It is horrible week after week to hear you morons beat this team up. We lost to the 1 and 2 teams in the country on their home fields. Do you understand that? Complete morons stay off of these sites with that negativity. Do you think potential recruits want to hear that or are they more likely to say what a bunch of morons, I think I’m going somewhere else. Idiots
Ftwhog,Guess you and B P are butt hole buddies. If you agree with him , your are just as low class bottom feeding pieces of monkey crap as he is.
What about how well we did this year considering Niles D. was out, Tyler W. was taking his first full year of snaps (for which he took a beating all year), Childs was a shell of himself, and the DB’s were young. Sure I would have loved for them to stick it to the BCS, but it might just have to wait until next year. Look @ the strides we took when Mallet was in year #2! Bright future considering how far we’ve come in four years with CBP from ‘ole Nutt (sucks to be an Ole Miss fan)!!!
Back the Hogs loudly or sit quietly on the sidelines!!
Agree mohogg is an idiot and a troll – not a hog fan. I don’t put all the defensive blame on Robinson. Arkansas just lacks some true hoss’s on defense. There were too many plays on defense where the hogs just barely missed making the play and a stop. LSU (and Alabama) made those plays.
I’m back with a capital D, to say that I was wrong on the BCS picking us. Mohogg and FREE WILLY were right. It can only happen if Georgia beats LSU in the championship game, and then LSU and Alabama play for the national championship. Then the SEC champions Georgia would get a birth in the Sugar Bowl. We will most likely head to the bowls already mentioned. Sorry for the misinformation. Not that anyone really cares now that is nearly midnight.
the hogs stink and are not even in the same class as lsu. we destroyed the hogs. hogs sould move into the big 12 conference where maybe they could win a few games.
arkansas embarrased the entire sec in the loss in the sugar bowl last year to ohio state. prior to that loss sec has won all sugar bowls against non sec teams.
what a joke of a coach and a team and city
geaux tigers go lsu
Yall, I am not happy with our sore loser coach mouthing off f U ..MF to les miles. We need defense and I hope we don’t embarras the SEC by losing to a big 10 team in the bowl game. Bama and LSU have recruited well and will stay up on top for years to come so if Petrino wants to keep up, he needs to get help on the defensive side. His numbers are terrible.
Ftwhog Come down to the swamp and you and Petrino can be guest of swamp people.I guess Troy and the boys could show you yankees what respect is. Well punk,you and BP up for it.I don’t think so cause you are a bunch of crybaby loosers
Mike the Tiger,
If we suck so bad, how come we’ve beat you 3 out of the last 5 times?
Maybe Petrino will do you a favor and send you a note quiting as coach like he did with the Falcons. FTWHOG…the only trash on this board is you. You should be silent and give Hog fans a break. This has been a great series but you guys are not at LSU’s level. I think you can get there but not with the crybaby coach like Petrino.
Geaux Tigers!!!
Bruce,
Yankees? Of course that is what some South LA guy like yourself is going to call folks from Arkansas. I would have no problem coming down to where ever you would like and opening a can on you son. Then we would really see who the loser was. Go drink some more cheap beer and let the Razorback fans mourn in peace dude.
You guys are forgetting that before today we had beaten LSU with all its 4 and 5 star recruits 3 out of the last 4 years. If Jarius Wright catches the ball on 3rd down and DJ does not fumble we are up 28 to 14 or perhaps 21 to 14.
They controlled the game because we could not get the ball when they went ahead. 24-17 going into the 4th quarter. Yes they are good but without our mistakes we could well have won the game in the 4th quarter by turning them into a passing team. They scored 21 points in a 4:16 second span of the second quarter and they scored 17 points in the 4th quarter. Besides that the game was evenly played.
I corners do not come up to intercept passes thrown out in the flat nor do they come up to the runner until the runner meets them. This has got to change defensively. Our offensive line and defensive line will be better next year and Knile and DJ will be back along with Cobi Hamilton, Marquel Wade and the other receivers. All is not lost. We need to get some mean, nasty grown men on the defensive line.
And maybe the ole honey badger can pass all you guys the bong tonight! Hey man, puff, puff give. You’re screwing up the rotation!
Correction: Our corners…
..and yes, Brandon Mitchell was given a bad snap. It was not his fault. If he had scored you wouldn’t make the comment you made.
No, we’re called fans of champions not also rans. Go grab some moonshine and hook up with your cousin or whatever you guys do for fun. As far as opening a can…a punk like you would just stand across the street and shout threats like Bobby boy. Go cry in your swill. Slide!!!
Arkansas has beaten LSU three (3) of the last five (5) times that we have played. To say that Arkansas is not at LSU’s level is a bit premature. Yes, LSU won today and deservedly so. However, there will be another day.
Is that you in your photo their sctiger, because I could whip your #%% with my left pinky. You guys are ten times worse than bama fans. I will enjoy watching your former coach win the game that really counts. They won’t miss four field goals next time. And no, I don’t stand across from anywhere. The only the only thing crossing would be my right knocking you down.
Arkansas is not at LSU’s level…you guys don’t play for anything. The series is a good one but your wins against the Tigers mean what? Nothing because you choked the rest of the season away. And Dafun…either one of my kids could kick your butt without breaking a sweat. I didn’t think you’d have a hand available I thought you’d be busy touching yourself while watching Hee Haw reruns..inbred.
And while I’m on Mathieu, how about the the absolutely dirty blindside close-line of Kirkpatrick in the Alabama game. It should have been an automatic ejection. LSU has a team full of dirty, pot smoking thugs.
dafun1 Come on down to Lake Charles and we can settle it .No,you’ll cry like your pussy coach.Les ran up the score,please wish had.BP got his ass whipped and couldn’t take it.News over the wire,BP emailed the team,going to coach a 5a high school but play only 1a schools so he can run up the score.Come down and we will have a good laugh and eat gumbo with our families.Sorry bout the death of the young man.Coach Miles said he was good people.
Dafun1 wish you had those guys huh
Any other crass, perved, dirty insult you would like to throw out there sctiger? I just said I would have no problem dropping you. You needed to take it further. Sad, especially with a picture of you hugging your kids. Funny you say such foul things and are a father. Lovely. I have three kids and have no problem telling them I told an LSU fan I could kick his &**. I wonder if you would tell your kiddos all the wonderful things you’ve said? I doubt we would ever be friends even if we were cheering for the same school. Did you even go to LSU?
I love gumbo, and would gladly enjoy family time bruce, but if you are actually sctiger, I would have to decline
What guys Bruce?
Silence?
It is nearly 1:00am and it is time to wrap this up. LSU won big, and I congratulate them. Take care and enjoy your weekend.
sctiger, I live in Baton Rouge and you are a classless jerk. Stay in Lake Charles and support McNeese. As far as the Hogs. I was proud of the way they handled themselves after losing a teammate and a friend it was obviously a tough week. Tough circumstances for any team to play under. Shake it off, get ready for your bowl game and represent the SEC proudly. Had lots of fun with your fans today and enjoyed the friendships. The guys like sctiger do unfortunately exist at every university but are far and few. What a piece of sh&$. My thoughts and prayers to the Razorback nation for your loss.
Ok I’m so tired of people saying that we need to recruit better and LSU and bama get all 5* players. It’s not like Arkansas is just ignoring these blue chip guys. Take a look at scout.com, we go after the big names so please shut the f*ck up with that argument. They choose to go elsewhere when an alabama or lsu come calling. That’s pure ignorance.
On the game, we had our chances. We dropped balls and fumbled at the worst times. Offensive and defensive line all bent over and took it like strippers dressed in a uniform but we all knew that was gna happen. I think more attention needs to be paid to the strength and conditioning of this team. Look at the tape and tell me if physically, were holding our own?? NO!!! No hip strength and no explosion in the trenches.
