Anyone want to fill me in on how Missouri state came extremely close to upsetting the hogs

The hogs didn’t forfeit and actually played the game

Petrino, bad pass defense, oddball (or not what we’ve become accustomed to) fumbles, questionable play calls a few times at least, seemed like they caught us asleep at the beginning of the game.

Arkansas came out in a drunken stupor but they sobered up and took care of business.

Their secondary is awful and Bobby P knows how to scheme a passing game. It’s pretty simple.

They were getting the Ole reach around and they loved it

I assume you want a realistic evaluation and not some stupid, silly , knee jerk reaction evaluation.

Arkansas wasn’t prepared and got outcoached. My guess is they were looking ahead to TAMU and played down to the competition. But make no mistake, They outcoached us.

Bobby petrino had this one circled for a long time. And his squad played perfect football.

Arkansas fumbled twice in the first half, once during a good drive and once from the 1 inch line going in and Mo state took advantage of it. We were down 17-0 before we knew what hit us and we were in a dog fight.

Arkansas is not overrated. Let’s just put that to bed. Arkansas put up 600 yards of offense. We can and will run the ball but if you sell out to stop it, KJ can and will beat you through the air. We lead the SEC in sacks . You won’t run the ball on us. We will shut that down. But you can throw it. The middle of the field is a problem in the secondary.

You can beat us over the top. We chase,…a lot. Accurate quarterbacks will hurt us. Quarterbacks that can run when a play breaks down will hurt us. A team may throw for 400 but they wont run against us. At least up to now they haven’t. But we miss way too many tackles. I’ll bet we lead the league in it.

I won’t make excuses, we did not look prepared last night. But good teams overcome adversity. Missouri state would destroy many of the cupcakes that our SEC brethren played yesterday. And when it was all stacked against us, we overcame adversity.

You have to understand where we’ve been to understand where we are and where we are going. I couldn’t give a rip about what people on the rant think I should be in my fandom.

I’m proud of where we are.

TAMU will present a problem because they can slow down our rushing attack. But I don’t believe your QB has the same skill set that Shelley did for mo state. His escapability made him a challenge and they had a great game plan. Odom was outcoached. We were in circles.

Say what you want about it being Missouri state, I don’t care, but I was more concerned about this game than I was any prior to it. I’m glad it’s over . It was a difficult spot for us. I don’t care what they say…Arkansas is still a solid football team. Arkansas and AM will again be a battle.

One thing is for certain… tamu, bama , miss st. And BYU will determine if we are a pretender or a contender. Either way, I’ll wake up and be a proud fan.

Arkansas’ kicking game is suspect,
They don’t tackle well, their WR corps is prettt slaw without #16 and their QB should be catfishing at the Sardis spillway not QBing an SEC Team just to name a few.

Petrino outcoached Pittman. It doesn't happen often, but it can happen. Also, Petrino's team had this game circled all off-season. The Hawgs were likely looking ahead to next week. A perfect storm for an upset, but Arky righted its ship, and all is OK in Hawg world for now.