BenHOGan
| Favorite team: | Arkansas  |
| Location: | Kansas City |
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| Number of Posts: | 1775 |
| Registered on: | 9/1/2005 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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Masters Question
Posted by BenHOGan on 3/22/17 at 11:20 am
I just learned I will be on the East Coast very near Augusta over Masters weekend with spare time on Saturday and Sunday. Curious if I try to drive over on Saturday morning, what are the odds that someone outside the grounds will be unloading tickets?
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Brandon: Third year starting, senior year, trailing Toledo at home, game winning drive, 4th down, pass clangs off the goalpost. Game over.
Austin: First year starting, first game, trailing LaTech, game winning drive, pass complete to Jeremy Sprinkle FTW. Second game, trailing TCU by 8 on the road, game saving drive, approx 2 minutes to play, throws TD pass to get within 2. Catches 2-pt conversion to send to OT, where he passes for 1 TD and rushes for the game winner.
Obviously nobody can predict the full arc of Austin's Arkansas career, but I'd say the beginning is showing signs of promise.
Austin: First year starting, first game, trailing LaTech, game winning drive, pass complete to Jeremy Sprinkle FTW. Second game, trailing TCU by 8 on the road, game saving drive, approx 2 minutes to play, throws TD pass to get within 2. Catches 2-pt conversion to send to OT, where he passes for 1 TD and rushes for the game winner.
Obviously nobody can predict the full arc of Austin's Arkansas career, but I'd say the beginning is showing signs of promise.
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A heavy loss to Miami also ended the run of Arkansas being a triple option team.
And one year later if Steve Atwater holds onto that interception in the end zone, Arkansas is playing for the National Championship in the Cotton Bowl. If you want to boil it down to one play, that is the one.
One difference I see is that Bert's been building year on top of year whereas Tubs had success early and was all over the map after a few years. We are still seeing some WTF performances, but this year the WTF is why LAT is within 1 point of us, rather than why is Toledo beating us? The talent and stability have improved from year to year. We still haven't seen 2016 pan out, so maybe a step backwards is still to come, but by all indications, each year has been an incremental step forward.
Swearin' and Losin'
re: Rising from the ashes, Mizzou wins 8 or 9 games this year.
Posted by BenHOGan on 6/28/16 at 3:16 pm to Remote Controlled
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Mizzou wins 8 or 9 games this year.
In basketball.
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The truth is that Arkansas was a fluke play away from losing to Ole Miss and a play away from losing to Auburn at home. Had just two plays gone differently, Arkansas would have been 5-7 and sitting at home during bowl season. Sure there were some close losses (Texas A&M, Toledo, etc.), but if Bert's team were truly "on the rise" I don't think there would be so many close games against very mediocre competition.
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Four of Auburn's six losses were by 8 points or less.... the only two that weren't were against LSU (blowout) and Alabama... and even in that game, Alabama was up 9 until they scored a TD with 26 seconds left in the game.
So.... you're telling us that close losses are more impressive than close wins? Interesting concept.
re: So who's baseball signing class is getting roughed up by the draft?
Posted by BenHOGan on 6/10/16 at 3:05 pm to CtotheVrzrbck
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I'm and old stick in the mud. I prefer sports to work similar to the real world.
Go to college, hone your craft/trade for 3 years, if you're a top candidate go early after Jr. year and make your money.
The thing about baseball - particularly pitchers - is that we are learning, generally speaking, an arm has a set number of pitches in it. A top pitching prospect like Riley Pint who is hitting 100mph as an 18 year old is probably better spent going straight into a minor league system, getting his pitches in, and getting to the big leagues with the fewest number of pitches on that arm as possible. Unlike the other sports, baseball has the minor leagues that provide the ideal environment to hone their craft. If a kid goes to college for 3 years and puts all those throws on that arm there, and then is drafted after his junior year, and then starts out in the minors, he's got that many more throws on his arm before he hits the bigs.
re: What is the most hated piece of your team's memorabilia that you own?
Posted by BenHOGan on 2/18/16 at 11:41 am to RolltidePA
I used to have a ticket stub from the 1991 basketball game between Arkansas and UNLV game and it was signed by Walter Payton who was in attendance. Lost it in one of my many moves.
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What is the most hated piece of your team's memorabilia that you own
From my team, I have a signed Bobby Petrino football and a signed photo of my son on the sidelines from BMFP as well. I don't hate them at all. Just find them humorous now.
As for memorabilia I own from other teams, I have a signed flag from a golf course when I played in a tournament in Memphis. Phil Fulmer, Bruce Pearl and Pat Summit were all there, and they signed my pin flag. I've got no use for that piece of garbage. Thought about selling it on ebay but really...why go through the trouble?
re: Is Mike Anderson in trouble?
