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Arkansas is better than what most people believe.
Georgia obviously didn't play well in the first half.. but ended up having the largest margin of victory in the conference.
Arkansas has now lost 20 straight conference games.....but why is that? I'll argue that over the past 2 seasons......Arkansas may have been the worst coached team in the country.
I believe Pittman, Odom and Briles will correct that. Arkansas played us hard......and they may turn out to be better than we think.
Per 247 (if we believe the rankings)....Arkansas has the 26th most talented roster in the country. And that's out of 130 teams.
Bama beat the 47th best Roster
Florida beat the 30th best roster
TAMU beat the 55th best roster
Auburn beat the 27th best roster
Tenn beat the 21st best roster
And LSU lost to the 23rd best roster.
My point isn't to make Arkansas one of the best victories in Georgia history. Obviously Arkansas has much to overcome. But they are better than many think..... and Stetson didn't have success against an untalented team.
Arkansas has some really good players. And hopefully Coach Pittman can do more with them than the prior regime.
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Coach Pittman made homerun hires with Briles and Odom. They will get better.
Good info Tex...I think they may win 2 or 3 games.
Yeah that defense Odom dialed up was worlds better than whatever Morris was running last season. Time will tell, but I think this is the smart take.
Art Briles was one of the brightest offensive minds ever, and Kendall worked with Taggart & Kiffin.
Kendall will get a HC job soon, and I guarantee you his teams will always have a top offense. Next Lincoln Riley.
Great post Tex! I agree that Arkansas played better than where they're ranked and punched above their weight given the deficiency in talent. I also agree Pittman, Odom and Briles will have those boys ready to play every week. He just needs three solid classes under his belt to improve the talent and depth.
I hope you're right Tex. I was always a fan of Barry Odom as a head coach, he got the most out of what he had.
I agree with the OP. Of course, I'm a kinda sorta closet Hogs fan when they're not playing the Dawgs!
They looked pretty decent to me. Wouldn't it be fun if they beat some so called good teams like Florida. No, I have zero idea they play Florida, but you know me. I'm the guy who watches the Florida Tennessee game hoping for a tie. Believing it can happen. I love when Tennessee fans kiss their sister.
As they say on any given Saturday in the SEC anything can happen.
Go, Dawgs!
I think Arkansas could beat A&M, LSU, Mizzou, Miss St, Ole Miss, Tennessee.
Gonna come down to Franks consistency.
I loved how Arkansas offense put us in a ton of responsibility conflicts.
They only got us to bust 1 time, but we have the top defense in the country, I see Arkansas putting up 25-30 a game in the SEC which is awesome for an all-SEC slate.
If they win in Starkville this week would you reconsider that number?
Pulling for them to go 9-1......
Sam’s starting lineup is not that bad but he doesn’t have the depth yet. Good group of coaches at Arkansas they will definitely get better with time.
I think last years quit on Chad Morris. Pitt Boss is his opposite, hired a former HC in Odom and a future HC in Briles. When we look back on the season we will know more.
I'm no expert, but I'm glad someone else thinks Arkansas is better than anyone expected.
I watched most of the AU/UK game, and UK played tough in the first half, but it looked like they just gave up after they failed to score at the end of the 1st half. The offense looked lost in the 2nd half...they could have made it much closer.
I think Arkansas will surprise some teams.
Until they tuckered out, the hog defense sure didn't spread out any rose petals for the ground game, especially up the middle.
I attributed a lot of that to Pittman and his knowledge of our OL and his OL coaching.