Go back and watch the game with that in mind, you’ll see.
Thanks Duke! Best of luck to you and your team. At least we gave you guys a scare for a quarter!
Brian, have you met Coach Veltkamp? Have you seen the offseason program? These guys are very strong, they just lost the battle today.
Duke,
Thanks dude. It was really rough losing garrett this week. I understand that every team has “those kind of fans”. Ark def does to. Pieces of shit like sctiger just exist unfortunately so people mainly just toss them loose change and tell them to get a job. He really should be worrying about teaching his kids to not be like their dad. Anyway, I love seeing a classy fan from another team come and set stuff straight. There is class in baton rouge now. The whole running up the score doesn’t matter because footballs about getting what’s best for your team in the end. No hard feelings whatsoever.
Good luck tigers and tigerfans for the rest of the season. Keep the dominance in the west!
WPS!!! Still love my hogs though
Dafun1,
Yea I got a chance to check it out during the summer. My main observation is that it was focused on getting guys in shape and oxygen intake. That means flat out endurance. Which I’m not mad at. Our guys are fast, that’s not a question. But we are definitely not strong by any means compared to teams like this. You get a 6’5 325 guard that throws up 450 on the bench popping pads with a 6’2 290 pound dtackle then it doesn’t matter how many snaps he can take in a row. Fact is yea knile Davis is strong, but our running back should NOT be outlifting 95% of our linemen. Get stronger or get off the field is what I always used to hear.
I agree that our linemen need to be the strongest guys on the field, and if they aren’t, then we have problems. From what I’ve seen, the regiment they had for those guys was a good balance of speed and strength. But if you feel like what you saw was more along the lines of endurance and speed, well for linemen, that doesn’t’ cut it. I personally think Robert Thomas and Jones are freakishly strong. It is more of an overall defensive scheme that I have serious problems with. We need more stunts and blitzes, and we are not a defense that is fundamentally sound. And that really the problem. Every single person that is out there has to be great at the fundamentals. I don’t feel like we close to that yet. Alabama is an excellent example of the fundamentals on defense.
Good conversation Brian! I’m going to sleep. Take care man. Out!
This year you are not in the same class with LSU and Bama… not even close. Maybe in years to come, but I doubt it and the reason I doubt it is your HC. He does not lead by example. He does not inspire. He instills fear in his players… fear of Bobby Petrino. The guy has a long history of this. He may be super competitive, but he does not love the game and it shows. If you don’t believe this, just ask anyone who has ever worked for him or played for him. In time, you will see that Petrino was not just a bad hire… he was a disastrous hire. Most Mommas don’t want their boys playing for him.
You should be very proud of your team, Razorbacks. You guys are a good team, and I think you’re going to do very well next season!
Look at you guys. We win 10 games two years in a row and get blownout by LSU ranked # 1 for 8 or 9 weeks. They have hammered everyone they played except Alabama. Petrino seemed to have done an excellent job when we were on our winning streak and now that we have lost to a much better team you are ready to throw in the towel again. C’MON MAN lets take our lumps, go to a good bowl game make a good showing in the bowl game and keep on trucking next year. Hell, I am just as upset as anyone. I’ve been a HOG fan since 1975 and I hate losing even though there isn’t anything I can do about it. I wish we could have an undefeated season real soon. As long as the other schools are recruiting at the level that they do, we are going to have an uphill battle against really good opponents.
How about we just keep on suppoting the team that we so dearly love! GO HOGS GO!!
we just have to pick ourselves up dust ourselves off and go at it again next season. Remember, we get bama and lsu in Arkansas next year so it will be payback time!!!!!!
LSU did not run up the score. Arkansas would have chalked up the points if the shoe was on the other foot. However, the Number 1 team in the nation put an azzz whuppin on Arkansas, and every other opponent except Bama, beating Bama only by a field goal. LSU is fantastic!
With respect to fans that can’t accept losing to just plain and simple BETTER teams, humbug to you.
What a great season – with yet another game to go. Rising to the cream of the crop. Still not quite there – as LSU (and earlier Alabama) proved they still have the upper hand. Hogs are a handful of bigger, stronger defensive players and a maturing O-Line away from doing this every year.
LSU surprised me with their offensive – they have matured all year long and they are peaking at the right time. WIll really enjoy watching the GA-LSU game. But they sure impressed me. No gimmicks, no tom-foolery with the guys with whistles. Just good-ole-fashioned power football. A win earned by a more complete team. To LSU – congrats. Win another BCS for the SEC!!
To those choosing the low road – calling Arkansas’s performance a choke – come on – let it go. Tell me this team didn’t excite you – didn’t give you your money’s worth all year long. They lost to LSU and Alabama – just better teams. Take the lumps, learn from them, make gains in the next game and the next year.
With I’m a happy Hog. Everyone should be.
My last ‘post’ for the (Football) seans.
And sorry – I can’t let this go.
For SCTIGER – it’s a shame you need to live your life focused on bragging that your children can beat others up. Here’s hoping you don’t actually put them in that situation. They deserve so much more from their father.
Go Hogs – and see you in 2012.
LSU played a good team.We were better today.As far as McNeese,its time to find a new coach without ties to the school.I am an LSU grad and proud of it.If people can’t toung and cheek humor,oh well.Can’t we all just get along?
A fumble and a drop on third down made it too easy for LSU. I contend that had we not fumbled or droped an easy catch on third down, the game could have been different. LSU responded to our lead, but we needed to make them respond again to put more pressure on them. We didnt get it done. 10-2 is outstanding, and if we keep knocking on that door, it will eventually open for us. Now, win the bowl game and keep working. Thanks for back to back great seasons Hogs! WPS!
We lost to two really good football teams. We still have a chance at an eleven win season with the bowl game. Not too bad considering we what we had to replace this year. Next year could be a really exciting year. We will have some experience on the O-line which struggled this year keeping Tyler from getting crushed. Knile Davis will be back just in time to run behind that more experienced line. We will get both Alabama and LSU in at home also. Could be a really interesting year. For this year, I still think we are a top 5 team. I wouldnt mind playing the Oklahoma team I saw against baylor. They have a worse defense and not as good of an offense. Matter of fact, since we wont be playing Alabama or LSU in a bowl game again, I like our chances against anyone we play.
LSU IS A GOOD TEAM! ARKANSAS IS A GOOD TEAM! LSU is just better this year, proud of our kids, Glad BP is our coach, and Willy needs a new assignment next year. We’ll get there I have no doubt, but until then you guys need to pick a place to meet every year so you can beat the hell out of each other, while these players and coaches try to deal with real life, like losing a teamate or loved ones that have passed this season, or what lies ahead for them.
The Hogs do not know or have been coached how to tackle. I get sick of seeing our defense making soft contact. What ever happened to coaching “sprint to the ball, drive the shoulder pad across the bow, rap up with your arms, and drive the ball carrier into the ground.
I guess they don’t want to scuff up their “tats”.
Mohogg: Seriously man? Is your life so bad that you purposely log on to this chat board every week, after a game, to talk bad about the Hogs? If you are still mad because you were not allowed on the Razorback team, get over it. You didn’t have the athletic competence then, and you do not possess requisite knowledge of the game now. The sooner you forgive yourself for said shortcomings the better your life will be. Now go work on getting laid for once and stop rubbing one out in your parent’s bathroom. You are almost 40 and shouldn’t be doing those things at your age.
