After tonight's showing, Arkansas...

[Sweet Feet]

1. Should start Kelley and let him get a feel. He's not bad, and the sense of disaster isn't as strong as when Allen is in. His mobility doesn't really impress me though

2. Showed a little more aggressiveness on defense. That's a positive.

3. Still in question vs Teams who pass the ball. Bama mainly ran the ball. Arkansas' major weakness is the secondary. Playing vs Ole Miss, Miss St, and Mizzou won't be a cakewalk defensively.

4.Though got blew out, it didn't feel as bad as getting blew out by South Carolina.

[GuvHog]

They should start Kelley and stay with the no huddle offense. They did better without the huddle than with it.

[Roaringboar]

1. Should start Kelley and let him get a feel. He's not bad, and the sense of disaster isn't as strong as when Allen is in. His mobility doesn't really impress me though

2. Showed a little more aggressiveness on defense. That's a positive.

3. Still in question vs Teams who pass the ball. Bama mainly ran the ball. Arkansas' major weakness is the secondary. Playing vs Ole Miss, Miss St, and Mizzou won't be a cakewalk defensively.

4.Though got blew out, it didn't feel as bad as getting blew out by South Carolina.

I would've agreed with #4 if it wasn't for the blown PAT......that just really demolished any hope I had in this game......

[lakecityhog]

It sure seems funny to me that BB FINALLY trots out an O'Line that had they played together in something very close to tonight's lineup could have been at least an average SEC O'Line.

If he had started the season with this O'Line would Allen be so beat down? Would his stats be so bad?

This game to me just proves that Anderson is a total sham and that BB isn't far behind! Rogers played well at center and Wallace was absolutely as good or better than what we have seen all year. And on top of all of that we totally wasted Clary's freshman year!

[Switchback]

It sure seems funny to me that BB FINALLY trots out an O'Line that had they played together in something very close to tonight's lineup could have been at least an average SEC O'Line.

If he had started the season with this O'Line would Allen be so beat down? Would his stats be so bad?

This game to me just proves that Anderson is a total sham and that BB isn't far behind! Rogers played well at center and Wallace was absolutely as good or better than what we have seen all year. And on top of all of that we totally wasted Clary's freshman year!

My guess would be that CBB let KA start his lineup but after the first half of season CBB probably picked it for him.

[31to6]

My guess would be that CBB let KA start his lineup but after the first half of season CBB probably picked it for him.

Or maybe CKA said "If we are all going to get fired anyway, can I at least have a chance to coach the 5 most talented players the rest of the year?"

[Cure]

1. Should start Kelley and let him get a feel. He's not bad, and the sense of disaster isn't as strong as when Allen is in. His mobility doesn't really impress me though

2. Showed a little more aggressiveness on defense. That's a positive.

3. Still in question vs Teams who pass the ball. Bama mainly ran the ball. Arkansas' major weakness is the secondary. Playing vs Ole Miss, Miss St, and Mizzou won't be a cakewalk defensively.

4.Though got blew out, it didn't feel as bad as getting blew out by South Carolina.

Arkansas' major weakness isn't the secondary, it's the offensive line, though they are capable of much more. The secondary is the best unit on the team.

[HognotinMemphis]

1. Should start Kelley and let him get a feel. He's not bad, and the sense of disaster isn't as strong as when Allen is in. His mobility doesn't really impress me though

2. Showed a little more aggressiveness on defense. That's a positive.

3. Still in question vs Teams who pass the ball. Bama mainly ran the ball. Arkansas' major weakness is the secondary. Playing vs Ole Miss, Miss St, and Mizzou won't be a cakewalk defensively.

4.Though got blew out, it didn't feel as bad as getting blew out by South Carolina.

"sense of disaster". That's funny and sad at same time. Perfect phrase that describes what the sensation is as a fan watching Austin Allen at QB. Impending disaster would be another. Sorry for him, but it is the truth.

[HardingHog]

4.Though got blew out, it didn't feel as bad as getting blew out by South Carolina.

I feel like this is the case because with Alabama they just simply felt better than us and beat us straight up. Last week it felt like we didn't know how to play football at times and just gave SC the game (particularly that 3rd quarter)

[Nashville Fan]

After year 5, AR is the worst team in the SEC.

[12247]

We've earned that position.

