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re: Football And Men’s Basketball Announce Series With Western Kentucky
Posted on 3/8/18 at 3:01 pm to Senior Sidewalker
Posted on 3/8/18 at 3:01 pm to Senior Sidewalker
Dude, you are looking foolish with such a rant.
Anybody with an ounce of intellect, knows that the sec is difficult path period. Our strength of schedule with Bama, LSU, TAMU, etal... will be high regardless. We, like most other SEC teams schedule a few lower tier competitors for a reason, WINS... and to prep for the more difficult match ups. Schedules are made years in advance, when Michigan bought out their game with us, it left us looking for an opponent with an open date that would work with our schedule. Very little was available. We already pay close to a million per to these lower tier programs to play us. It isn't as if Arkansas was the only one doing this.
I for one am thankful that CCM will get an easier path to begin with, since the program is on complete overhaul with change in philosophy, recruiting, coaching staff etc.
all of that to say... DEAL WITH IT!
Anybody with an ounce of intellect, knows that the sec is difficult path period. Our strength of schedule with Bama, LSU, TAMU, etal... will be high regardless. We, like most other SEC teams schedule a few lower tier competitors for a reason, WINS... and to prep for the more difficult match ups. Schedules are made years in advance, when Michigan bought out their game with us, it left us looking for an opponent with an open date that would work with our schedule. Very little was available. We already pay close to a million per to these lower tier programs to play us. It isn't as if Arkansas was the only one doing this.
I for one am thankful that CCM will get an easier path to begin with, since the program is on complete overhaul with change in philosophy, recruiting, coaching staff etc.
all of that to say... DEAL WITH IT!
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Posted on 3/8/18 at 3:14 pm to Razorback Reverend
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Schedules are made years in advance, when Michigan bought out their game with us, it left us looking for an opponent with an open date that would work with our schedule.
Thanks for the history lesson grandpa
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We already pay close to a million per to these lower tier programs to play us
Exactly. Huge waste of money. Especially when we lose to them anyway
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It isn't as if Arkansas was the only one doing this.
Well if they jump off a bridge, we should to. Also, lots of schools mix in a quality opponent or two. Or at least play a shite in state school for some local interest
We play so few quality games in Fayetteville. Why do 20-30% of them have to be shitty?
Posted on 3/8/18 at 3:19 pm to Senior Sidewalker
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We play so few quality games in Fayetteville. Why do 20-30% of them have to be shitty?
This.
Empty stadium is awesome.
Posted on 3/8/18 at 4:38 pm to Senior Sidewalker
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Thanks for the history lesson grandpa
ya welcome, you young green horn, wet behind the ears whipper snapper...
am I doing this right?
Posted on 3/8/18 at 5:01 pm to Senior Sidewalker
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Well if they jump off a bridge, we should to. Also, lots of schools mix in a quality opponent or two. Or at least play a shite in state school for some local interest
This year will be the first time in at least a decade that we haven't played a P5 opponent OOC.
2017 - TCU
2016 - TCU
2015 - Texas Tech
2014 - Texas Tech
2013 - Rutgers
2012 - Rutgers
2011 - Texas A&M
2010 - Texas A&M
2009 - Texas A&M
2008 - Texas
2007 - maybe the last time
2006 - USC
2005 - USC
This post was edited on 3/8/18 at 5:05 pm
Posted on 3/8/18 at 5:16 pm to Senior Sidewalker
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We play so few quality games in Fayetteville. Why do 20-30% of them have to be shitty?
Suck it up and enjoy the games Fayetteville gets because LR is going to be getting at least one marquee opponent for the foreseeable future with our boosters. As piofeet says LR>NWA
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Guess Arkansas couldn't snag one of the opening weekend neutral site games one of the years. :/
Under .500 last five years and coming off a 4-8 season isn’t what the suits look for on opening weekend.
Posted on 3/8/18 at 5:46 pm to Arkansasrazorback
I'm not concerned about the past. If I was, I would be depressed as a Hog fan
Looks like it will be at least 2020 before we do it again, and that will be a loss to Notre Dame
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2018
Eastern Illinois - September 1
@Colorado State - September 8
North Texas - September 15
Tulsa - October 20
2019
Portland State - August 31
Colorado State - September 14
San Jose State - September 21
Western Kentucky - November 9
Looks like it will be at least 2020 before we do it again, and that will be a loss to Notre Dame
Posted on 3/8/18 at 7:51 pm to Senior Sidewalker
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Looks like it will be at least 2020 before we do it again
well yea, because Michigan cancelled our series. I'm not even sure what you're arguing / melting about.
Posted on 3/8/18 at 9:41 pm to Arkansasrazorback
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well yea, because Michigan cancelled our series. I'm not even sure what you're arguing / melting about.
We are, from what I read, playing Western Kentucky on their home court... in basketball.
Western Kentucky coming here for a football game? Well other then Arkansas State we've had damn near every other Sun Belt team here at some point in time.
Going on the road to Western Kentucky isn't a bad deal. Hopefully its something that will give that team some seasoning as far as on the road games.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 11:25 am to Arkansasrazorback
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I'm not even sure what you're arguing / melting about.
I thinks that is more of a reflection on you
Posted on 3/9/18 at 3:41 pm to Arksulli
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Going on the road to Western Kentucky isn't a bad deal. Hopefully its something that will give that team some seasoning as far as on the road games.
It will be when we likely lose that one.
#MizzouWest
Posted on 3/9/18 at 4:56 pm to STLhog
It’s basketball. It’s common to travel with home and home series.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 5:10 pm to RazorHawg
Football too.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 7:02 pm to STLhog
We aren’t going to WKU to play football, only basketball.
Posted on 3/10/18 at 8:40 am to RazorHawg
shite totally misread that.
Alright, I'm solid again, not liquid.
Alright, I'm solid again, not liquid.
Posted on 3/10/18 at 12:29 pm to Arksulli
quote:Western Kentucky is in Confernce USA (C-USA). Comparing C-USA to Sun Belt would be like comparing the NFL to 2A football in Arkansas.
Western Kentucky coming here for a football game? Well other then Arkansas State we've had damn near every other Sun Belt team here at some point in time.
Posted on 3/12/18 at 4:32 am to WonderWartHawg
I don't disagree, but this has been a very weird decade for Hog fans. '10 and '11 were amazingly competitive. '12, '13, and '17 were record breaking bad. And we still could have beaten them last year, I bet. It's a series that would be lopsidedly in our favor.
Posted on 3/12/18 at 4:37 am to Drewbie
We'd have beaten them in '14, '15, and '16 for sure. I honestly think last year could have been a coin toss, but only '13 do I think we would have had a high probability of losing. Keep in mind post-Malzahn and Freeze, Arkansas State has been a fairly middling G5 team. 7 or 8 wins in the SBC, typically. Even in our shittiest year, we were vastly more talented, but the transitional nature of 2013 (and 2012, but that's not Bert) I think would have been too much to overcome
Posted on 3/12/18 at 4:43 am to Arkansasrazorback
Rutgers was technically G5 in 2013, being relegated to the AAC before the B1G picked them back up.
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