re: I didn't expect to win this game

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We are the fricking unluckiest program in FBS.

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Not exactly. Every program has these issues. We just don't have the coaching to overcome it. We should win 7 games every year. Every now and then we should have a veteran team that has a chance to be REALLY good. This year was that year and our coaches lost to Toledo, had the team poorly prepared, and repeatedly made awful decisions late in games.

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And there's the next year post. New QB and retooling the O Line will then be the excuse

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I went ahead and trotted out next year's excuse along with the "there's always next year" post

But seriously, it wasn't just an always next year post. We expected to win 8 or 9 games this year. 7 or 8 is still possible and realistic, so it's not like everything has gone to shite like we originally thought. It's just been a weird season. We're not as good as we were in '14. We had reason and hope to believe we would be better, much of that reason coming from the smoke blown by the media, and certainly not least of all, our HC (although I was never on the bandwagon that we would replace our defensive starters and not miss a beat). That hope is still valid for next year. We've had a receiving game emerge from our fourth string, and we may return Hatcher on top of it.

This defense isn't as good as it was last year. It's still better or as good than any defense any other coach we've had since being in the SEC has fielded. I know my previous post was typical Arkansas, but nothing I said was all that much of a reach. We have theoretical talent at QB - as much or more as any of the "stacked" blue bloods, and there's more reason to be hopeful than doubtful.

He's going to be here for another two years whether any of us like it or not. You may as well look for the positives, and if you don't let your emotions get the better of you, you'll find you don't have to strain your eyes to find some of the obvious ones.

agreed. like I said I'm encouraged and really I'm happiest about the pass rush and red zone defense.

I'm just curious... Is there a college football program that CAN'T find SOMETHING positive to console them?

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I'm just curious... Is there a college football program that CAN'T find SOMETHING positive to console them?

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every team that loses a game tries to find a positive in the loss.

no point in dwelling on the negative you can't control, unless you enjoy being depressed.

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ocelot4ark

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Why do you post here?

Couldn't you love the hogs quietly and spare the rest of us from your shite posts?

I'm looking for the block feature for you and I've never blocked anyone on any site ever. you are still melting a day later over a game we was supposed to lose. I RA'D for retard.

read your posts since last night and you will get the general idea

Some of the sunshine pumping I've seen in these threads is comical. Moral victories and excuses abound. We're 2-4 and will be lucky to get where we were last year. So we beat Tennessee that's not the Tennessee of old on the road and hung with Alabama before predictably folding like a cheap tent in the fourth quarter. Like some of the other folks have been saying we're just Arkansas so we should only reasonably expect to have a good year every now and then, you know a normal season would be maybe winning the cupcake games and be good for a couple of upsets along the way, that is winning a couple we weren't projected to win. Also playing teams better than we are and losing to them in close contests is okay, too. It's quite the bar we've set for our program. Predicting mediocrity doesn't make mediocrity okay.

I think what happens in two weeks when we play Auburn at home will say a lot about the state of our program and its future when the two bottom dwellers of the SEC West square off. I know it takes time and all that and it is what it is but I'm not really optimistic about anything. This isn't saying Bielema should go as he's probably with us at least another year and it will be interesting to see what they can do with the games that are left. But I damned sure don't have my rose colored glasses on. What I've been seeing so far this year doesn't make me excited about anything. Regardless what happens the rest of the season there's always next season and as we are always telling ourselves we can surely look forward to that.