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Yes sunshine pumpers, your thread title says it all. Arkansas is not better then most people think. They are horrible, have no depth( which is why we pulled away). They are a bad team period. They maybe ranked 26th nationally in team talent, but that still bottom 2 or 3 in conference. No excuse for our offensive performance.
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Dang...
There are a ton of people that know A LOT more about football, and sports in general, than I do.
From one game, they can decipher just how good, how bad, how talented, how well coached, how prepared, and what the rest of the year will look like...
I was under the impression than there are about 371 variables that determine the results of a game, and that's before the 'rona...
The best computers in the world try to simulate this stuff using every possible variable they can enter, and even then they get 1000's of different results everytime...
The absolutes being driven home this week HAVE to be coming from athletic geniuses like the world has never seen...
ITS. ONE. GAME.
UGA was horrible in the first half, especially the first quarter. No excuses.
On another note, Arkansas looked better than I expected. If I'm an Arkansas fan, I'm optimistic about the future.
Newsflash, both of the above statements can be true at the same time. You're arguing your position waaaaay too hard.
Bama and Florida both played teams with less talent (according to 247) and won by fewer points.
Doesn't mean Arkansas was good, but it's definitely possible there are more than a few teams worse than them. Especially w/ Briles and Odom as their coordinators.
Arkansas didn't have Felipe Franks last year; clearly, they are better.
If that's the case, I'm hoping it's 9-2
I think the initial point is a very good one: Arkansas does have some talent, and they have very talented coaches this year. Odom has had good defenses wherever he went. Pittman, we don't need to discuss. Tex did say he wasn't selling them being great, only that they were probably better than last year's stats indicate.
You can have more talent and still be a garbage team which Arkansas has been for the last 2 to 3 years (far more so than either Missouri or Ole Miss have been). I don't think too much weight should attributed to that data point especially when it doesn't appear to account for how that talent is distributed across the roster. Arkansas may have more talent than Ole Miss but would you rather have the trio of Matt Corral, Jerrion Ealy, and Elijah Moore than anything Arkansas put out there? Frankly, Corral and Ealy compare favorably to anything we have on our roster...and Moore paired with Pickens would have made an elite 1, 2 punch. There is actually a very intriguing what if because Moore was committed to us and we essentially chose Fields over Corral and ultimately ended up with neither long term. You had a team that struggled to defeat a D2 school last season, hasn't won a SEC game in over two years, and is completely overhauling its entire offense and defense during a pandemic shortened preseason with a QB we have clowned for the past three years. We shouldn't get a star for having the largest win margin against them...it should have been higher and the fact we had to struggle to get it and barely cover (depending on the line you got) is a problem.
Even if you don't want to put much weight on the the team talent data point, that's fine. But handpicking three players to try to prove a point about an overall team isn't the best data point either.
Bama also pulled away in the first half like they were suppose to and played back ups the whole second half. If they keep their starters in, they could have made the score whatever they wanted it to be. Y’all coming up with this little spot on sunshine to make you feel better about our win going to lead you to a huge let down.
Since when has Franks been a player that makes any team better.
And quitting on Chad Morris last year has to be mentioned.
I'll just suggest you took this in a direction never intended.
Arkansas will not win the SEC East.
Arkansas may not win a game. But from what I saw and based on their roster... If I were an Arkansas fan.....I'd be disappointed if the Hogs didn't win 3 games.
That's hardly making them a good team. But it's certainly better than losing the last 20 conference games. That should not have happened.
And yes..... Georgia played poorly in the first half. No excuses. But a reasonable and moderately knowledgeable football fan understands there are reasons.
And you suggested that these so called sunshine pumpers will be let down......maybe...but at least we'll find something to enjoy along the way.
Wednesday afternoon and you still seem upset about a 27 point victory. I think I'd rather be a sunshine pumper.
Go Dawgs
I was being sarcastic, although, I would bet Franks is better than whoever their QB was last year.
Nobody is doing that.
Everybody gets it. Everybody watched the first half.
All Dawg Fans are concerned about our offense.
All Dawgs worth their salt celebrate all wins even wins over teams like Nick State where we were favored by a million points and lucky to squeak out a by the skin of our teeth win. I was there so I know how that one felt. There wasn't anyone leaving that stadium who didn't know we were outplayed by Nick State. There wasn't a Dawg who wasn't glad we won anyway. We're very glad to have beaten Arkansas even though we had a lousy start on offense. We think maybe Arkansas might be better than some teams. Nobody isn't concerned about our offense unless they slept through the first half. Nobody thinks Arkansas will win the SEC.
Our offense will be a lot better when Auburn arrives. If that's sunshine pumping so be it.
Go, Dawgs!