Should we run or throw??

ok, i only need 5 questions answered...because those 5 questions will explain why we lost.

First, when it's 4th and 3 - why does D-Mac or Jones NOT have the ball? Instead, it's Casey Dick trying to throw, when we've been running at will all damn game...

Second, when it's 1st and 10 with less than 2 minutes to go and OUR game to freakin' win - why does D-Mac or Jones NOT have the ball? Instead, it's Casey Dick trying to throw, when we've been running at will all damn game...including an 80 TD run earlier in the game!

Third, when it's 2nd and 10 with less than 2 minutes to go and OUR game to freakin' win - why does D-Mac or Jones NOT have the ball? Instead, it's Casey Dick trying to throw, when we've been running at will all damn game...including an 80 TD run earlier in the game!

Fourth, when it's 3rd and 10 with less than 2 minutes to go and OUR game to freakin' win - why does D-Mac or Jones NOT have the ball? Instead, it's Casey Dick trying to throw, when we've been running at will all damn game...including an 80 TD run earlier in the game!

(noticing a pattern?)

AND LASTLY - Fifth, when it's 4th and 10 with less than 2 minutes to go and OUR game to freakin' win - why does D-Mac or Jones NOT have the ball? Instead, it's Casey Dick trying to throw, when we've been running at will all damn game...including an 80 TD run earlier in the game!

I Said What?

What was that I said about being over by the end of the first quarter?

What I meant was that it would be over by the end of the FOURTH quarter...and hopefully Arkansas would be able to pull off a win - even though it should be easy, it might not actually be.

This Weekend

Only 2 games matter this weekend...the Hogs will kill Miss St. It will be ugly, and over by the end of the 1st quarter. I was there and watched it happen in 2003. 52-6 is a real possibility again.

And I honestly think Michigan will beat Ohio State. They're very good. Ohio State is too, but Michigan has to win to get to Number 1. Ohio State has to not lose to stay at Number 1. Strange logic, but I'm using it and saying that Michigan wins...

And if Michigan DOES win...no rematch. Ohio State is ranked #1, playing at home, and has the national title slot potentially riding on the game. I don't care if it's the Detroit Lions coming from Michigan...you can't lose a game of this magnitude AT home and go on to play for a national title.

Hibernation Time for the Grizzlies

Big brew-ha-ha about firing Fratello…I don’t care who the coach is, but here’s what I know: You can’t expect people to pay money to go be put to sleep.

The games aren’t exciting. Even if they were winning, it’s boring. I’ll take my money and go see a movie instead, and put the Grizzlies on the TV in the background while I do something else at the house. And it’s only worse that Fratello refuses to play the young players that might provide some excitement…or at least hope for the future. Seriously, dude, Eddie Jones for 35 minutes and a whole 6 points to show for it? I can score 6 points in 35 minutes just getting fouled.

Make it a product WORTH paying for and people WILL pay for it. Regardless of winning or losing.

And isn’t ironic that Randy Moss is bored playing Oakland…because I get bored Watching him play in Oakland. I don’t know what they expect out there…it’s some haphazard collection of talent thrown together and expected to succeed. Randy Moss will continue to be irrelevant in the NFL and basically useless until he’s with another team.

O.J.’s writing a book based around a “what if” scenario if he HAD killed Nicole and Ron...he’s also writing the book based around the “what if” scenario that somebody cares. Isn’t he still in debt up to his ears to the Goldman family? Here’s hoping he makes enough to pay what he owes them.

Overrated??

I’m not going to argue BCS stuff yet because there’s a LOT of football left to play. But I will say this: It’s hard to call West Virginia overrated as good as they’ve played this season…after beating 8th ranked Georgia in the Sugar Bowl last year.

I don’t know that they (or Rutgers or Louisville) are the 3rd best team in the country, but it’s hard to deny that they’re VERY good. Which should bring the others up to that level considering how they’ve all played each other.

"They wouldn't be undefeated if they were in the SEC - maybe not...but here's what I DO know. Georgia was ranked 8th, playing essentially a home Sugar Bowl game with the Superdome being out of commission...and West Virginia beat them straight up 38-35.

The National Title Picture

Here’s the argument I’m tired of hearing about: Louisville’s freaking schedule. People want to take away credit from Louisville for scheduling Miami “Miami isn’t what it usually is”. Then when you point out they’ve beaten 3 bowl teams – and include a moderately successful Kentucky it’s “well, they didn’t know Kentucky would be good.” You can’t knock a team for beating who they’ve beaten based on the schedule they have vs the schedule they SHOULD have had looking at it on paper at the beginning of the season. It doesn’t much matter either way to be honest, though. Rutgers probably loses to West Virginia anyway and the whole Big East Conference can just shut up.