[HogFoo]

Or maybe CKA said "If we are all going to get fired anyway, can I at least have a chance to coach the 5 most talented players the rest of the year?"

actually it was opposite.  Anderson has been purposely NOT playing guys.  He has had a personal agenda against Wallace in particular.  Bielema basically finally stepped in after watching in practice and asked why weren't the best guys starting. And so we saw the OLine we did tonight, and it's been the best combo so far.  Probably had this OLine combo started the season together, Allen would not be so beat up already, we probably have 1 or 2 more wins as well!  But, at least they finally got OL figured out it seems.  Hopefully we can build from this and win some games.  Either way at this point it's a win win. Either we win enough games for Bielema to keep his job, he fired Anderson at end of season and gets a better OLine coach/recruiter, next season sets up favorably for the Hogs to do well, OR the Hogs don't win enough games for Bielema to keep his job, we get a new coach and he  is able to come in and handle business and get Shiz done!

[Hoggish1]

1. Should start Kelley and let him get a feel. He's not bad, and the sense of disaster isn't as strong as when Allen is in. His mobility doesn't really impress me though

2. Showed a little more aggressiveness on defense. That's a positive.

3. Still in question vs Teams who pass the ball. Bama mainly ran the ball. Arkansas' major weakness is the secondary. Playing vs Ole Miss, Miss St, and Mizzou won't be a cakewalk defensively.

4.Though got blew out, it didn't feel as bad as getting blew out by South Carolina.

1. Kelley is more into the game and is a fighter.  If he doesn't start the rest of the way, there will be nobody in the stands the rest of the way.  Nobody!

2. Yep, we blitzed and it came from all over.  Where has that been?  But it should continue.  If not, there will be nobody in the stands the rest of the way.  Nobody!

3. Bama realized passing for them was a problem.  They stopped doing it when we confused their QB and Saban realized letting the OC continue to do his thing was not working.  Our secondary is not the problem.  We got pressure on Bama and they stopped passing.  If we change our approach, as signaled last night, and apply more disguised pressure the rest of the season, we will take care of the teams your worried about.  If we digress, there will be nobody in the stands the rest of the way.  Nobody!

4. Last night was light years away from the piss poor performance against USCe.  If we don't continue to improve on what we showed last night, there will be nobody in the stands the rest of the way.  Nobody!

[HoopS]

No huddle offense will tire out our own defense plus you gotta be a great runner to make it work.

- Hogville 2007

[hogcard1964]

After year 5, AR is the worst team in the SEC.

We could be worse than Vanderbilt, but we're not as bad as Ole Miss or Missouri.

[Sweet Feet]

I still don't trust our secondary. They haven't shown me much. The freshman QB at TAMU torched us, and NMSU almost had 400 yards. When we play, Ole Miss, Miss St, and Mizzou, we are going to see more pass happy offenses. This has been Arkansas' achilles in past years.

[farmhawg]

Or maybe CKA said "If we are all going to get fired anyway, can I at least have a chance to coach the 5 most talented players the rest of the year?"

Thats more likely. We have seen this same type of player selection for four years. All on brettt at this point.

[Hogmaestro]

Two things:

1. Hogfoo, you have any "inside" intel on your assertion? Because the situation you describe is precisely what I intuited....but I have no inside contacts. I just know the o-line declined the moment Anderson arrived...he has admitted he likes to move people around....he focuses on technique...THEN Bret says at his Monday presser that "you can focus too much on technique....sometimes you just need to be physical." Sure sounds to me like he decided to do what you describe. Please tell if you know that is what happened....
2. I totally disagree that the secondary is the strength. Corner is a strength. Ramirez is playing fairly well...though he is not anywhere all-conference or anything like that. But free safety is THE main weakness of the defense. Liddell and Coley are just not SEC level players. Liddell is an SEC level athlete. No question. But he is a poor tackler. No run support from him at all.

[rzrbkman]

After year 5, AR is the worst team in the SEC.

Year 5 regular season is only half over.

Right now Missouri is 1-5, having giving up 31 or more points in all of their games. They gave up 43 points to 1-5 Missouri St., a team from a lower division. IMO, they are currently the worst team in the SEC

[Athog]

Arkansas' major weakness isn't the secondary, it's the offensive line, though they are capable of much more. The secondary is the best unit on the team.

Agreed!

[Gonzo]

We could be worse than Vanderbilt, but we're not as bad as Ole Miss or Missouri.

Interesting juxtaposition of Vandy and Ole Miss since Vandy just lost by 22 there last night. Nonetheless, the fact that we're all discussing if the Hogs are better than any team in the SEC is pretty sad.

The one (possible) positive I take from last night is maybe some hotel rooms will open up and rates drop for next weekend, hah



Go Hogs!