Free Willy: I don’t even know where to start. Yet, since this board gives provides you the ability to show your ignorance, it will provide me the ability to tell you to shut the F@%k up. Every other week, all you say is Willy is crap, Willy should be canned, we should find another D’cord because Willy can’t provide what we need, etc. Yet, if CBP believes in Willy, then that is all that matters. There is a reason CBP gets paid what he does, and there is a reason that Willy has been a coach for as many years as he has. There is also a reason you are not paid anything close to what those two are paid. Moreover, there is a reason you are regulated to speak your mind on a blog, but those two are covered by the press. The sooner you grow up and accept the fact that this is a game of men, and you are still wearing your training pants – then the sooner your life will improve as well. Just because you are good at Madden 11’ does not mean you know a damn thing about college football.
With regards to your statements, as you piss and moan on this board, Willy is watching game film and getting ready to coach his players to become better. If you think about the past four years, the Hogs have gone 5-7, 8-5, 10-3, and 10-2. If defense wins games, then his defense must have improved in order for the Razorbacks to achieve such results. Therefore the ‘D’ has gotten better and we can all witness that compared to the first few years.
Moreover, if anyone believed this year’s team was going to win a championship their sanity should be checked. We lost a ton of great players from last year’s team. We lost Davis to an injury, a great QB, three good linemen, a great TE, and poor Childs has never fully recovered from his injury. Our O-line has had some issues with protection, which does not provide Wilson with the ability to go deep on a lot of plays. Yet, poor Wilson does not have the arm strength to go deep, that often, as well. This is one of the reasons Childs and Hamilton have been so quiet this year. Nevertheless, Wilson is a great QB and has led this team to 10 wins and a top 10 ranking in the BCS. And guess what – that is more anyone on this board can say.
Recruiting Hog Wash: Once more for those who missed it, “Stop pissing and moaning about recruiting. Do you somehow believe Coach P isn’t shooting fro 4 & 5 Star players? Do you believe they just want 3* players or less? They are busting their butts coast to coast to get great players. News flash – kids choose where they want to attend. If they want to go to another school for whatever reason, then so be it. Arkansas dose not produce a Mecca of high-level athletes. Great ones, but not as many as Louisiana, Texas, or Alabama for that matter. It is a much smaller population. Nevertheless, the coaching staff is doing whatever it takes to get great athletes.
Get over it.
GO piss and moan on another board. Cheer for ASU or someone else, or don’t watch the damn game [if you are not happy with the results]. But shut the F$%k up with all your ranting about recruiting. I bet your employer wishes it had 4 & 5* employees, not the 1 & 2 stars it gets with your sorry @$$.”
this game was a prime example of the fact that great defenses win championships! lsu simply out smarted our defense,when JJ ran right up the middle for a TD,it was plain to see the hogs defense had NO idea who had the ball! its time to make some drastic changes on defense!! whatever it takes! we absolutely have to get bigger and better recruits on defense. as for CBP,i thought his words to LM was kinda childish,winning is the easy part,but you have to learn how to take a loss with diginity,its fully expected when you go to baton rouge or tuscaloosa with a defense like this year.we can expect more 10-3 seasons til cbp gets the other half of the team built. so be it! its seems that we NEVER win the big game,and rarely win our bowl games. very frustrating!! GHG
It was a good 10-2 season. Alabama and LSU should play for the National Title . Nomatter how much you win , someone will always find fault with you, aka, the LSU fans booing Jefferson on a missed snap. Heard round the world on tv. (real class) Glad I’ve never heard the Hog fans do that. (After Nutt left). This could be our only loss of the year or we could lose in a NC game and the haters(our so called fans) would still come out of the woodwork, plus you always gotta listen to trash talking neanderthals from LSU or Bama or where-ever , they got their morons also and the internet sure makes them tough guys. This is why this discussion session is here, to vent , to praise, or just show folks what can come out of the mouths of children.********************
I LOVE our TEAM, COACHS, STATE, and true Razorback fans. We have a class act of young men and should have another great year next year.
Lets get us a Bowl win and finish 11-2. Now thats a good season.
I think we just lost to a better team, It did show us where we need to recruit.
( 1) Our offensive line is mainly freshman and they will get better,but they need
to be more physical and that will come with maturity.
(2) D line got manhandled- need to get stronger don’t know the answer but I don’t have to the coaches do.
(3) We need lockdown corners and more physical corners. Look at ours and compare them to Bama and LSU size wise and technique, no comparison we lose every time.
(4) Tweek special teams, pretty good but see great-LSU and Bama.
(5) To win 10 games back to back in the SEC is wonderful.But we need a bowl win
to cap off a great season.
(6) RECRUIT,RECRUIT,RECRUIT and get some high profile defense
Good job Hogs
A couple of thoughts from here in Baton Rouge…
1. LSU-Arkansas is a great rivalry that will continue to be great. I have spent too many mornings after past games wondering what exactly hit the Tigers in some of those storied losses to the Hogs. There will be more of those mornings in the future because the SEC West is a bloody cavalry charge every year.
2. The Hogs need a better defense and a better running game. Knile DAvis will help with the latter next year. Arkansas won’t win the SEC until it gets better on defense–especially stopping the run.
3. LSU will be even better next year. Our defense is coming back in great numbers, our running backs (especially Hilliard) will put up even bigger numbers, and we will have a quaterback who can stretch opposing defenses with his arm.
4. Bobby Petrino needs to gets some maturity and class. Nobody likes to lose but when it happens, show some class…
Again everyone is missing the point of what is the long-term plan of the program. I think we accomplished a lot this year with a new quarterback and young line (I will take a 10 win season anytime). If anyone thinks this is an easy task knows nothing about division one football at this level. I continue to be impressed with Wilson’s toughness and our linebacker play become better than I expected this year. I think it is unreal that we did not have a deep backfield being from the state of Arkansas. In all coach P did a fine job with the growth of this team and I look forward to next season as the challenges will change after all the seniors leave. If I was to comment on the one thing we continue to do poorly is to play with passion for four quarters. It is so important to the growth in the program that we improve on this by playing to the final horn blows. As my old ball coach would say “If you pop them hard with 3 seconds to go this year, that is what they will remember in the future, as football players tend to remember soreness to scores any day”. If we truly played for the team vs. themselves this would come more natural to them. The let down in the 4 quarter more than likely cost them the capital one bowl to Georgia. If Georgia plays LSU better than the Hogs then they will more than likely end up in the Cap 1 bowl “which is a major bowl”. The cotton bowl has moved to a new schedule time slot but does not bring the recognition in the media that the Cap 1 does ” again another stepping stone”. So we learn and move on to the next group where hopefully they “all” understand “no i in team” and that a bowl win is the most important thing they can do to help this program.
GO HOGS
The reality is that we lost to 2 teams on the road that were much better than us. For us to compete we would have had to be perfect for the WHOLE game. That is what we get with 2 and 3 star athletes year in year out. LSU and Bama get the 4 star plus athletes. There is a reason why they both ran the ball down our throat.
It’s hard to expect the players to be top notch when the coach behaves like he did under pressure. They are very young men, not sure what his excuse is. He has some work to do on himself.
Somebody help me out. If Alabama and LSU win out they go to BCS Champ game. Who is going to Sugar Bowl?
Your coach needs to learn to not say “F U Les Miles” on national TV. It really doesn’t help your image and respect for next year
LSU defeated Arkansas. LSU has defeated everyone they have played. No shame in losing to the best team in the nation, a team that will be even better next year when the freshmen become sophomores and the sophomores become juniors. There are no seniors that can not be replaced by equally good players. BUT for a coach to behave like Petrino is inexcusable and the reason for my comment. I am hopeful some of the Moms in Arkansas will send some of their sons to Baton Rouge to play for a great coach who is also a true gentleman and a better influence for their child. Why have them play for a vulgar, sore loser?
Jmicha, hey man here’s my response to your last post. No hard feelings but it’s not entirely accurate.