Posted by BenHOGan on 2/18/16 at 10:17 am to Monticello
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Arkansas and Anderson seemed like the perfect fit. What happened Arky fans? Did he get lazy?
He's just never been much of a recruiter. That system is entertaining, but it only really wins when the talent is considerably better than the opponents. It's not the type of system where undermanned folks can scheme their way to wins against better players. The big problem I see is that MA has not been able to teach defense and get his players to play that ferocious defense that Nolan's teams did. There were times when Nolan's teams could spring an upset against superior talent just by being ferocious on defense. However, with hand checking being called more closely and the rules favoring offense at every turn, I don't see this form of basketball being effective anymore. As one of MA's biggest supporters, I have been forced to admit that he's just not getting it done and I don't see any changes in sight. Today's game is all about landing top talent, and it's not happening. Gotta make a change and then make a big splash of a hire which is a very tall order. However, that change won't happen until at least the end of the 2016-2017 season. Regardless of the finish this year, he's going to get next year.
NC, Miami, Ole Miss are all good. Power 5 conference schools will never receive significant punishment again - even the insignificant ones like OM. As part of those conferences, they are just too essential to the money-generating machine that the NCAA doesn't want to smack them too hard. It doesn't serve their primary interest, which is getting money, to make examples out of Power 5 schools. Now, if you're Wichita State or Tulsa and you step out of line, watch out. Other than that, I am reminded of the words of the late Jerry Tarkanian who said, "The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky, it's going to give Cleveland State two more years' probation."
re: First Game You Remember Attending?
Posted by BenHOGan on 2/9/16 at 9:13 am to MartyMoose09
Jan. 2, 1978 Orange Bowl. Arkansas vs Oklahoma. OU was such a huge favorite after our starting 2 tailbacks got suspended that Vegas took the game off the board. Arkansas absolutely dominated every phase of the game, winning 31-6 behind a then-Orange Bowl record 205 yards on 22 carries by third string tailback Roland Sales.
re: Favorite SEC Campus
Posted by BenHOGan on 2/4/16 at 11:02 am to AllbyMyRelf
Of the ones outside of Fayetteville I've visited, they are in order (and I'm interpreting the question as campus - not college town):
LSU - love the red tile roofs and uniformity and old moss trees
UGA
Vandy
Ol Mis
UTK
LSU - love the red tile roofs and uniformity and old moss trees
UGA
Vandy
Ol Mis
UTK
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Utah is one of the prettiest places I've seen. I'd still not like to live there because it's too far from NaClH2O.
Techinically, isn't there a big ol' city in Utah named Salt Lake City? Sits right next to the "Great Salt Lake"??
re: Sorry again guys. Big Herb has spoken and all is well.
Posted by BenHOGan on 1/29/16 at 3:57 pm to sorantable
And the English language just died a little bit more with every tweet.
re: Poll: Who's Punishments Will Be More Severe? Ole Miss or UNC
Posted by BenHOGan on 1/29/16 at 3:09 pm to FishFearMe
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Yeah, Ole Spice is a money machine. Get ready, 75% of the country has wanted to see the SEC busted, and Ole Spice will be the sacrifice
Nah. They are part of the SEC Cartel. As such, they are insulated. Because they are a P5 team, regardless of how insignificant, they are fine. It's the Georgia Southerns of the world that better be scared.
re: Poll: Who's Punishments Will Be More Severe? Ole Miss or UNC
Posted by BenHOGan on 1/29/16 at 2:45 pm to CockInYourEar
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Who's Punishments Will Be More Severe? Ole Miss or UNC
The correct answer is Stephen F. Austin.
I remember Jerry Tarkanian saying when Kentucky got caught committing multiple major violations...."The NCAA is so mad at Kentucky, they're going to give Cleveland State another year of probation."
The NCAA is not in the business of punishing their money-making programs.
I miss Wayne Madkin.
re: Which Alternate Channels Did You Watch?
Posted by BenHOGan on 1/12/16 at 10:29 am to Roses of Crimson
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Those "film rooms" don't need but maybe 2 people hosting it so there aren't 5 people talking at once
The best one I can remember was a few years back and it had Tebow and maybe Manziel the year he beat Bama and won the heisman. I think the best formula is to have someone on there who had gameplanned against both teams during the year and can see things on the field that they had scouted.
Last night I remember Bert saying that they could key on Henry's depth in the backfield to tell if he was getting the ball on a play of if he was blocking for a pass.
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