Thursday, November 25, 2021

Mizzou vs. Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry

 


Last week was a great moral victory for us!  We only lost to Alabama by 7.  Usually we would be losing by 40 by halftime.  What's funny is that we are still ranked and Alabama went down from #2 to #3 after that game.  It looks like the College Football Playoff noticed how well we played and how vulnerable Alabama looks.  Hopefully tomorrow, we will have another win for us to bring us to 8-4.  Do you know when the last time we went 8-4 in the regular season?  It was 2007 when we had legends like Darren McFadden, Peyton Hillis, and Felix Jones.  To get that 8th win, we beat #1 LSU in triple overtime.  It was a great game.  I want more great victories like that one.  But this week, I hope we have a sound victory over Missouri.  It's at home and so I'm going to attend the game myself.

Last week I went 18-1 (94.7%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 169-51 (76.8%)) and 9-5 (64.3%) for NFL predictions (Total: 91-64 (58.7%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!

College Football Week 13:

Ole Miss vs. Mississippi St: Ole Miss

Missouri vs. Arkansas: Arkansas

Boise State vs. San Diego State: Boise State

Iowa vs. Nebraska: Iowa

Cincinnati vs. East Carolina: Cincinnati

Colorado vs. Utah: Utah

North Carolina vs. NC State: NC State

Georgia vs. Georgia Tech: Georgia

Ohio State vs. Michigan: Ohio State

Texas Tech vs. Baylor: Baylor

Wake Forest vs. Boston College: Wake Forest

Houston vs. UConn: Houston

UTSA vs. North Texas: UTSA

Alabama vs. Auburn: Alabama

Oregon St vs. Oregon: Oregon

Penn State vs. Michigan State: Michigan State

Wisconsin vs. Minnesota: Wisconsin

Texas A&M vs. LSU: Texas A&M

Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma St: Oklahoma St

Pittsburgh vs. Syracuse: Pittsburgh

Clemson vs. South Carolina: Clemson

Notre Dame vs. Stanford: Notre Dame

BYU vs. USC: BYU

NFL Week 12:

Bears vs. Lions: Bears

Raiders vs. Cowboys: Cowboys

Bills vs. Saints: Bills

Steelers vs. Bengals: Bengals

Buccaneers vs. Colts: Buccaneers

Panthers vs. Dolphins: Panthers

Titans vs. Patriots: Patriots

Eagles vs. Giants: Eagles

Falcons vs. Jaguars: Falcons

Jets vs. Texans: Texans

Chargers vs. Broncos: Broncos

Rams vs. Packers: Packers

Vikings vs. 49ers: 49ers

Browns vs. Ravens: Ravens

Seahawks vs. Washington: Washington


Happy Thanksgiving!



Saturday, November 20, 2021

Let's See About Bama

 


It is finally this week for the Razorbacks. Bama week.  Of course we will probably not win this one because, it's Alabama.  But we are better than we have been the past few seasons.  Right now in 2021, we have the same amount of wins (7) that we've accumulated for the 2018-2020 seasons combined.  We did beat Texas A&M whom is Alabama's only loss and we beat LSU last week who had Alabama running for their money too.  Our worst loss was against Georgia this year (37-0), but I think Alabama isn't as good as Georgia so we might not lose to them as badly or we might have a chance to make it a closer game.  I don't see us winning but I would love to be so wrong today. We'll just see how things go.  I'm just going to look like Squidward below while watching and hoping things go good.


Last week I went 16-2 (88.9%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 151-50 (75.1%)) and 7-6 (53.8%) for NFL predictions (Total: 82-59 (58.2%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!