1. Our offensive line doesn’t have one freshman on it. And to most of the teams arOund the country, this is an experienced offensive line. That’s what’s scary about our situation. We aren’t young at all and they should be mature already with strength and mental toughness.
2. Dude I couldn’t agree with you more on that. Preach on. Strength is an issue or lack of it I should say.
3. The corner type all goes back to recruiting and the strength program. Size wise, we generally get the same size corners coming out of high school as bama and lsu but for some reason theirs grow physically into incredible athletes and ours remain the same. It’s almost as if they aren’t being fed well enough. Mathieu stands about 5’7 but he’s not small by any means and could easily out wrestle our tevin Mitchell or Darius Winston. Get some protein down these kids throats, on campus some of our players definitely don’t look the part.
4. I’m pretty good with out special teams surprisingly, I still think marquel wade is a blessing in disguise. A mathieu like player that just doesnt give a F#ck and plays with a swag that could be fun to watch. He’s a player that’s for sure (but also a very small guy) and would need to fill out his skin n’bones. Special teams were a nice surprise but next year we lose Joe so that may be a problem because he can make stuff happen on his own.
5. Once again, couldn’t agree more bro. Were not a terrible team that some on this board portray, but we need some changes to get us to the level. To great seasons but to obtain real national respect, we need to beat up on someone elses powerhouse. Not get embarrassed every bowl game against a legit team.
6. That goes back to my earlier post, kids decide where they want to play so it’s not like anyones trying out for Arkansas when bama
BL,
I’m not entirely 100% sure but I believe that if bama and lsu play the nat champ then the sugar bowl retains the right to decide whether they want a third team from the sec. I tried to read through the documents but that’s really all I got out of it. (really f’n boring). I doubt that the sugar bowl will pick us though, seeing our history with bowls. So I really don’t see us going bcs this year.
Take it for what its worth but hope that sheds some sort of a light on that question. Not 100% sure though.
I like most in Razorback Nation have a hollow feeling this morning. Yet; I remain thankful an appreciative for what I consider a great season (10-2). We had our chances;n like Ohio State and Bama, we simply dropped the ball / opportunities. I have no shame in believing that while we were better than Ohio State; Bama and LSU were simply too physical.
I expected LSU trolls this morning; so I wanting to chime in to help defend our honor, but instead I see for the most part those that claim to be genuine Razorback fans that choose to pile on with venom of hate and ignorance to the players and coaches? I will not enter that fray but I will defer to earlier post @ 8:16 AM from “Shut the F@%K UP” I think he said it all, if that does get it for you; I defer to CBP comments to Les Miles. I understand the game well enough to understand why he said it, and what he meant. He can apologize later if need be, but he clearly felt they were going to win that game and could have short of self inflicted miscues.
Let it go for now, don’t give the LSU folks the luxury of winning the game and seeing us bickering among ourselves. Allow the team and coaches to mourn Garrett in Peace. I look forward to the true bloggers and good discussions about what the team does next after the last game and the holidays.
GO Hogs, It is not the end of the world. We just did not pull off what would have been the biggest upset in the history of the school. I ain’t mad at any of the players Johnson, Hocker. Wright, Mitchell, Wilson, McGee, Willy or CBP. That’s because I know each of those men gave it 100% for our team. It was just not good enough yesterday.
Thanks Brian,
I just read the BCS website selection criteria. It is boring. I think if Georgia wins SEC Champ game, becoming the SEC conf champ they would go. If LSU and Bama stay #1 & #2 they go to BCS champ game and SEC gets 3 BCS teams. If Georgia loses then Sugar Bowl won’t have an SEC rep
Matt, your columns will lose credibility if you let any old fool post any slander and hate they want. You should ban them.
yea brian you are right I probably should have said JC players with no SEC
experience. You are right we are in trouble in this area. The cornerbacks we have
recruited are still small but I hope they will feed them protein and see if they will
grow. We need toughness and a bevy of big backs. We have Cody Walker and
Knile Davis but need about 5 or 6 to continue our offense.
Defense needs to become a priority and offense will take care of itself.
Hog Authority, always enjoy reading your posts. We get better every year. That being said we will be better next year in not having such close games or to come from behind so much. To beat LSU and BAMA in the same year, when they have teams as good as they do is asking for a lot. It can and will happen though. We need to remember with over 100 teams in D-1 there is 6 in the SEC West, and year in and year out it is the toughest division is football. To be able to hang in this division is saying more than 90% of the nation can say. We just need to remember we play the best of the best every year, and we get better every year. Next year in the hills, we’ll see what happens.
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Recruiting Again???
Ok, the Hogs just finished 10-2 for the 2nd straight season with “2 & 3 star” athletes everyone keeps B*t*hing about.
Many on here talk about how BAMA won with “4 & 5 star” athletes – yet, let us review reality for a moment.
According to Rivals.com, the 2011 recruiting rankings for the TOP 15 were:
Team & Ranking: Total Signed Five-Star Four-Star Avg Stars Points
#1 Texas 19 2 11 3.74 2,117
#2 Florida State 15 3 8 3.87 1,875
#3 Michigan 22 0 10 3.45 1,822
#4 Florida 17 1 11 3.71 1,802
#5 Alabama 20 0 9 3.45 1,764
#6 LSU 20 0 10 3.45 1,629
#7 Texas A&M 25 0 8 3.32 1,624
#8 Auburn 16 0 11 3.69 1,601
#9 Clemson 20 0 8 3.35 1,523
#10 Oklahoma 14 1 9 3.79 1,505
#11 Miami (FL) 26 0 6 3.23 1,450
#12 Tennessee 19 0 9 3.37 1,413
#13 Virginia Tech 27 0 6 3.11 1,389
#14 South Carolina 20 0 6 3.25 1,290
#15 USC 11 0 9 3.82 1,170
For 2010, the TOP 15 were:
#1 USC 20 5 14 4.20
#2 Florida 28 4 18 3.89 2,938
#3 Texas 25 2 19 3.92 2,728
#4 Auburn 32 3 13 3.50 2,485
#5 Alabama 26 1 15 3.62 2,308
#6 LSU 29 1 15 3.59 2,255
#7 Oklahoma 29 0 16 3.55 2,213
#8 UCLA 23 1 12 3.61 2,105
#9 Tennessee 25 1 12 3.44 2,048
#10 Florida State 24 2 8 3.50 1,953
#11 California 19 2 7 3.58 1,875
#12 Penn State 20 0 12 3.55 1,852
#13 Oregon 23 1 10 3.39 1,851
#14 Notre Dame 23 0 10 3.39 1,618
#15 Georgia 19 0 9 3.42 1,581
2009 Top 15:
#1 Alabama 27 4 14 3.81
#2 LSU 24 4 11 3.79 2,581
#3 Ohio State 25 2 15 3.76 2,478
#4 USC 19 4 11 3.89 2,410
#5 Texas 20 3 11 3.85 2,375
#6 Georgia 19 1 14 3.84 2,179
#7 Florida State 21 2 10 3.62 2,154
#8 Michigan 22 1 13 3.59 2,124
#9 North Carolina 29 1 13 3.34 2,084
#10 Tennessee 21 2 9 3.62 2,037
#11 Florida 16 3 9 3.94 2,017
#12 South Carolina 29 0 14 3.34 1,952
#13 Oklahoma 23 0 11 3.43 1,830
#14 UCLA 27 0 11 3.33 1,752
#15 Miami (FL) 19 1 9 3.53 1,693
Now, notice the Hogs are not, anywhere, in the Top 15 for those three years. However, if I’m not mistaken, the Hogs just played for an opportunity to go to the national championship game because they have ‘won’ their games this year. The Hogs were very close and their play this season got them there. If having 4 & 5 star recruits is so important, then we’d have seen Tennessee, South Carolina, or Auburn in the hunt – but the HOGS stomped those 4 & 5 star recruits you all are blabbing about. Moreover, if having 4 & 5 star recruits is so great, then Oklahoma, Texas, Michigan, and Miami would be “making it to the big game” because of their recruiting history. Yet, NONE of those teams are doing so. If a team full of 4 & 5 star recruits is important then why doesn’t Florida State University or Notre Dame win the BCS championship each year?
