Razorbacks 2013-14 Season Predictions

[Hogmeier]

I'm going into each game with the hope of winning them all! I'm sure I'll be disappointed with some games....but not as much as people think. WPS!!

[hogwild6700]

I don't know why but I like our chances against A&M at home better than our chances against Rutgers in Jersey.

[PorkSoda]

Texas A&M    
Florida
South Carolina
Alabama

above are our first 4 SEC games.  what are the chances that we start 0-4 in the SEC?  I think think chances are pretty high that we do.  Certainly wont be a glamorous beginning to the BB Era, but the rest of the SEC isn't just going to roll over for him.  If we go 2-2 to start the SEC I'll be pretty stoked.

[kimjongsqUeAl]

8-4

[bennyl08]

Texas A&M    
Florida
South Carolina
Alabama

above are our first 4 SEC games.  what are the chances that we start 0-4 in the SEC?  I think think chances are pretty high that we do.  Certainly wont be a glamorous beginning to the BB Era, but the rest of the SEC isn't just going to roll over for him.  If we go 2-2 to start the SEC I'll be pretty stoked.

1-3 is more likely than 0-4 which is more likely than 2-2. I think we beat the aggies next season at their place, but we give them a solid fight and scare this season. SC just loses way too much on defense and they have less talent returning on offense than we do. Factor in the location, and I like our chances. They have had their 15 minutes...

[sportster365]

I'm starting to take on the Bielema approach. We just aren't here to play against Alabama, but beat Alabama. I mean if we manage to win our first 4 games against some sub-par non-conference opponents and then only muster up 2 conference wins. Do we really deserve to go bowling?? Would that seriously be looked at as successful year?? Out of 8 conference games only 2 wins?? I mean we're not just expecting to roll over and hand out Ws are we? Games are still played on the field and I feel our guys have just a good of a chance as anyone else does. I know this is a rebuilding year, but we can't just be satisfied with accepting a 2-8 conference record can we?

[Biggus Piggus]

In this laughably premature exercise, I'll take

W - La-La, Samford, Southern Miss, Auburn, Mississippi State.

So I got 5-7.

[PorkSoda]

I'm starting to take on the Bielema approach. We just aren't here to play against Alabama, but beat Alabama. I mean if we manage to win our first 4 games against some sub-par non-conference opponents and then only muster up 2 conference wins. Do we really deserve to go bowling?? Would that seriously be looked at as successful year?? Out of 8 conference games only 2 wins?? I mean we're not just expecting to roll over and hand out Ws are we? Games are still played on the field and I feel our guys have just a good of a chance as anyone else does. I know this is a rebuilding year, but we can't just be satisfied with accepting a 2-8 conference record can we?

Petrino was 5-7 his first year and very close to 3-9.  Other teams aren't just going to handover wins to us.  Everyone in the SEC is improving and we are starting out at the bottom. 

I'm holding out hope for a 7 win season, but its going to take time to get to the 9-10 win mark.

[DeltaBoy]

I see it 8-4 (9-4 with Bowl win).

UL Lafayette - Samford - Southern Miss - All Wins. (3-0)

Rutgers - Relatively close but a Hog win (4-0)

Texas A&M-  If this game was played in Dallas or College Station it'd be an Aggie win going away but it's not. It's in DWRRS so Aggies bareley escape (4-1)

Florida - In Gainsville?? No Chance (4-2)

South Carolina - Lattimore is Gone and although Clowney is back, they lose some other good players. Hogs win at Home. (5-2)

Alabama - I would love a win here but it isn't happening in Tuscaloosa. (5-3)

Auburn - With the exception being when the Tigers had a freak at QB, the Hogs have taken Malshan's offense apart. Hogs win. (6-3)

Ole Miss - Hogs win comfortably (7-3)

Miss. State - Hogs win comfortably (8-3)

LSU - It's been hard for the Hogs to win in Baton Rouge. Tigers in a close one (8-4)

Bowl game - Win (9-4)

I agree with Gov on this one.

[LZH]

I agree if we still had a veteran offense.  We are very inexperienced at all the offensive positions.

I'm going with 5-7 or 6-6. It all depends on the Rutgers game for me which is in their home.

A strong emphasis on running the ball will allow inexperienced linemen to perform well.  Pass blocking schemes are what young guys have problems with.  If these coaches are the teachers I think they are, I don't think 7 or even 8 wins is out of the question.  Having said that, we'd better be able to convert 3rd downs or .500 is probably gonna be a stretch.

