When is the last time Arkansas was 5-3 midway through conference?

[batmanfan]

I'm guessing it dates back to at least 99...I'm pretty sure it did not happen during the 2000's decade.

[mathhog]

I'm guessing it dates back to at least 99...I'm pretty sure it did not happen during the 2000's decade.

It was 2008, Pel's first year

We started 6-2.  our schedule was front-easy and back-hard that year.  including @Tenn, @Kent, @OleMiss, @MissState, @Bama.  went 3-5 at the end and finished 9-7, for 2nd place in the west

[thirtythree]

WRONG.  It was 2008

Pel's first year, we started 6-2.

You have to forgive the batman. He has been asleep during the Pel years.

Just kidding bat.

[batmanfan]

Sorry I forgot since we finished so crappy.

I bet the time before it was in the 90's.

[mathhog]

Sorry I forgot since we finished so crappy.

are you illiterate?

let me copy-paste:

We started 6-2.  our schedule was front-easy and back-hard that year.

[hawgsav1]

That has been a microcosm of John Pelphrey's career here.  His first team made some significant improvements in many areas, primarily in turnovers and on offense, but occasionally seemed to regress here and there.  The consistency hasn't been there, and it will be the most important thing Pelphrey can impart to this team and all future teams.  We started off good in conference his first year, and then fell apart at the end of the season.  The same went for last year.  We started off hot, yet fell off after nonconference.  This year, we started horribly, yet have seen some potential to finish strong.  Who would have known?

[Hoggish1]

Never mind that  We have never won four in a row in this conference.

[swinesation]

I'm guessing it dates back to at least 99...I'm pretty sure it did not happen during the 2000's decade.

I'm kinda surprised you would even show your face in here.

[Jborohog09]

Sorry I forgot since we finished so crappy.

I bet the time before it was in the 90's.

23-12 with a tourney win isn't what I'd call crappy.

[rzrbackrob]

http://www.hogville.net/yabbse/index.php?topic=293293.0

[batmanfan]

are you illiterate?

let me copy-paste:

Yes we finished crappy. 3-5 is a crappy finish no matter how you spin it.  How is that not crappy Mr.Excuse maker?

Are you a re-tard?  Just asking.

BAT

[Breems]

I'm kinda surprised you would even show your face in here.

I really like the fact that Batmanfan still shows up in Hogville and posts congratulations to the team after wins, even if he doesn't like Pelphrey.

[HognotinMemphis]

That has been a microcosm of John Pelphrey's career here.  His first team made some significant improvements in many areas, primarily in turnovers and on offense, but occasionally seemed to regress here and there.  The consistency hasn't been there, and it will be the most important thing Pelphrey can impart to this team and all future teams.  We started off good in conference his first year, and then fell apart at the end of the season.  The same went for last year.  We started off hot, yet fell off after nonconference.  This year, we started horribly, yet have seen some potential to finish strong.  Who would have known?

This reminds me of a former Arkansas football coach and is more descriptive of him than it is of Pelphrey.

[psychejelly]

Yes we finished crappy. 3-5 is a crappy finish no matter how you spin it.  How is that not crappy Mr.Excuse maker?

Are you a re-tard?  Just asking.

BAT

Yes, because 3-5 is how the season ended.  Oh, not including reaching the finals of the SECT.  Or beating Indiana in the first round.

But why would anyone count anything that happens after the SEC conference schedule?  Those people are riDICulous!

[RedSatinHog]

I'm guessing it dates back to at least 99...I'm pretty sure it did not happen during the 2000's decade.

Much to your chagrin, we were 6-2 midway thru the conference schedule in Pel's first year.  The same team was 3-5 at the midway point a year earlier.

[RedSatinHog]

I really like the fact that Batmanfan still shows up in Hogville and posts congratulations to the team after wins, even if he doesn't like Pelphrey.

Don't kid yourself.  He posted up last summer that he hoped the team would lose every game this year so that Pelphrey would get fired.

Any congratulations he can offer the team at this point are meainingless and hollow. 

[ErieHog]

Yes we finished crappy. 3-5 is a crappy finish no matter how you spin it.  How is that not crappy Mr.Excuse maker?

Are you a re-tard?  Just asking.

BAT

3-5 reminds me an awful lot of a successful football season, by the current  standards.

[hawgsav1]

3-5 reminds me an awful lot of a successful football season, by the current  standards.

Considering that we went 2-6 the year before, I consider 3-5 an improvement.  The year before we finished 3-5 in Pelphrey's first year, we were 7-9 in conference and made the tournament.  We had a solid team coming back in Pelphrey's first year, one that was favored to win the west.

[ErieHog]

Considering that we went 2-6 the year before, I consider 3-5 an improvement.  The year before we finished 3-5 in Pelphrey's first year, we were 7-9 in conference and made the tournament.  We had a solid team coming back in Pelphrey's first year, one that was favored to win the west.

Actually, no.  We weren't favored to win the West.   Missisippi State was a majority pick of sportswriters to win the West during SEC Media days following on their Sweet 16 appearance the previous season, despite our higher overall rank by the polls.

[Tomhog™]

3-5 reminds me an awful lot of a successful football season, by the current  standards.

And those standards are being raised by the year.  3-5 in 2010 would be a HUGE disappointment.