Riddle me that???
Why would les miles ( while up score with 5 min left in the game 34-17 score look familiar?) Have the entire 1st team offense in the game only to score a touchdown then bring in the 2nd team offence to take a knee. Strange!! But i cant blame BP for saying what he did cause i said it to. I can blame cbs for showing it tho..
Hog were very close? To what? Not close to LSU or Alabama. That just shows how good the coaching is at Alabama and LSU. Arkansas has good coaches, just not quite up to that level. Mack Brown, who is the highest paid, is maybe one of the worst coaches. Texas gets top players every year.
Some of you folks are absolutely ridiculous. Lets recap, 2011:
1. new quarterback,
2. two new offensive tackles,
3. loss of an all SEC guy at running back,
4. an outstanding WR who struggled all year coming off an injury,
5. though each returned, both defensive ends go down about the same time,
6. a tragic and untimely loss, stunning everyone.
To sit there, anonymously, and bash this team after a 10-2 season in [by far] the most difficult conference in the country is 100% pure, top shelf, chickenpoo, man.
Some of you dudes should really consider a self imposed, 24-hour post game rule, before you hop on here and share your wealth of unmitigated nonsense with the rest of us.
Ridiculous.
Ps. Nice posts, ShuttheF@%kUp. Agree.
As an LSU fan I can tell you that we fear Arkansas every year because they are a class school in the SEC. They are tough to beat. The outcome of this game could have been totally different if the Razorbacks had a coach with class. The players are as talented as anybody’s.
mohogg: Yeah, It is hard to criticize Mack Brown while he is wearing a national championship ring on his right finger.
If LSU and Alabama’s coaching is so great then whey didn’t either team win the NC last year? This is the same LSU coach staff that got their @$$ handed to them by the HOGS last year, and two years before then. Alabama was beaten by South Carolina, Auburn, and LSU last year. Yeah – they were so much better as we can tell. Also, LSU has beaten BAMA for two straight years. Does that mean BAMA is a crappy team? Nick not a coach because of that?
Dude – if you want, feel free to cheer for some other team. Or, if you want something to change for the HOGS, then go build an economic empire and donate it to the athletic department with your demands. Otherwise, your comments are moot. If you feel better about yourself and it helps you with your therapy, then by all means, Blogger.com has free blogs for you to do that.
The bathroom is the 2nd door on the left…
@londonhawg, preciate the comment. I could use a smile.
@shut the f@#K up, preach brother, with your bad self. We got your back
@dwp007, glad to see the Hog Calvary finally show up. “Chickenpoo?” I will have to remember that one. I hadn’t laughed so hard since Ross Perot referred to Bill Clinton as Chicken man when they were running for President.
Cannot wait to learn what Bowl game we earned folks!!!
Wayne , our coach has class, now if you mean he lets drug users on his team and condons his team going out and getting into bar brawls and acts like its ok, you must be thinking about someone closer to home , that eats grass. And for your information “wayne” , BP drops the f bomb in every game, nothing new, thats just the way it is. You don’t watch much footgall if you think thats a big deal, but like everyone else that hates on our coach, its not because of who he is , its because of what he does, and thats bringing the Razorbacks back to the elite of football, much to the dislike of people like you.
Dafuni and others, The Hogs need to schedule tougher teams at the beginning of the season to see what they “really” have. Dafuni as far as Miles running up the score, look at BP especially against weak weak teams, So.Missouri State and New Mexico. (Look at their records) Also look at all of Arkansas’s victories over those they played and see what those who Arkansas defeated records were.
Not good. Arkansas fans get teased each year both in football and basketball by playing weak teams to start and have a no loss record and that really gets the fans excited until they play quality teams. Arkansas is a very good team, but not there yet.
ShutTheF@%kUp — I want you on my side. don’t confuse some of these idiots with your facts and realistic comments. There are 2 or 3 on here that claim to be Hog fans that need to move on. I understood the negativity with the 6, 7 and 8 win seasons but the expectations of some of these people borders on insanity. LSU is #1 in the nation for a reason…..Bama is #2 in the nation for a reason….they are both having great years with great teams. This team and these coaches don’t need all of this unwarranted criticism. Hmmmmmm…..just how many second halves did our defense step it up, make changes and help us win the games? Maybe, just maybe, Les Miles, Nick Saban and countless other coaches have made tasteless comments during a game but WITHOUT the cameras on them. Wrong? Yes. Inexcusable? No.
I dont understand what you “Hog fans” want! Every year under nutt we werent good enough, we got Petrino now we are gonna get there. Now were 10-2 in the SEC for 2 years inin a row, for some reason we still have bad coaches and recruiting, some of you talk as if you want petrino gone and the only two good coaches are saban and miles. How many teams out ther wish they can have 10 wins? ALOT!!! But for some reason in your eyes we suck?? WAKE UP!!! I told my self before the game that i am proud of what MY Hogs have done this year and where we are as a program, That hasnt changed. We got beat, so what? Lsu and bama will lose at somepoint. IM SURE THEIR FANS WONT GO CALLIN FOR HEADS ON THE COACHING STAFF! GO HOGS WPS!!!
Mr. shut, I didn’t realize you were the moderator of this site. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I’m sure your comments are much more meaningful than most. My donations are my business.
If the commentators can tell on multiple times what your defense is going to run five seconds before the snap something needs to change ( Willy ).
The fans that want change are the ones who aren’t happy with 10 or even 11 wins a season, we want those 13 or 14 win seasons and wont be satisfied until we get one, and its not just us go ask any of the players if their happy with the season I bet 17 out of 17 seniors say no
LSU is kicking a field goal with 6 minutes left and im angry at their coach and making snotty nose comments on the sideline–Boo who who -Wheres my mommie? and who took my false teeth?
Tough guy from all the way across the field but up close, not so much. Very telling!
Sugar Bowl: If LSU wins out (which they will) they will play Alabama in the National Championship game and Arkansas goes to either the Fiesta or Sugar. Why?
Georgia will have three losses.
Stanford or Oregon will lose at least one more games.
Oklahoma or Oklahoma State will lose one more game.
With that in mind:
LSU—–no losses
Houston-no losses
Alabama-one loss
Stanford–one or two losses
Arkansas–two losses
Oregon–two or three losses
Virginia Tech–1 or 2 losses
Georgia—3 losses (eliminated)
Clemson–2 or 3 losses
Boise State–1 or 2 losses
Big East champion–4 or 5 losses (automatic bid)
In this scenario:
Alabama vs. LSU (National Championship game)
Virginia Tech or Clemson vs. Big East in Orange Bowl
Oregon or Stanford vs. PAC 12 in the Rose Bowl
Houston vs. Arkansas/Oklahoma/Oklahoma State in the Sugar Bowl
Arkansas vs. Stanford/Oklahoma/Oklahoma State/Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl
If Oklahoma State beats Oklahoma, the Sooners will have three losses.
Someone correct me: The only way a team can get three from the same conference in the BCS pool is if two of those end up in the national championship game and that bowl chooses to let them in.
Arkansas would be a good draw for two reasons:
(1) Only losses to two best teams in the country
(2) Fans travel well and in great numbers
Write it down.
Correction: Virgina could knock Virginia Tech or Clemson out if they win.
