I haven’t had much time this week and thus have neglected to post about the trip to Razorback stadium last weekend. I had a pretty good time. We had great seats, and I enjoyed watching a live college game for the first time in years. And by years, I mean at least 11 years. It was a great game if you enjoy watching Arkansas score lots of touchdowns. In fact, they scored on their first play from scrimmage, and it was pretty much over at that point. Even though the Hogs were ahead 42-0 at the half, we stayed through the end of the 3rd quarter. As the 4th began, and with the score at 63-7 (which would be the final), we made our way to out of the stadium. It was a fun afternoon, and we now want to try to start attending some of the games every year. Hopefully, some more intersting games against real opponents.
A view from our seats at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville last weekend.
Next up tomorrow is Ole Miss. I haven’t seen Ole Miss play this year, other than catching the last couple of minutes and overtime of last weeks game against Alabama. As for common opponents, they’ve beaten Vanderbilt and came close against Alabama, so it’s hard to tell, I guess. I think, playing at home, Arkansas shouldn’t have too much trouble with them, but it seems this year, you can’t count on much of anything in college football. So, I’ll be watching tomorrow morning to see how they finish.
One other game I’ll be interested to see tomorrow is the Tennessee/Alabama game. At Knoxville, I can’t see Tennesee having too much trouble with Alabama. I doubt it will be a blowout, but I see Tennessee winning without too much difficulty. I think Tennessee’s two remaining tests will be at South Carolina and at Arkansas. I think they’ll win their home games, including against LSU, without much trouble. However, I just can’t see Tennessee winning the East due to the fact that Florida should win out. Georgia, Vanderbilt and South Carolina remain on their schedule, and I can’t see them losing to any of those teams. I think Florida coasts to the SEC championship game.
Who they will face will depend largely on Arkansas’ preformance the rest of the year. Assuming they beat Ole Miss tomorrow (and MSU later this season), they will need at least 1 win in their 3 games with South Carolina (road), Tennessee and LSU (all games which they can win.) And, if Auburn wins out, they would need 2 wins. Auburn has to go to Ole Miss and Alabama, and based on what I’ve seen from Auburn (they have scored just 2 offensive touchdowns in their games against LSU, Arkansas and Florida, including ZERO against Florida), they could still lose either of those games. They wouldn’t even have wins over LSU or Florida if those teams didn’t shoot themselves in the foot multiple times. Nevertheless, I figure they’ll get by Ole Miss, and while I think they’re better than Alabama, this might be the year Alabama finally stops the Auburn winning streak in the Iron Bowl. I’m not willing to count on Alabama, so I want Arkansas to beat South Carolina first, and if they do that, I say they go to the championship game. Even if they lose to Tennessee - which is their most difficult game remaining, I still believe they will beat LSU, who will be out of the race by then. But it all starts tomorrow. They simply cannot lose to Ole Miss.