Arkansas' First 25 years in the SEC vs. First 25 years in the SWC

[Ben]

This is a comparison of Arkansas's first 25 seasons in the SEC and in the SWC.

SWC (1915-39): 36-51-7 (42%), 7 winning seasons, 2 conference titles (1 forfeited due to ineligible player)
SEC (1992-16): 89-112-2 (44%), 7 winning seasons, 3 division titles (1 due to Alabama being on probation), 0 Conf titles

What is your judgement on these numbers?

[hawgon]

Arkansas didn't get consistently competitive in the SWC until 1958 when they hired a good coach.  The same will eventually happen in the SEC.  In college football, the coach, above all else is the deciding factor in a program's success.

[NuttinItUp]

The most striking thing to me is 94 games in 25 years (avg. of 3.74 gms/yr) vs. 203 games in 25 years. (avg. of 8.12 gms/yr).

[Dr Carl aka Shorthog]

Why not look at the first 25 after integration. 1915 is kind of too far back to be relevant

[LZH]

Why not look at the first 25 after integration. 1915 is kind of too far back to be relevant

...back when our OOC schedule included Conway Teacher's Union and Rolla High School.

[NuttinItUp]

Why not look at the first 25 after integration. 1915 is kind of too far back to be relevant

I don't know, they were pretty tough back then.



From http://www.hogdb.com/photos/1915-photos/1915-vs-unidentified-opponent/









From http://www.hogdb.com/photos/1916-photos/

[MuskogeeHogFan]

Why not look at the first 25 after integration. 1915 is kind of too far back to be relevant

How about the last 25 years in the SWC?

1966-1991:  204-88-8 (.693)

[HamSammich]

How about the last 25 years in the SWC?

1966-1991:  204-88-8 (.693)

Ding ding winner


Cherry picking stats for your agenda is sad.

[AFWarrior83]

Arkansas didn't get consistently competitive in the SWC until 1958 when they hired a good coach.  The same will eventually happen in the SEC.  In college football, the coach, above all else is the deciding factor in a program's success.

This is the absolute truth!  Even Michigan and Alabama had their struggles until they hired an elite head coach.  Spurrier even managed to turn USC into a respectable football program.  I like Coach Bielema, but he's just not in the same league as Saban, Harbaugh, or even Spurrier.  Petrino was the elite coach we needed, but he screwed things up!

Hopefully Coach B can make me eat crow and prove me wrong.  He did have a lot of success at Wisconsin, so there's still hope.  I'm just not satisfied with the results under him thus far on the field.  He's had enough time to fully implement his style with his players, so no more excuses.

[WorfHog]

This is the absolute truth!  Even Michigan and Alabama had their struggles until they hired an elite head coach.  Spurrier even managed to turn USC into a respectable football program.  I like Coach Bielema, but he's just not in the same league as Saban, Harbaugh, or even Spurrier.  Petrino was the elite coach we needed, but he screwed things up!

Hopefully Coach B can make me eat crow and prove me wrong.  He did have a lot of success at Wisconsin, so there's still hope.  I'm just not satisfied with the results under him thus far on the field.  He's had enough time to fully implement his style with his players, so no more excuses.

Seems like getting a college guy coming out of the NFL is a good move.

[rlamb]

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