Thanksgiving Week: Hogs and Tigers

 

It's Thanksgiving week and I'm ready to rest, eat, and watch football a lot.  I don't have much to say about this week.  It was great that we beat Ole Miss.  Now we need to continue that same energy against Missouri and remind them that they've beaten us a lot in the series because their wins were during our worst decade of football.  It's time to put that decade behind us continue this new era with Sam Pittman where we compete more and Missouri doesn't keep the Battle Line trophy that much.

I am current 166-45 (78.67%) on my College Football picks and 77-66 (53.85%) on my NFL picks.  Let's pick some more!

College Football Week 13:

• Mississippi St vs. Ole Miss: Ole Miss
• Tulane vs. Cincinnati: Cincinnati
• Baylor vs. Texas: Texas
• NC State vs. North Carolina: North Carolina
• UCLA vs. California: UCLA
• Florida vs. Florida St: Florida St
• Georgia Tech vs. Georgia: Georgia
• Michigan vs. Ohio State: Ohio State
• South Carolina vs. Clemson: Clemson
• Louisville vs. Kentucky: Louisville
• Auburn vs. Alabama: Alabama
• Oregon vs. Oregon St: Oregon St
• Iowa State vs. TCU: TCU
• Michigan St vs. Penn State: Penn State
• Utah vs. Colorado: Utah
• LSU vs. Texas A&M: LSU
• UCF vs. South Florida: UCF
• Notre Dame vs. USC: Notre Dame
• Tennessee vs. Vanderbilt: Tennessee
• Kansas vs. Kansas St: Kansas St
• Washington vs. Washington St: Washington

NFL Week 12:

• Bills vs. Lions: Bills
• Giants vs. Cowboys: Cowboys
• Patriots vs. Vikings: Patriots
• Rams vs. Chiefs: Chiefs
• Buccaneers vs. Browns: Buccaneers
• Bengals vs. Titans: Bengals
• Texans vs. Dolphins: Dolphins
• Bears vs. Jets: Jets
• Falcons vs. Commanders: Commanders
• Broncos vs. Panthers: Panthers
• Ravens vs. Jaguars: Ravens
• Chargers vs. Cardinals: Cardinals
• Raiders vs. Seahawks: Seahawks
• Saints vs. 49ers: 49ers
• Packers vs. Eagles: Eagles
• Steelers vs. Colts: Colts

Ole Miss vs. Arkansas 2022

 

Last week was a tough loss against LSU.  If only KJ was healthy and could play.  But for Ole Miss, he's ready to help the Hogs win.  Our defense is consistently playing better now.  13 points against Auburn when the starters were still in.  21 points against Liberty, but shut them out in the 2nd half.  13 points against LSU and leading the SEC with 35 sacks.  If they can do that with a similar defensive performance against Ole Miss in 2020 with around 7 INTs and a healthy KJ, we can definitely beat them and go bowling.  We'll just have to see.

I am 147-42 (77.78%) for College Football and 66-64 (50.77%) for NFL.  At least I have a 2 win streak for Fantasy Football compared to my predictions for NFL.  Let's go with the picks!

College Football Week 12:

• Navy vs. UCF: UCF
• Ole Miss vs. Arkansas: Arkansas
• Illinois vs. Michigan: Michigan
• TCU vs. Baylor: TCU
• Austin Peay vs. Alabama: Alabama
• Louisiana vs. Florida St: Florida St
• Kansas St vs. West Virginia: Kansas St
• Oregon St vs. Arizona St: Oregon St
• Boston College vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame
• Georgia vs. Kentucky: Georgia
• Ohio State vs. Maryland: Ohio State
• Miami vs. Clemson: Clemson
• Penn State vs. Rutgers: Penn State
• NC State vs. Louisville: Louisville
• Cincinnati vs. Temple: Cincinnati
• Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina: North Carolina
• Tennessee vs. South Carolina: Tennessee
• Oklahoma St vs. Oklahoma: Oklahoma
• USC vs. UCLA: USC
• UAB vs. LSU: LSU
• Colorado vs. Washington: Washington
• Utah vs. Oregon: Oregon

NFL Week 11:

• Chiefs vs. Chargers: Chiefs
• Bears vs. Falcons: Falcons
• Browns vs. Bills: Bills
• Eagles vs. Colts: Eagles
• Jets vs. Patriots: Patriots
• Rams vs. Saints: Saints
• Lions vs. Giants: Giants
• Panthers vs. Ravens: Ravens
• Commanders vs. Texans: Commanders
• Raiders vs. Broncos: Raiders
• Cowboys vs. Vikings: Vikings
• Bengals vs. Steelers: Bengals
• 49ers vs. Cardinals: 49ers

Battle of the Golden Boot: 2022 Version

 

It's that old rivalry again.  LSU may be favored, but that's already happened plenty of times and we'd beat them.  Remember in 2007 when Arkansas was 6-5 and LSU was #1 and we beat them in overtime?  At least that's one of my favorite ones from this rivalry.  This one will be a little different because it is really cold outside and it snowed in November in Arkansas!  We'll see what happens then.

