As much as Bielema has acted like an idiot

Amen to that. The only thing that makes me upset is thinking about how none of the teams in the west seem nearly as dominant as they were in the past, when we had some good teams. I feel like if our team was all it was chalked up to be in the preseason, we'd really only be worried about getting past Ole Miss and LSU, with both of those being winnable. This year was our best opportunity to win the West in a long time.

I understand why he took the ball. He knew his defense would struggle and didn't want to play catch up all night. We score first it could change things. Problem is we punted. I don't think it mattered in the end

Just give it a couple weeks...

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Just give it a couple weeks...

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That's kind of where we are, in a wait and see mode.

I still think we are going to win an SEC game or two. A lot of football left to be played.

Haha I'll be watching, maybe I am a glutton for punishment but it's familiar territory if you are a Razorback fan.

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I think we play a solid game against aggy and could win.

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A&M runs a significantly more skilled version of Tech's offense. They're going to have a field day with us.

aTm is gonna go in dry. Sumlin will run it up. Im sure he is just as pissed as KK was.

It will not be pretty next week. At all...

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I understand why he took the ball. He knew his defense would struggle and didn't want to play catch up all night. We score first it could change things. Problem is we punted. I don't think it mattered in the end

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It mattered last year because a very similar situation played out, except they got the ball first.

They scored first, and we played a bit of catch-up in the first half, and killing ourselves with a few stalled drives and the end-around turnover, but the score was 21-21 at halftime. We got the ball to start the 3rd quarter and scored, held them, and then proceeded to pummel them with our run game.

Getting the ball to start the half allowed us to limit their possessions in the second half, and they had just 3 (!) possessions in the second half of that game.

Fast forward to this year -- when they stopped us on 3rd down on our first drive, my first thought was "uh oh, this isn't good," and my concern was only amplified when they proceeded to score on their first possession and we were going to have to play catch up the rest of the game.

As for the topic itself, I think the number of injuries are extremely concerning depth-wise, but they're mostly occurring on offense, and our offense has been pretty good through 3 games. We moved the ball well against Toledo, we just couldn't do anything once we got in the redzone. Defense is our problem right now. UTEP's tailback had a phenomenal game against us, Toledo was eating up the middle of the field and Ely had a career day despite them only scoring 16 points, and the Texas Tech debacle needs no explanation. We don't have an SEC-ready linebacker on our roster. Our defensive line is getting no push whatsoever, and this is the 2nd game against a subpar O-line in which they've been unable to manufacture a pass rush. Couple that with our inability to adjust, our inability to blitz, and playing off coverage despite getting destroyed by the quick outs and WR screens, and it's pretty clear that our defense is pretty weak across the board. It's almost like losing our two best linemen, best LB, and a good, experienced nickelback hurt us.

I'm disappointed at Bijhon Jackson and his lack of production. I really thought he would be wreaking havoc this year.... barely notice when he is on the field right now..... another 4* bust....

Nothing wrong with Bijohn.

When your LBs are as shitty as ours, or when the scheme is to keep a safety deep and have no LBs in the middle of the field, your DTs will be double teamed every play.