And yeah, it’s easy to sit here as a Razorback fan and gripe about Auburn STILL being ranked ahead of us in the polls…and it’s a legitimate argument. What’s NOT is griping about how Arkansas isn’t in the National Title picture conversation. We’ve beaten Auburn people. Yeah, it was easily…and it was AT Auburn. But beat Tennessee…and then beat LSU. THEN start having the conversation. We’ll still need to beat Florida in Atlanta to have a reasonable argument about belonging, but don’t even bring up the argument until we close out the season the right way. It’s mighty hard to hold your head up high, pound your chest and crow about being 5-0 in the SEC when the wins are close wins against Vandy and Alabama, a win against South Carolina (which is not a bad win) and win against Ole Miss (that is a bad win – anybody bragging about that needs to be drug out in the street and shot!). Beat the others and we’ll have the conversation, but don’t start the National Title talk just for beating Auburn…because we also got our asses thoroughly beaten by USC.

Election Day!

And with all of this Corker/Ford Jr. crap on the TV and radio and "this guy ran over his mom" and "this guy has sex with chickens" and every other thing they could think of to say about each other...

I have one simple question: Where's Monty Brewster when you need him? None of the above, brother!!

And just for the record...shut up with how great Chicago is.

I think I said 2 or 3 days ago that being a good NFC team doesn't make you a good NFL team. Losing to the freakin' Dolphins?! Please.

And congrats to Mississippi State - you suck, Alabama! Maybe Croom finally heard Vernon's new Cowbells song. Inspired him to do something good. or maybe Bama just sucks.

And if you need more proof the polls suck...Auburn is STILL ranked higher than Arkansas. The Hogs are unbeaten in SEC play...including a 27-10 butt-whipping of Auburn...yet here we are not even in the top 10. Polls suck.

Finally Finished!

Like 3 months after the fact, I finally finished my own Coach O video. Been crazy at work and after watching it, you'll be like "that took THAT long?!" But dangit! I wanted it finished!

http://www.youtube.com/v/txlOreGZ4oo


Whatchoo Gonna Do, Brother? When Coach O rips his shirt off on you?!

A few things on a few things:

The Grizzlies really impressed me last night…after they really frustrated me last night. For the love of Pete, SOMEBODY hit a free throw! But to see this team – this Young team – be down by 19 points with 9 minutes left in the 4th quarter and be able to send it to OT was good to see. And to keep the intensity up through all 3 OT periods was great. Kyle Lowry impressed the heck out me! That guy looks like he’s going to be something in the NBA! Coming from absolutely nowhere to be in the middle of the paint fighting for rebounds almost every time there was one to be had…nice to see that kind of effort. Rudy Gay looked really good, too. Looked a little timid at times – maybe a little unsure of himself or his shot, but other times he looked amazing! And too see the stat boxes filled with names like Gay, Lowry, and Warrick gives a lot of hope that maybe the season won’t be as bad as I originally thought. Of course, it is only one game – and it was the Knicks, so we’ll see in the long run if I should quite so upbeat about a one point triple overtime loss.


“With the 20th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft, the New York Knicks select Renaldo Balkman.” BOOOOOOOO!!! That was the scene at the draft…and after watching him last night…BOOOOOOOO!!! He’s like a one-man wrecking crew out there. Fouling and Hacking and whatnot – I don’t think he could have looked more out of place if he were in a tutu and clown makeup.

And finally...

Enough with how great the Chicago Bears are already!! Yeah, they’re 7-0. And in the NFL there’s something to be said for that – but it’s Arizona’s own fault that Chicago didn’t lose that game. To get to 7-0, they’ve beaten the Packers, Lions, Vikings, Seahawks, Bills, Cardinals, and 49ers. And for the record – those records are 3-4, 1-6, 4-3, 4-3, 2-5, 1-7, and 2-5. 7-0 vs a combined 17-33. Shut up about how good the Bears are! Being a dominant team in the NFC doesn’t make you a good team. It makes you better than the rest of NFC…and you don’t have to be good to better than the rest of the NFC. Just look at New England’s dismantling of Minnesota AT the Metrodome as proof of what a REAL good team can do.