So far, I'm 132-36 (78.57%) for College Football and 60-57 (51.28%) for NFL.  Here are my picks:

College Football Week 11:

• LSU vs. Arkansas: Arkansas
• Indiana vs. Ohio State: Ohio State
• Missouri vs. Tennessee: Tennessee
• Notre Dame vs. Navy: Notre Dame
• Purdue vs. Illinois: Illinois
• Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky: Kentucky
• Nebraska vs. Michigan: Michigan
• Alabama vs. Ole Miss: Alabama
• Louisville vs. Clemson: Clemson
• Maryland vs. Penn State: Penn State
• Boston College vs. NC State: NC State
• UCF vs. Tulane: UCF
• Georgia vs. Mississippi St: Georgia
• Washington vs. Oregon: Oregon
• Kansas St vs. Baylor: Kansas St
• TCU vs. Texas: TCU
• North Carolina vs. Wake Forest: North Carolina
• Florida St vs. Syracuse: Florida St
• Stanford vs. Utah: Utah
• Arizona vs. UCLA: UCLA
• Colorado vs. USC: USC

NFL Week 10:

• Jaguars vs. Chiefs: Chiefs
• Seahawks vs. Buccaneers: Seahawks
• Vikings vs. Bills: Bills
• Lions vs. Bears: Bears
• Broncos vs. Titans: Titans
• Browns vs. Dolphins: Dolphins
• Texans vs. Giants: Giants
• Saints vs. Steelers: Steelers
• Colts vs. Raiders: Raiders
• Cowboys vs. Packers: Cowboys
• Cardinals vs. Rams: Cardinals
• Chargers vs. 49ers: 49ers
• Commanders vs. Eagles: Eagles

Arkansas vs. Auburn

 

We're off of the bye week, so I hope that we are healthy and ready to beat Auburn.  We are rested and are coming off of a good win against BYU while scoring 52 points and KJ Jefferson having a career game.  Go Hogs!

I am now 119-32 (78.81%) for college football and 53-30 (51.46%) for NFL predictions.

College Football Week 9:

• Ohio State vs. Penn State: Ohio State
• TCU vs. West Virginia: TCU
• Notre Dame vs. Syracuse: Syracuse
• Florida vs. Georiga: Georgia
• Oregon vs. California: Oregon
• Oklahoma St vs. Kansas St: Oklahoma St
• Wake Forest vs. Louisville: Wake Forest
• Illinois vs. Nebraska: Illinois
• Cincinnati vs. UCF: UCF
• Missouri vs. South Carolina: South Carolina
• Kentucky vs. Tennessee: Tennessee
• USC vs. Arizona: USC
• Michigan St vs. Michigan: Michigan
• Ole Miss vs. Texas A&M: Ole Miss
• Pittsburgh vs. North Carolina: North Carolina
• Stanford vs. UCLA: UCLA

NFL Week 8:

• Broncos vs. Jaguars: Jaguars
• Panthers vs. Falcons: Falcons
• Bears vs. Cowboys: Cowboys
• Dolphins vs. Lions: Dolphins
• Cardinals vs. Vikings: Vikings
• Raiders vs. Saints: Raiders
• Patriots vs. Jets: Jets
• Steelers vs. Eagles: Eagles
• Titans vs. Texans: Titans
• Commanders vs. Colts: Colts
• 49ers vs. Rams: Rams
• Giants vs. Seahawks: Giants
• Packers vs. Bills: Bills
• Bengals vs. Browns: Bengals

 

College Week 8 & NFL Week 7: Razorbacks Bye Week

 

It is week 8 in College Football now, and the Razorbacks are finally getting a bye week.  Bye weeks can be good for the team.  They can rest up and prepare extra for the next opponent.  Last year, we went 3-1 in the regular season after the bye week.  Hopefully, a similar result can happen for us as the season continues.

My record for College Football this year is 108-31 (77.70%) and for NFL is 46-44 (51.11%).  Let's go with this week's picks!

College Football Week 8:

• Iowa vs. Ohio State: Ohio State
• UT Martin vs. Tennessee: Tennessee
• Syracuse vs. Clemson: Clemson
• Cincinnati vs. SMU: Cincinnati
• Ole Miss vs. LSU: LSU
• UCLA vs. Oregon: Oregon
• Texas vs. Oklahoma St: Texas
• Boston College vs. Wake Forest: Wake Forest
• Memphis vs. Tulane: Tulane
• Mississippi St vs. Alabama: Alabama
• Minnesota vs. Penn State: Penn State
• Kansas St vs. TCU: TCU

NFL Week 7:

• Chiefs vs. 49ers: Chiefs
• Falcons vs. Bengals: Bengals
• Lions vs. Cowboys: Cowboys
• Colts vs. Titans: Colts
• Packers vs. Commanders: Packers
• Buccaneers vs. Panthers: Buccaneers
• Giants vs. Jaguars: Jaguars
• Browns vs. Ravens: Ravens
• Jets vs. Broncos: Jets
• Texans vs. Raiders: Raiders
• Seahawks vs. Chargers: Chargers
• Steelers vs. Dolphins: Dolphins
• Bears vs. Patriots: Patriots

Battle of Hogs and Latter-Day Saints

 

Last week was a tough loss.  We had many missed opportunities and KJ Jefferson wasn't cleared to play.  Hopefully, the high altitude won't affect our performance and we can play a great game and get back on track after losing 3 games in a row.

