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re: In honor of Arky week, let's look back on what would have been

Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:04 am to
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
13801 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:04 am to
Jeff Long ruined the entire culture at Arkansas. They're never coming back from his tenure and subsequent hires.
Posted by Arkapigdiesel
Faulkner County
Member since Jun 2009
14688 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:13 am to
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That game also brought us this classic moment.

The full context of why Petrino was mad is because Miles kept throwing the ball late in the game in order to run up the score. Petrino was fricking pissed about it. The previous year, we mercy kneed LSU instead of punching it in late.


Posted by Jaydeaux
Covington
Member since May 2005
19204 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:17 am to
bullshite he could have survived. They had to fire his arse for unfair hiring practices. That’s what got him. I think they would have choked on the rest if it weren’t for that. Giving her the job he did was the one thing they couldn’t just hold their noses on.
Posted by ArHog
Gulf Coast
Member since Jan 2008
37139 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:23 am to
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I thought he would do the same at Arkansas and that he would create a punishing running attack that the SEC was seemingly trying to move away from. That didn’t happen though and I’m not quite sure why.


He ended up being a slobbering drunken fool.
Posted by sugatowng
Look at my bling Bitches
Member since Nov 2006
25421 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:47 am to
I was there.

Thanks for the early morning depression dick!
Posted by Dratini
Member since Aug 2023
541 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:52 am to
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Thanks for the early morning depression dick!





That sounds like shite
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
86579 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 7:58 am to
Looking forward to :mercyknee: Arky on Saturday

For you my friend
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
68699 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 8:02 am to
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It's really hard to beat teams of that caliber twice in a season.



it's even harder when you basically run the same offensive scheme you did 5 weeks before that produced 9 pts.
Posted by Lord of the Hogs
Member since Sep 2023
3570 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 9:03 am to
Bielema was a drunk that would go off to Vegas instead of recruiting with his coaches (main reason Pittman left). He did give us a strong running game but it always comes back to Arkansas being at such a huge talent deficiency compared to most other SEC teams.
Posted by Lord of the Hogs
Member since Sep 2023
3570 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 9:05 am to
Man, to hell with LSU and their trash arrogant fans. Definitely should’ve ran up the score on them.
This post was edited on 9/20/23 at 9:07 am
Posted by Arkapigdiesel
Faulkner County
Member since Jun 2009
14688 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 9:06 am to
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Looking forward to :mercyknee: Arky on Saturday

I wouldn't doubt it. Your D Line will have our O line pushed 5 yards into our backfield on most plays. Mercy kneeing this team is nothing to brag about.

Our O Line blocking:

This post was edited on 9/20/23 at 9:12 am
Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
25678 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:18 am to
His character, his reputation got him fired.

Stories and rumors of Petrino being rude and disrespectful to people of all walks of life was well known.

He had few allies.

Had he came clean, admit his mistakes instead of lying and trying to sweep it under the run then he would had a better chance of saving his job.

Other coaches have done worse and survived.

But when you're an arse to people like Petrino was then no one will show sympathy or give you another chance when you do wrong.
Posted by MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Member since Jun 2017
15598 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:22 am to
Bama would've played in the SEC title game, not Arkansas.
Posted by piggilicious
Member since Jan 2011
37309 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:22 am to
I ‘member, was at Buffalo Wild Wings of all meh places. I swear we got that lead and then an awesome pop on y’all defensively (actually might have been on a return so special teams - not sure) and I’m thinking boom and then yeah boom it all fell to shite for us.

We had a player die the Sunday before, I suck and can’t even remember his name at this second, so I always gave BP and the guys a pass- not saying we would have won but still a very rough short week.
This post was edited on 9/20/23 at 10:32 am
Posted by MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Member since Jun 2017
15598 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:25 am to
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Honestly they were probably the 3rd best team in the country that year.

After hanging on for dear life against 2-10 Ole Miss?
Posted by TheTideMustRoll
Birmingham, AL
Member since Dec 2009
9618 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:34 am to
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The exact opposite. He had Wisconsin absolutely rolling and in constant contention for rose bowls. And I mean real contention for rose bowls, not simply winning the west contention for rose bowls.

I thought he would do the same at Arkansas and that he would create a punishing running attack that the SEC was seemingly trying to move away from. That didn’t happen though and I’m not quite sure why.



It is waaaaaay easier to win in the B1G West, where Wisconsin's biggest competition is either Iowa (ha ha) or Nebraska (hahahahahahahahahahaha), than in the early-to-mid-2010's SEC West. Both Saban and Miles were winning at that time with punishing ground games and smothering defenses, which was also Bielema's style. Bert was a decent coach but he was never going to beat Saban and Miles at their own game, especially when you consider he was at Arkansas while the other two were at LSU and Alabama. It was a doomed hire from the start.
Posted by MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Member since Jun 2017
15598 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:35 am to
Not only that but one of those Wisconsin teams went 8-6. They played in the B10 title game because both Ohio St and Pedo St weren't allowed to.
Posted by Hawgeye
tFlagship Brothel
Member since Jun 2009
31921 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:50 am to
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Conjecture is conjecture. Arkansas had a solid 2011 squad


2010 Arkansas was probably better than 2011 Arkansas.
Posted by MassHole
Member since Dec 2021
1801 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:53 am to
Which year did we get Reggie Fish-ed?
Posted by Lord of the Hogs
Member since Sep 2023
3570 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 11:30 am to
Dumb take. Highly ranked teams have close wins against bad teams all the time. Try again.
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