Cornelius
| Favorite team: | Vanderbilt  |
| Location: | 1800s |
| Biography: | |
| Interests: | Shipping, Railroads, Logistics, Philanthropy |
| Occupation: | Industrialist, Robber Baron, Commodore |
| Number of Posts: | 1123 |
| Registered on: | 8/17/2012 |
| Online Status: | Online |
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Since leaving Auburn he has kind of been a petulant child. I feel like he may have been that way before and we didn't care because he was on our team.
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re: Coaching Search Thread
Posted by Cornelius on 10/30/25 at 8:20 am to UltimateHog
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Franklin is reportedly in contract talks with VT.
I think that makes a lot of sense for him.
re: So it’s not Bobby
Posted by Cornelius on 10/29/25 at 10:30 am to dammitbert
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17-15 in the SEC with a Sugar Bowl loss and a Cotton Bowl win, 0 Division titles, 0 conference titles, and 0 national championships. We wouldve needed a 12 team playoff to have a NC shot both years we won 10 or more games.
And by a lot of accounts we had peaked in 2011 and his lackluster recruiting was going to catch up to us.
2010 - 2011 was the peak of Arkansas football in the modern era. Really hard to diminish what Petrino accomplished in those 2 seasons alone. Lost 4 regular season games in 2 seasons, and 3 of those teams played for national championships with 2 winning.
I'll concede that the expectations for the 2012 season may have been exaggerated given a number of factors, but that was still going to be a good football team with plenty of talent on both sides of the ball.
The knock on recruiting is interesting given that Petrino had just signed Jonathan Williams, Keon Hatcher, Darius Philon, Deatrich Wise, and Jeremy Sprinkle, who were all future pros. The 2011 class was also a top 25 class, which is fairly in line with historical metrics.
For an offensive coach who couldn't recruit, Petrino assembled quite the collection of D-line talent that with that 2012 team: Chris Smith, Trey Flowers, Robert Thomas, Alfred Davis, Byran Jones, DeQuinta Jones, with Philon and Wise. It's like he knew that was important or something.
re: Coaching Search Thread
Posted by Cornelius on 10/28/25 at 1:45 pm to ElDawgHawg
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My LSU buddies saying that Franklin to Arkansas gaining traction.
I don't hate it.
Give me a proven winner.
Could do a lot worse than Franklin.
Honestly, some version of Tennessee / Arkansas with Ole Miss third.
Silverfield's record at Memphis got a lot better after Cincinnati, UCF, Houston, and SMU left the AAC.
re: Woman head coach sec
Posted by Cornelius on 10/15/25 at 8:09 am to Jdillard343434
She's ready.
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Additional Wins Vandy
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re: Coaching Search Thread
Posted by Cornelius on 9/30/25 at 4:48 pm to HogPharmer
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That 2022 team should've won 10 games at minimum when you go back and look at them. Wasn't that the year we played LSU in Fayetteville with it snowing where we should've beat them with a backup QB in too?
Yes. I didn't include that game because of the QB situation and LSU was good enough to win the SEC West and finish 10-4.
Though Pittman did pass up a FG early (would have gone up 6-0), in a game where points were at a premium.
re: Coaching Search Thread
Posted by Cornelius on 9/30/25 at 2:32 pm to GoldenSombrero
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Tired of fans and experts talking about NIL and our lack of talent. We have enough talent on the roster to be at minimum 4-1. The D doesn’t look good, but hard to fully evaluate when guys displaying some of the worst effort I’ve ever seen on a football field.
Absolutely right. The NIL excuse is really the lowest common denominator of talking points.
NIL didn't lose:
Auburn - 2021
A&M - 2022
Liberty - 2022
Missouri - 2022
BYU - 2023
Mississippi State - 2023
Oklahoma St. - 2024
Memphis - 2025
Those are probably the most egregious losses considering the caliber of opponent.
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Young, knows the SEC, has won at a high clip at multiple schools, and balances a great defensive background with an innovative offense.
Tulane OC
What's the consensus? PTSD?
re: Phillies drafted Wood. Their AAA team?
Posted by Cornelius on 7/15/25 at 4:02 pm to BennyAndTheInkJets
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ETA: And I don’t know of a single player in the past 10 years or so that has just outright skipped AAA. Skenes pitches 7 games in Indy, Bobby Witt Jr. played half of 2021 in Omaha.
Oddly enough, Benintendi did just that. Probably a few more examples if you look hard enough, but admittedly very rare.
It does feel like many of the high end college picks are bypassing AAA altogether when Caglianone only plays 12 AAA games before he's in the bigs.
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Someone else may have mentioned it but he should have been going to the mound every batter to remind the guys what the plans are and calming them down.
Is this a joke?
Yesterday was a function of not being able to do a job. Arkansas had runners at 2nd and 3rd with either 0 outs or 1 out a total of 4 times yesterday and only scored 1 run. Had the guys you want up too: Aloy, Maxwell (x2), and Kozeal.
Congrats Mr. Wood!
re: The College World Series | Tuesday |
Posted by Cornelius on 6/16/25 at 3:19 pm to Porcine Human
The backfoot HBP...
re: I predict the Hogs to dog walk Murray State today
Posted by Cornelius on 6/16/25 at 11:03 am to Quicksilver
I don't think a DVH-coached team has ever won game 2 of the CWS after losing game 1.
Time to change that today.
Time to change that today.
re: What are the odds that when DVH retires we hire Vitello?
Posted by Cornelius on 6/11/25 at 3:57 pm to CFB_Fanatic
Vitello has to be the first call, and if he picks up, you don't let him off the phone until he says yes.
I hate all of the DVH replacement talk because it means the end is getting near.
I hate all of the DVH replacement talk because it means the end is getting near.
Need more night games. LSU and Arkansas should have been prime time.
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It's baseball. Weird shite happens.
That said, I personally think Vandy got overrated from their late heater and Texas' record didn't match their statistical output.
Georgia just flat out shite the bed. No real explanation there.
Couldn't agree more. Vandy spent exactly 0 weeks ranked as the #1 team in the country and only 2-3 weeks ranked in the top 10. They were a borderline host 4 weeks before the SEC tournament and a borderline top 8 national seed before taking the series in Knoxville.
Considering they hit .264 as a team with putrid power numbers, to say they were overseeded at #1 is an understatement. Still doesn't excuse losing to Wright State, but plenty could see this coming from a mile away.
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