[hogsanity]

I only see 3 games you can put down as " should " wins.  Ull, So mIss, and Samford. 

Rutgers, 1st road game for an inexperienced Qb in a new system.  Not a gimmee by any means.

Not one SEC game you can even say, at this point, the Hogs will be favored in.  Best chances for a SEC win are Aub and MSU at home.   MSU could be an absolute smoking hole by the time they roll into LR.   Aub is kind of in the same boat as the Hogs.  New coach, coming off a bad year.  SC is at home, which helps, but their D is really, really good.  Bama, FLA, LSU on the road, you can write them off.  Win any of those and it would be a HUGE upset.

3-1 in the OCC, 2-6 in the SEC.  5-7 overall.  Hope I am wrong, but looking at all the hogs lost, especially on Offense, and the schedule, it is hard to see more than 5 wins. Good thing is 6-6 would get them to post season, which would give them 15 more practices, that would be very valuable to a young team.

[GuvHog]

You can't honestly believe this? Oh wait, you're GUV.

You think we are going to walk into Ole Miss and just "win comfortably?" LOL!

Yes I do. Most of the players on that team are Hooty's recruits. Freeze hasn't been there long enough to rebuild and straighten out the mess Hooty left him. IMHO Ole Miss will start feeling the impact of Freeze's coaching and recruiting in his 3rd year which will be the 2014 season.

[Fayettechill14]

You can't honestly believe this? Oh wait, you're GUV.

You think we are going to walk into Ole Miss and just "win comfortably?" LOL!

Ole Miss went 6-6 (3-5 SEC) in a year in which Arkansas, Auburn, and even Kentucky were uncharacteristically down. If 2012 was 2011, this same Ole Miss team would go 4-8 (1-7) losing to Auburn and Arkansas, and if it was 2010, they *could* have gone 3-9, losing to Kentucky as well.

Color me unimpressed. Freeze may pass MSU out of the West cellar, but that's all he's getting.

[sportster365]

Ole Miss went 6-6 (3-5 SEC) in a year in which Arkansas, Auburn, and even Kentucky were uncharacteristically down. If 2012 was 2011, this same Ole Miss team would go 4-8 (1-7) losing to Auburn and Arkansas, and if it was 2010, they *could* have gone 3-9, losing to Kentucky as well.

Color me unimpressed. Freeze may pass MSU out of the West cellar, but that's all he's getting.

That's a good observation, but you gotta give it to them, they were competitive in some of the games they lost to good teams. They lost to A&M by 3 in a game they should have won. They lost to Vandy by 1 and to LSU in Baton Rouge by 6. This is a team that went 0-8 in the SEC the prior year to that and he managed to cap off the season at 7-5. Not even Petrino or Sabin were able to do that in their first years at Arkansas and Alabama.

[cosmodrum]

We win the first 3, maybe Auburn, maybe MSU.

Best we're gonna do is 5-7, I think. I don't think we win a road game. If we do, it's at Rutgers. Auburn will be tough, too. I think getting them at home will help, but they are much more talented than us across the board, and Gus isn't a moron like Chillsdicks.

Just an absolutely brutal schedule.

[Fayettechill14]

That's a good observation, but you gotta give it to them, they were competitive in some of the games they lost to good teams. They lost to A&M by 3 in a game they should have won. They lost to Vandy by 1 and to LSU in Baton Rouge by 6. This is a team that went 0-8 in the SEC the prior year to that and he managed to cap off the season at 7-5. Not even Petrino or Sabin were able to do that in their first years at Arkansas and Alabama.

That's true, they were competitive in all of their games, but I see them more as a pesky team. All of the close games that they "hung around" in they actually trailed the whole way, but kept it close (except for LSU). That's different from going back-and-forth with quality teams.

I think they'll do no better than 4-4 in conference over the next few years. Eventually they could break through to above .500 in SEC play, but the current power setup of the SEC will make that difficult

[sportster365]

That's true, they were competitive in all of their games, but I see them more as a pesky team. All of the close games that they "hung around" in they actually trailed the whole way, but kept it close (except for LSU). That's different from going back-and-forth with quality teams.

I think they'll do no better than 4-4 in conference over the next few years. Eventually they could break through to above .500 in SEC play, but the current power setup of the SEC will make that difficult

Actually they were beating A&M by 10 in the 4th qtr. In fact both Freeze and Sumlin run a very similar offense that has proved to be successful so far for them in the SEC. If Ole Miss is able to continue recruiting the way they were this year, then the skies the limit for them. I can't see why they wouldn't be able to  scratch their way into the top tier of the league.