Quote from: bennyl08 on Yesterday at 11:07:55 pm1. No you didn't. You literally never specified anything resembling 'in present form', and also yeah, they've lost to many of those teams quite recently. 

2. You are aware that SMU went 0-3 against any power conference schools last year right? That includes a 5-7 BC and a 5-7 TCU... They lost those games by an average of 13 ppg. Yeah, good luck playing 9 games like that or better moving forward... And like you said, losing badly to 5-7 and 7-6 teams in the weakest 'power' conferences is SMU's BEST season in nearly 40 years.

3. Chamblee isn't going to a better team.

4. ACC is a vastly weaker conference than the PAC was 2 years ago and likely won't exist in 2 years time either. Heck, the ACC came in 4th, barely above the B12 (again, where they lost badly to a 5-7 TCU team) in draft picks this past draft. Powerful relative to the FCS? Sure. Relative to the PAC, B1G, or SEC last season? No. Relative to either conference next season? Not a chance.

5. True, but 2024 onwards, which is the season that Chamblee is stepping down for, that step is turning into a small jump. Facing a 20% decrease in talent is a step down. The NFL talent he's facing next year will be halved (albeit, still way more than that "top 25" SMU team this year faced who again, couldn't beat any power schools, not even two schools that combined for a losing record.

https://forums.hogville.net/index.php?topic=766682.0

Brain power Benny you seem to lack it what would 2015 SMU have to do with today's SMU? It doesn't. You are aware arkansas went 4-8  last year and over the last 2 years have had trouble beating much anyone P4 or G5 for that matter. G5 teams aren't supposed to beat P4 teams so I'd say SMU has done well for itself.

Quote from: Archawg on Yesterday at 09:11:48 pmIf we are canceling visits at a position of high need, we must feel confident about others.

Or less confident in the visitor???

My guess is that Cal would not have wanted to use a player in the dire way we used KB. We were searching for some answers on offense. He stepped up and drove drove drove to the basket and scored many pts at the ft line. my guess is that Cal would not have him in that roll when we now have way more fire power. Thus Khalif would not be near the stud he was this past season. It is good that he finds another home. Best wishes to him.

Times have definitely changed since then

Guess I'm the only one who didn't want him back. Played way too out of control and took too many stupid shots for my taste.

Quote from: bigred223 on Yesterday at 09:27:41 pmOmier to Baylor

After losing Aidoo they had money to spend.

Quote from: RebelliousHog on April 29, 2024, 09:54:22 amI guess I'm not good with hypotheticals.  I mean we ARE playing TAMU, so what difference does it make? And, as some have said, polls are meaningless. Get in the top 8 and play at home.


It's like saying, "If we had not dropped the bombs on Japan, would we still be fighting in the Pacific"?  No one knows because we DID drop the bombs on Japan.

No reason for you to waste our time with your non post on the question.

Quote from: TheGrove68 on Yesterday at 11:29:02 pmYep I'd say that UK and Ten are as least as big if not bigger than Ark. No doubt as the last game of the year Mizzou is playing hard versus Ark. and is focused and bought in but I really think hog fans rely on the idea/excuse that Mizzou is playing out of their minds to win and Ark. is zombie walking through the process and doesn't care.

The truth is Ark. just hasn't been that good in a long time and it's showed on the field in the Win Loss Column and in the outcome of games.

So you contend that Missouri doesn't play harder against the hogs? Cool, let's put that theory to the test. Let's look at the hogs and missouri vs common opponents and then how they played against each other.

2014: +35 (-7)
2015: +32 (+25)
2016: +54 (-4)
2017: -3 (-3)
2018: -4 (-38)
2019: -5 (-10)
2020: +56 (-2)
2021: +31 (+17)
2022: +18 (-2)
2023: +8 (-34)

Bolded are the years where the final score between Arkansas and the tigers was vaguely on par with how the two teams fared against common opponents. 40% of the seasons, that was a solid predictor. 60% of the time, it was decidedly not. Note that in all of these seasons, the number of common opponents was always at least two and in most seasons, exactly two.

Notice the lack of games where the hogs played significantly in the mizzou game vs how they did against common opponents.

You might also notice the alternating years. That was largely games played at Mizzou.

Quote from: Valleyhog10 on Yesterday at 11:18:39 pmI watched it when it first came out and then again when Cal announced he was coming to Arkansas. I agree 100%. It is an honest depiction of his life and shows why his former players still love him years later because he always had their backs and truly cared about him. Great documentary, every Hog basketball fan should watch it.
I don't get why anyone wouldn't think that the 30 for 30 shows aren't great.

I've never watched many and still an not sure what the title refers to.  In any event, I watched the Calipari doc tonight.  What a great coach. 

Can't imagine why anyone would care about Muss or USC at this point. Maybe we'll face them in the tourney someday? But if we don't then they, and him, are irrelevant.