All you white male sport fanatics in sports be angry in whats happening to your young men or daughters in todays society. The White Anglo/Saxon people are the true israel of scriptures –thesaxonmessenger.com newnationnews.org
I have no problem with the LSU fans coming on here and spewing their crap. If you look at any of the message boards, you will see that 98% of their fans crawl out of the swamps about once a week to see what the normal people are doing.
I do have a problem with supposed Arkansas fans (free willey, mohogg, etc) spewing their crap. Alabama and LSU are better than us this year, especially at their place. We were better than LSU last year at our place. We are an elite team. We are probably the 3rd best team in the country. If not, who is better.
I hate “our fans” who obviously measure their worth and the lenght of their penis by whether or not 18 – 21 yr old kids win a football game. It has been a great year. Next year will be a great year. With CBP it’s just a matter of time before we win a national championship. I just hate that we have to read the crap of tough guys who likely have never set foot on a football field other than to blow on their tubas. The Arkansas team, coaches, and real fan base deserve better.
A TRUE Hog fan…….kinda like a marriage…..for better or for worse. If you can’t take the worse get out of it just like you would a marriage. Oh….and good riddance.
Mohogg, hoginbigd, please go away, lets have a poll, how many want to see these two morons go away ?
For : 99% of Hog fans
Against : boo-who-who
Well at you guys got one vote !
Im sorry londonhog did you have a problem with something I said, how about you address it like a man and tell me instead of making up phoney polls
The 24 hour no posting rule after losses would be a good thing for myself! I’ll try that next year.
Sorry, not going anywhere. Just don’t believe in sticking my head in the sand and going along with anything.
Londonhawg I watched the entire game Friday and I didn’t see any halos above the razorback’s heads. You gonna tell me they are all without an arrest record? By the way you seem to think that the F-bomb is ok if Bobby says it. Invite him to grandma’s house Christmas and let the kids improve their vocabulary.
AHEM FROM THE GREAT SOUTHWEST!!1
Listen. There are things hat I observed yesterday; many of you observed the same things. (drunk, no life, LSU fan not withstanding; as bad as we have beaten some teams this year, if any of you morons have gotten on to other team’s boards and made comments about how bad those teams suck, you should never be allowed on this board again)
Anyway. We are still working. We have not arrived yet. but…..
Let me say that ANY OF YOU RAZORBACK FANS WHO WANT TO REVISIT THE YEARS OF 1998 – 2007 PLEASE FEEL FREE. I’d much rather see us climbing the hill, and being relevant in the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DISCUSSION, than having to deal with the possibility of not making it to a bowl at all; and riding and emotional roller coaster all year.
We’re so much better off than we used to be it’s not even funny. Coach Bobby will do for our football program what Nolan did for the B Ball program. This year was a clear indicator that we’ve made huge progress in the last 4 years. And an indicator that, if we can’t stop the power running teams, we won’t get much higher (which I personally am still O.K. with ‘cuz I’m tired of the days when all we did was play up or down to our competition.
AND please, no one forget that the loss of Garrett Uekman was huge!! Teams don’t recover from things like that over the course of the week.
My prediction; We go to the Cotton Bowl, and beat the crap out of K – State. We will then be 11 – 2. ANYBODY GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT!!!
Last thing, then I’m done until after the bowl. Little Rock is waiting for you…Tiger Fan. Please; get even more mouthy, and ignorant. I love it when swamp people look stupid.
hoginbigd, sorry if its your time of the month, and wayne, did i hit a nerve ?? *******read the above post from azhog, that is how real Hogs fans feel….10 back to back seasons or maybe 11 wins this year is change…for the better….but you still whine hoginbigd…..you sure your not one of the lsu fans booing their #1 team yesterday…..or would you be the first to boo the hogs if they were #1……
I’ll take our boys and our coaches anyday, and be damn glad to have em’. The 110% they give week in and week out is enough for me. Well I just spoke like a man, but you whine more than any female I have ever known !
Wait a minute LSU fans. I agree petrino got caught up in the moment and needs to show a little more class. But before you beat your chest and say how much class your coach has he elected to suspend his convicts 1 game this year. Big deal. He could have made it more severe and showed some class by setting a prime example of maybe 3-4 games. But I forgot the convicts were important players and if you are to play for a national championship he just couldnt have the balls or integrity to do it! beat it LSU! and get off our site. If you would have lost you would have crawled back in your crayfish shell until your bowl game. We will see you again in the rock.
I will take 11 wins this year. We can build off this. Reality is that bama and lsu are better right now. We need to make a change at Def coord and get some size and speed at linebacker and secondary. Once we do we will be right up there. Saban and miles aren’t looking forward to playing us in hog country next season.
Ahhh… Hakuna Matata,
Just say No; to no Mohogg. Mohogg I hope you are front and center when the offseason discussions starts
When the time comes; I am going to dig in behind Petrino; so if he makes changes; so be it, but if he does not he has skins on the wall to do as he will.
May I suggest you and other extremely distraught Hog faithfuls take in a beer and enjoy the Razorback Basketball game tonight? I promise we will win over the Louisiana team tonight (Grambling). If you promise to be good to the end of the football season, send me your bar tabs and I promise I will look at them
In the meantime; hakuna matata. (Bob Marley music playing) yah mann its gonna be alright….
GO Hogs beat Louisiana State’s (Grambling) University
Yes the Hogs beat Auburn and Tennessee this year,but their 4 and 5 star players are going to look much better next year,Coach P needs to do Two things bid farewell to Willy,Buisness and Freindship are two different things,get a D Cord that can coach and reconize offensive schemes while he is watching the game,not wait untill half to make changes,and quit that recruiting that might have worked at Carrol College in Montana,but will not work in the SEC,yes we have a few good SEC type players on Defense but NOT enough,and i thought Veltkamp had those young men in great physical shape,but in the two big games they looked like Pop Warner kids trying to take down Grown Men,only one way to stop all of this The very best of Recruiting.
As an LSU fan I have a lot of respect for the Arkansas team and the Arkansas fans….I know he got caught up in the moment but kicking a FG with over 5 minutes to play is not what I call pouring it on…… Baby Patrino really should apologize to the Ark fans, team and university for his actions…..although based on his classless track record with previous two teams I wouldn’t count on it…..
Wow, I like the recap, it was right on. Reading the negative comments from our Razorback fans about coach brought the following thoufht to mind. Firmly etched in my brain is the image of Danny Ford on his hands and knees with his head hung down during a blowout by I believe Tennessee. If that is the way you would have your coach act then you should suffer with half @$$ thems the rest of your life. If you want a winner then get off his @$$ and out of his way and let him do his job. Coach is a warrior, in the heat of battle emotions run high. During this emotionaly charged week they were off the charts. If you want a coack to lose with dignity go watch Harvard or Yale. What coach said or seemingly said was a reaction to a classless act. It brought an equal reaction which in my opinion was more for his players and staff who was around him than for the cameras. For 1, I hope he added to it we (the Hogs) will get even for this, and then they do just that. As for you LSU fans who love to gloat, we all remember the LSU brfore Saban came along. No one filling the stands, and few wins every year. So the next time you want to gloat remember how that felt, I promise it is much worse than the way we Hog fans are feeling right now. There is much to be thankful for where the Razorbacks are concerned and even more to be excited about in the future. GHG RAZORBACKS!!!!
mohogg: I’ll see your two cents of sarcasm and raise you two more. Obviously, I am not the moderator of this site. If I were, your @$$ would be blocked from it along with many others. Yet, if you are going to put your words of critic on here you can rest assure I’ll put my words of defense on here; all the while showing everyone how short sided your thoughts are. The same goes with Free Willy and Hogjim.
