An interesting fact I just discovered through a little research.

We should beat any of those teams

I would just listen to Rev

I'm bumping this if we lose. Jinxing bastard

No, shite. I should have just kept my mouth shut until we won

After further digging, I've discovered we're the ONLY team in the SEC to have earned this distinction. In fact, every other team in the conference has achieved it within the past ten years, including Kentucky and Vanderbilt. I'm really only bringing it up to put in perspective that an 8–5 year with a Bowl win really would be a successful year, considering the expectations we had coming into the season and the ensuing rollercoaster. It'll be an improvement over last year's win total, and will speak to maintaining a little stability in the program - something we've generally lacked since joining the conference.

I know we were all pissed at him early on in the year (rightfully so), but we really need Bielema to stay at least five years no matter what, just to see what we're really working with. Going to and winning Bowl games with some measure of frequency isn't an unreasonable expectation, given the quality of our program (in every area except on-the-field results), and this month will show a possibility to start bucking our horrible trend.

We're consistently paired up against stronger teams due to the strength of the fanbase and the fact we can't stop ourselves from buying bowl tickets and partying with the team like crazy. Hence the shitty bowl record.

I've decided that I want a Texas Tech rematch, we'd frick their mothers up this go-round.

We're nowhere near the same team we were when they played us earlier. Last year, we were talking about how we'd have liked another shot at Auburn with our year-end team. Well, we might get a wish like that this year if the Bowl matchups fall the right way.

Nonetheless, their offense is still very dangerous to our porous LB play. I'd like to think we could beat them this time, but I don't know if we'd win so greatly that we'd be fricking their mothers. I would be all for the rematch, even though they'd be our riskiest Bowl matchup.

Rumors from media members are that the PTB at the UofA prefer the Belk Bowl.

Cant imagine a great number of fans traveling for it, and the time/date of the game is terrible.

I just looked at airline costs.. OUCH!

Beautiful town though.


I still imagine it will be Liberty/Music City.. could be wrong, remember one other time it happened.

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If Bielema wins this upcoming Bowl, it will be the first time in Arkansas football history that we've won two Bowl games in consecutive years. I know that sounds impossible, but it's a real stat.

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Such a sad thing if true

lol, yeah... I know, we wouldn't take 15 thou fans to Charlotte, and in that huge stadium it would look horrendous.

airfare alone was extremely high. For me anyways.

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We just played Kansas State and I'd rather leave the Petrino mess in the past.

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Long sort of alluded to this on Bo's show yesterday, when Bo asked him if he talked to the commissioner and/or would object to playing Louisville or Wisconsin in a bowl game.

He sidestepped it to a small degree and basically said he wouldn't object to it but that he'd be against one of those matchups on a personal level, and you can probably guess which one.

I hate saying this, but I'm praying we don't get Tech. Tech is the worst possible matchup for us defensively.