Arksulli

This will sound a bit odd... but Starkville is a good choice. It is a doable one day drive for you. The game environment should be great and at the end of the day you'll be sleeping in your own bed from most of Alabama.

Not an easy schedule, but should be a manageable one. We should have a good record when it comes to seeding for the Big Dance.

One thing Indiana proved beyond a doubt is that line play determines a lot of how your team will do. Going into this year, for Arkansas as an example, I can say we are a solid "hell if I know."

Missouri looks decent this year, but with some extra features. Mobile left handed QB changes how you design blocking schemes as an example. Could it work? Obviously it can. Drink is good at adjusting to his talent.

There is no shame in coming out and saying that Walmart (an Arkansas based company) saved the Missouri economy after St. Louis went down the crapper.

I love Mizzou. Wonderful state. No shame in admitting that our annual rivalry should be the Battle for the Golden Shopping Cart.

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For what it's worth, Bilemma should've never left Wisconsin.
Took them to 2 or 3 straight Rose Bowls I believe.

Love of money is the root of most evils.

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If you will pardon a phrase that fits Arkansas at that time... Bert thought he was cutting a fat hog in the arse. You aren't just getting a loaded roster, you are getting a really loaded roster.

And he wasn't. John L. Smith wasn't either though the nervous breakdown made things even worse. For his great many skills Petrino had a nasty tendency, displayed at every school he was head coach, to recruit lopsided rosters that fell apart after a while.

In a way Bobby Petrino was a less folksy Lou Holtz. We remember the great seasons, we tend to forget the years he coasted on his laurels.

Bert did build a solid Arkansas team... and then his alcoholism destroyed all that. Bert needed to fail at Arkansas to develop into a more solid human being. I just wish it hadn't been us who had to pay the price for that.

A loss to what looks to be an awful Clemson team would take the wind out of the sails. I suspect if they don't get too many other losses along the way Kiffy's approval will be fine.

Regardless losing to a good team would just generate some grumbles. Lane has to make damn sure he doesn't lose to a bottom dweller. Drop that late November game to Arkansas, as an example, and the pitchforks come out for a few weeks.

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Petrino was hired more than just that. He was hired to save Pittman in which he failed. But when it was his time to shine after Pittman was fired, he failed miserably.

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It is worth noting that the two HCs who hired Petrino to save their jobs were both shite canned.

A steady coach is a good thing. Arkansas has had John L. Smith having a nervous breakdown, Bert getting drunk, Chad Morris as a panic hire, and a career position coach as a second panic hire.

Steady sounds damn good here at the moment.

Drink is a more steady Houston Nutt. The highs aren't as high in conference play, but they are nowhere near as low.

Drink also tends to hold serve in OOC games. Yes, he lost to Army a few years ago but that Army team could have knocked off half the SEC that season. Nothing worse than facing a red hot triple option team in the bowl season when they've had time to throw in some extra tricks.

Winning 6-9 games a season guaranteed doesn't sound too bad, especially when you have a 10+ game season thrown in the mix every now and then.

Missouri will be who they usually are. A better than average SEC team that every few years does poorly and every few years does fantastic.

Trust me, it beats being a below average SEC team, which is where Arkansas has been stuck for a while.