In regards to your donations – yes, please, we know if there are any, they are nominal. Real donors don’t show up on the Slophouse blog board and vent their frustrations – they call the Athletic Director and voice their concerns. Yet, for those nominal donors, such as yourself, here is a cite you can visit to post your concerns to the A.D. Maybe Jeff will respond to you.
http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com//quest/Questionaire.dbml?SPSID=106777&SPID=2431&DB_LANG=C&QID=57849&DB_OEM_ID=6100
Now – after you send your message, you are free to keep your “head above sand” and, maybe, discuss some real items of interest concerning the football team. Show others that you did make it past the seventh grade.
Again, the bathroom is the second door on the left. Clean up your mess.
As an LSU fan, I have always had respect for U of Arkansas. Great state, great university, and always plays great against LSU. However, the Arkansas coach showed a total lack of class by cursing Les Miles and then
slapping his hand after the game. With the ability of Wilson to lead a comeback ny coach would be stupid to allow him to get the ball with time left on the clock (ask Texas A& M). Our team is talented and our coach has class, which clearly Pertano doesn’t . Sorry to be negative but Arkansas deserves better from. Head football coach making that much money. It is clearly tough when nick Sabin shows more class than Arkansas coach. But it sure looked good on ESPN.
I agree with Tweet Pilot — every university has the same so-called fans that lack success in their own life and feel they need to take it out on the 18-22 year old kids who work more in one season than they do in a lifetime …..
Hogjim: Are you serious? Next year their recruits are going to look better? They’ve had three consecutive years of top 15 recruiting results, and next year is going to be better? What the hell man. We should always be able to say, “next year will be better” then.
Last year, this year, and next year will still suck for Tennessee. The same for Miami and USC. None of those teams will contend for a National Championship. Yet, they’ll always have next year. I bet Texas A&M says the same thing after a top ten start to the season; or maybe FSU says that too – or every year for that matter. I bet OU fans say that as well as they get beat in every bowl game they play in. Those 4 & 5 star recruits paid great dividends in those losses to Boise State and West Virginia. Yeah – next year…that’s the ticket.
Moreover, I believe Carroll College won a few National Championships in their league. Something must of worked for them. By the way, how many NC rings are you wearing from football? Huh – none I’m sure, unless you bought one from some OSU kid off of EBAY.
Yeah – next year. That’s the ticket. I’ll gladly you pay you Tuesday for a cheeseburger today…
If you want to prove that you know something on recruiting – then got get a job at a school and start recruiting regular students first. See how difficult it is to do that…then image trying to convince kids to come play a sport for your school. It isn’t easy. These coaches have won twenty games in two years with the recruits they have brought in. It looks like something is working for them. Also, show me another team that manhandled LSU or BAMA this year? How did their recruiting class/es look? Guess what – no matter how great their classes looked – they got their @$$es handed to them as well.
Go join mohogg in the bathroom…
Mr. Shut, You surely have something else to do. Like maybe get ready for that Rhodes Scholar ceremony. You are obviously going to receive one soon.
Shut the F—k up,i like the Hogs just as much as you do,but my eyes don,t lie to me,im ready to see next year if our Redshirts and new recruits are going to be as good as i hear they will,you and i both know what alot of the problem was this this year inspite of the 10-2 record,the Hogs just had a Hard Time with Road Games,they played their best ball instate,but to see them struggle against OLE-MISS and Vanderbilt,you knew in the back of your mind that the Alabama,s and Lsu of the world would be hard for them to handle.
It surprised me in the last few years when LSU made lots of mistakes in the past few years in the losses to the Hogs. I do not expect that to happen any more. I see the LSU program moving forward. The Hogs really just need to improve the defense. The coaching and a few more top players would help. I know Petrino has been thru alot personally this year ( his kid ) and the loss of a player. But, an outburst like that will be a motivator for LSU to kick his @ss. Good luck to the good people of Ark and I think the reason that so many LSU people have chimed in is because of Petrino’s juvenile behavior. What do you think would happen if Miles acted like that towards Petrino? So I hope the Tiger fans can check the (Hell yeah redneck inbred, comments) the Hogs can check the swamp people blah blah stuff.
i have seen Coach,s in College Football say the F word in Games since the first of September,its just a human reaction,but REALLY your right we have one of the best offensive minds in College Football,and we do need those D Players you were talking About.
Dear mohogg: No sir, I cancelled that ceremony so I could stay on here and put my digital foot on your digital nuts.
Hogjim: Yes, I am a realist, but I’m not on here complaining about CP’s recruiting and coaching standards. I couldn’t hold a candle to that man, and neither could you. Yet, you profess the Hogs are substandard to teams that nobody is able to match this year. So be it – nobody thought this team was going to compete for a national championship, but you act as if this team didn’t meet lofty expectations set by YOU, a simple fan; and by those same standards you profess to know more than the coaching staff does when you say:
“Coach P needs to do Two things bid farewell to Willy,Buisness and Freindship are two different things,get a D Cord that can coach and reconize offensive schemes while he is watching the game,not wait untill half to make changes,and quit that recruiting that might have worked at Carrol College in Montana,but will not work in the SEC,yes we have a few good SEC type players on Defense but NOT enough,and i thought Veltkamp had those young men in great physical shape,but in the two big games they looked like Pop Warner kids trying to take down Grown Men,only one way to stop all of this The very best of Recruiting.”
From such, your belief is that you have all the knowledge to fix said Hogs issues and now if Coach P just listened to you all would be well…and it all comes down to THE BEST OF RECRUITING; as if everything is just so easy.
A realist recognizes there is more to things than simply sitting on the sofa and solving the “Hogs” problems with a beer in their hand. If you are realist, then realize that the coaching staffed pulled off an amazing year with a string of issues. You should be lauding coach P for a coach of the year award, instead of trying to critics him or Willy.
That was brilliant! How are things going in the fourth grade anyway?
Shut the F—k up,that,s sitting on the Couch with a Gin and Tonic with a twist of lime,we will see in the Bowl game if the Hog Defense has sharpened up,if we play Oklahoma like they say we might,i sure hope so.
Hogjim:
Wishing you the best this holiday season then…
As a Tiger fan, I’ve always had a great appreciation for the rivalry for the boot at seasons end whether the win amounted to more or nothing. Ole Miss may be giving Nutt the boot… but are doing so with class. Never saw the man display anything similar to what the nation saw Friday evening. Run the score up? Really… Patrino fullfilled that nationwide personna as a sore loser, at least he didnt quit at the end of the game. Talk trash about our Les…. the nation saw who has no class!
This rivalry deserves better.
mohogg: The 4th grade is doing a wonderful job of preparing me for my quest through the primary school system hierarchy. Much better than the 7th grade is doing for you.
Note to self, the State of Missouri holds schools to an academic standard, which provides students the ability to leave one school for another if their learning is substandard. Ask your parents if you can attend another school system. One that will challenge you on a mental basis. Your self-esteem will grow and you won’t be regulated to popping zits in the bathroom and visiting yahoo chatrooms for friends.
You can set yourself free…
@CatTigger,
What did you expect him to do, say “Thank you sir may I have another”?
Petrino is the rivalry. And who’s U to talk with the character of LSU players and coaches? Congratulations on winning this year; but CBP deserves better than the way we performed Friday and the way the score was viewed padded. Not that LSU could not do it, but when you do; you should expect a Man to not take it laying down. That’s all and no less. Your feeble attempts to downplay Petrino in hopes to run him off will not work. Petrino is here to stay and what comes around goes around. For the record ALL winners should be sore losers, but what you know about that? You just ride the coattails of your team with no first hand experience on competition.