So far this season, I'm 98-27 (78.40%) for college football and 39-38 (50.65%) for the NFL.

This college football season has been my second best but this is my worst for the NFL.  Let's get those NFL picks improved!

College Football Week 7:

• Penn State vs. Michigan: Michigan
• Auburn vs. Ole Miss: Ole Miss
• Kansas vs. Oklahoma: Kansas
• Iowa State vs. Texas: Texas
• Minnesota vs. Illinois: Minnesota
• Vanderbilt vs. Georgia: Georgia
• Alabama vs. Tennessee: Alabama
• Oklahoma St vs. TCU: TCU
• NC State vs. Syracuse: Syracuse
• James Madison vs. Georgia So: James Madison
• Clemson vs. Florida St: Clemson
• Mississippi St vs. Kentucky: Kentucky
• USC vs. Utah: Utah
• Arkansas vs. BYU: Arkansas

NFL Week 6:

• Bills vs. Chiefs: Chiefs
• 49ers vs. Falcons: 49ers
• Patriots vs. Browns: Browns
• Jets vs. Packers: Packers
• Jaguars vs. Colts: Colts
• Vikings vs. Dolphins: Vikings
• Bengals vs. Saints: Saints
• Ravens vs. Giants: Giants
• Buccaneers vs. Steelers: Buccaneers
• Panthers vs. Rams: Rams
• Cardinals vs. Seahawks: Seahawks
• Cowboys vs. Eagles: Eagles
• Broncos vs. Chargers: Chargers

Arkansas vs. Mississippi State

 

We are around the mid point now of the College Football season.  Arkansas started 3-0, but has now had 2 straight tough losses against Texas A&M and Alabama.  We score 32 points on average per game, but we give up 30.6 points on average per game.  We have had a lot of great moments so far, but also we've been disappointing in a lot of areas.  

For offense, we seem to waste too many drives and we've been fumbling the ball too much.  On defense, we've had 21 total sacks but we give up way too many big plays.  But, I think the biggest thing we need to fix is momentum shifts.  

We seem to lose a ton of our momentum in the game whenever the other team makes a big play.  Texas A&M scoops and scores one of our fumbles when we were on track to bring the score 21-7.  Instead, our offense takes awhile to get it's grove back late in the 4th quarter and our defense gave up too many big plays.

Alabama game.  End of the 3rd has the score 28-23 with Arkansas coming back.  Alabama scores another TD and we never get the fire again in the game.  We need to work on not letting momentum shifts shake us and keep playing.

Hopefully, we have a fire in us to prove that we are still going to end the season well.  It would be fitting to turn this 2 game losing streak around by beating the team that gave Sam Pittman his first SEC win with Arkansas.  It also ended the 20 game SEC losing streak we had during the Chad Morris nightmare seasons and Bret Bielema's last lackluster 2017 season.  

Just beat the Mississippi State Bulldogs.  I've always hated their uniform color combination.

Time for the picks!  I'm 84-24 (80%) for college football and 29-33 (46.77%) for NFL.

College Football Week 6:

• Arkansas vs. Mississippi St: Arkansas
• Michigan vs. Indiana: Michigan
• Tennessee vs. LSU: LSU
• TCU vs. Kansas: Kansas
• South Florida vs. Cincinnati: Cincinnati
• Auburn vs. Georgia: Georgia
• Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma St: Oklahoma St
• Utah vs. UCLA: Utah
• Ohio State vs. Michigan St: Ohio State
• Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt: Ole Miss
• Washington vs. Arizona St: Washington
• Clemson vs. Boston College: Clemson
• Washington St vs. USC: USC
• South Carolina vs. Kentucky: Kentucky
• Army vs. Wake Forest: Wake Forest
• BYU vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame
• Kansas St vs. Iowa State: Kansas St
• Texas A&M vs. Alabama: Alabama
• Florida St vs. NC State: NC State
• Oregon vs. Arizona: Oregon

NFL Week 5:

• Giants vs. Packers: Packers
• Steelers vs. Bills: Bills
• Chargers vs. Browns: Browns
• Bears vs. Vikings: Vikings
• Lions vs. Patriots: Lions
• Seahawks vs. Saints: Saints
• Dolphins vs. Jets: Dolphins
• Falcons vs. Buccaneers: Buccaneers
• Titans vs. Commanders: Tennessee
• Texans vs. Jaguars: Jaguars
• 49ers vs. Panthers: 49ers
• Cowboys vs. Rams: Cowboys
• Eagles vs. Cardinals: Eagles
• Bengals vs. Ravens: Ravens
• Raiders vs. Chiefs: Chiefs