Hog AUTHORITY
Patrino is and never will be the rivalry. Character of our players or coaches? Shows your FIRST HAND (experience) ahhh, knowledge of any of our coaches and far as our kids go.. bar fights and experimenting goes hand and hand with being their age. Your coach deserves better… feeble attempt to run him off. Get real young boy… I spoke about REAL MAN CHARACTER. All winners should be sore losers…. get a life man, you know nothing about me or my life experience. Been riding the tigers coattails longer than you have probably been alive.
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Cat Tigger,
The game was moved to Saturday before Petrino. Moved back since Petrino because of rivalry and money for CBS. Petrino is 2 & 2 against LSU. Character questions are character questions regardless of the age of the perpetrators or those that perceive it as character issue. Listen; you sir know nothing of me or Petrino for that matter. You wish to troll this site to gloat your victory supposedly to whine about Petrino comments after the game to Les Miles after the game? Well thanks but no thanks. You cannot be a winner and a sore loser at the same time. You called Petrino a sore loser. I called you in check because he is a winner. If you don’t like it quit trolling a WholeHog site, or ditto the post games comments from Petrino to Les Miles from me to you.
To the victor goes the spoils and what comes around goes around. But you won’t come back when it is coming around will you? I don’t recall you posting on this site last year how much respect you had for Petrino shaking Miles hand after the game.
Like I said, “Great appreciation for the rivalry” Whine? Seems you are the whiner, I have appreciation for the rivalry.
Could care less about when the game was scheduled, played or the money. Whats the stats for the overall series? The stats between Les and Patrino are even, so….? Makes for good rivalry but does nothing to change what was exhibited for the WHOLE NATION!
Listen: you boy, should never assume anything in regards to YOUR response.. about my experience, in anything.
Whether Patrino is a winner or a verified quitter.. the fact remains that he still exhibited “no class” and I mean “NO CLASS” as the leader of Arkansas’s team, university or the state’s fanbase with his actions on the field Friday.
To all those Hog fans out there who have CLASS: Look forward to another good battle next year!
OK, Mr. Shut, I give up. I’ve tried all my best stuff, but you’re just too good. PIG SOOIE!!!! See you at the bowl game.
And I would be whining about what? You are whining that Petrino has no class. That’s your opinion, entitled to it, but it is self-serving gloating for you to come to wholehogsports blog with your high and mighty views. You have an issue with Petrino go tell him yourself not us, we (I) don’t give a damn what you, ESPN, or other talking heads of Home Depot think of CBP for that matter. In each of your posts you have insulting me personally (calling me boy etc.), and you are here in theory to speak of class? Sir, that is called gloating and it is classless, much like CBP view of Miles. You have no idea of who I am and my opinion in this regard is defend our head coach on a fan blog to dispute your lame premise that he is man with no class or character. He is verified to have to have quit Louisville, and the Atlanta Falcons. He has been a winner at the University of Arkansas. I guess Saban and Les Miles have never quit jobs? Or do you think Saban is a quitter too.
Quite frankly I think LSU has bigger fish to fry, go win the NC game. You have a great team. We will finish out hopefully with a win and re-tool for next year. In any case, we are proud of our team and coaches.
WPS!!!
Mohogg,
After all of this time; I never realized the Mo was for Missouri? I always thought it was because you wanted MOre Hogs?
One more game to go, and the off season discussion can commence in full earnest. We have new ally in Shut up so the discussions appear as if they will be lively.
Will U B pulling for Hogs against Missouri?
How do you know the Mo doesn’t stand for a name.(Moe, Morriss, etc.) I have spent some time in Missouri, but like The Natural State a lot more. My magnets are pigs.
Purposely mispronouncing a state’s name for three straight years, as Miles did until we broke him of that habit last year, is VERY classy (note the sarcasm). Anyway, I suspect that LSU fans will be the ones whining after Alabama beats them. Let’s see how much class they have after that. But wait, you lose what you never had to begin with. Most LSU fans I know are good people; it’s a shame that only a few of those have decided to grace us with their presence.
I don’t condone what Petrino did on Friday; I thought it was a bit childish. However, to use that as an excuse to bring up the laundry-list things he did 5 years ago smacks of stupidity.
Some of you people have way too much time on your hands and as for you classless (not to be confused with those who have shown some class) LSU fans, if you want to talk about a lack of class, you need look no further than your own stadium on Friday when you booed your own team. That is the lowest of lows. And to hear you talk about how Arkansas will NEVER be at LSU’s level, how soon you forget the days of Dinardo and Archer or maybe some of you were still leaving yellow in your diaper when they coached.
Well, I was at the game, cheering as loud as I could and staying until the bitter end. Allow me to make a few observations.
1. Did anyone notice that ‘Bama and LSU beat us by the same pointspreads? I don’t think that’s a coincidence. I think it’s a very clear indication of (a) how close those two teams are to each other; and, (b) how far we are behind them. I love my Hogs with all my heart, but sometimes the truth hurts. ‘Bama and LSU are so clearly above EVERYONE else, it’s hard to listen to someone argue against it with a straight face.
2. The areas we need to improve are very clear. We matched up favorably with LSU at QB and WR. Nowhere else. Both of their lines dominated our lines, and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a more athletic, playmaking defensive backfield than LSU’s. Our recruiting focus needs to be on offensive linemen and defense. We have to get more physical in those areas and we have to have depth in those areas.
3. Since I was at the game, I did not see the episode involving Petrino and Miles. I understand it was over the field goal that LSU kicked in the 4th quarter. All I can say is that I hope CBP has had time to reflect on it and realizes now that it was a heat-of-the-moment, building-frustration mistake. LSU was not rubbing it in. They had simply worn us down at that point and frankly, if they had not kicked the field goal they would have probably scored another TD. I saw absolutely nothing wrong with Miles’ decision. Remember that as the 4th quarter began, the score was only 24-17.
4. LSU’s reputation for fan behavior toward the visiting fans is well deserved. If you want to be treated cordially and made to feel comfortable at an SEC stadium, go to Auburn where the fans are genuinely hospitable. If you want to be called names to your face before, during and after a game, go to LSU. While it was a very small percentage of the fans (mostly students and young people), they seem to take pride in the name calling and the rubbing it in your face. I doubt we’ll be going back there.
5. Did anyone notice that last night on the BCS countdown show that Craig James said he still voted Arkansas 3rd, and his rationale was that our only losses were to #1 and #2? I knew there was a reason I liked that guy. We’re in the “clubhouse” at #8, and after next weekend we will likely move up to #7 or even #6, depending on how the games play out. That’s great for a 2-loss team and we should be happy with that.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. GO HOGS!!!!
I dont think the gesture was because of Miles kicking a field goal, it was Miles getting pass happy there in the 4th with the game out of hand and Miles still throwing to the endzone. If you notice this year, when we had a big lead late in 4th, the hogs would go to a steady run game up the middle to try to kill the clock. I think Petrino thought Miles should do the same instead of trying the throw for a touchdown.
As I said, louisianahawg, since I was the game I don’t have a lot of perspective on when the exchange took place, so I will defer to your comment. Still, I did not get the feeling as I watched it, nor did any of the Hog fans near us in our section, that LSU was trying to run it up. I think as Hog fans we need to accept the loss for what it was: a game in which we needed to play near perfect to win, but turnovers and special teams breakdowns insured that the superior team would win. Win with class, lose with class. I’m not down on CBP at all; I just think his emotions got the best of him in the heat of the moment.
I agree. I have never been one to hate on a coach for running up a score..If you dont want them to score too many points, play better defense. On the other hand, Im not going to get mad at Petrino for showing a competitive spirit either. The way I feel if your mad at LSU for scoring points, come out next year and score twice as many, then shake hands with a smile on your face.
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Hey yall I learned alot about cbp this year and I think all you hogs should pray for him. I would rather see LSU beat him 10 times than watch himself make a fool of himself again SO LONG