College Football Week 12:

Arkansas vs. Alabama: Alabama

Charleston So vs. Georgia: Georgia

Michigan State vs. Ohio State: Ohio State

Wake Forest vs. Clemson: Clemson

Iowa State vs. Oklahoma: Oklahoma

Prairie View vs. Texas A&M: Texas A&M

Tennessee St vs. Mississippi St: Mississippi St

Illinois vs. Iowa: Iowa

Georgia Tech vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame

SMU vs. Cincinnati: Cincinnati

Michigan vs. Maryland: Michigan

Nebraska vs. Wisconsin: Wisconsin

Virginia vs. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh

UAB vs. UTSA: UTSA

BYU vs. Georgia So: BYU

Syracuse vs. NC State: NC State

Baylor vs. Kansas State: Baylor

Oregon vs. Utah: Oregon

Vanderbilt vs. Ole Miss: Ole Miss

Oklahoma St vs. Texas Tech: Oklahoma St


NFL Week 11:

Cowboys vs. Chiefs: Chiefs

Colts vs. Bills: Bills

Ravens vs. Bears: Ravens

Lions vs. Browns: Browns

Texans vs. Titans: Titans

Packers vs. Vikings: Packers

Dolphins vs. Jets: Jets

Saints vs. Eagles: Eagles

Washington vs. Panthers: Panthers

49ers vs. Jaguars: 49ers

Bengals vs. Raiders: Bengals

Cardinals vs. Seahawks: Cardinals

Steelers vs. Chargers: Chargers

Giants vs. Buccaneers: Buccaneers

Friday, November 12, 2021

The Battle for the Boot!

 


It's that week of football again.  It's the Battle for the Golden Boot.  We haven't beaten LSU since 2015 and I am anxious for it to happen.  But I have mixed feelings on how the game will actually go.  It is an away game for us so LSU has that advantage.  But they are 4-5 and they tend to have a 50/50 chance of either performing well or mediocre this year just on what I've observed.  They had Alabama running for their money last week but also lost by double digits to Kentucky who lost to Mississippi State whom we beat last week.  We will see how it goes but I think this is our best chance to beat them in years now.  

The Battle for the Golden Boot in 2011 was interesting, just to do a little flashback from 10 years ago.  I remember for that week, LSU was #1, Alabama #2, and Arkansas #3.  See why that is interesting?  We haven't been as good as we were back then in Bobby Petrino's last year before the whole motorcycle incident.  Of course we lost that game but just imagine if we won and went to the National Championship against Alabama.  The player that had all of the hype that year was none other than Tyrann Mathieu pictured below.


Yeah we didn't do well against him that year.  But still, we went 11-2 that season. Oooohhhh man I would like us to be that good again!

Last week I went 18-5 (78.3%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 135-48 (73.8%)) and 7-6 (53.8%) for NFL predictions (Total: 75-53 (58.6%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!

College Football Week 11:

Arkansas vs. LSU: Arkansas

New Mexico St vs. Alabama: Alabama

Michigan vs. Penn State: Michigan

Oklahoma vs. Baylor: Oklahoma

Mississippi State vs. Auburn: Auburn

Northwestern vs. Wisconsin: Wisconsin

Utah vs. Arizona: Utah

Georgia vs. Tennessee: Georgia

Purdue vs. Ohio State: Ohio State

Minnesota vs. Iowa: Iowa

Southern Miss vs. UTSA: UTSA

Maryland vs. Michigan State: Michigan State

Texas A&M vs. Ole Miss: Ole Miss

Notre Dame vs. Virginia: Notre Dame

NC State vs. Wake Forest: Wake Forest

TCU vs. Oklahoma St: Oklahoma St

Washington St vs. Oregon: Oregon

Nevada vs. San Diego State: San Diego State

NFL Week 10:

Chiefs vs. Raiders: Chiefs

Falcons vs. Cowboys: Cowboys

Saints vs. Titans: Titans

Jaguars vs. Colts: Colts

Browns vs. Patriots: Patriots

Bills vs. Jets: Bills

Lions vs. Steelers: Steelers

Buccaneers vs. Washington: Buccaneers

Panthers vs. Cardinals: Cardinals

Vikings vs. Chargers: Chargers

Eagles vs. Broncos: Broncos

Seahawks vs. Packers: Packers

Rams vs. 49ers: Rams 

Saturday, November 6, 2021

Hawgs vs. Bulldawgs

 


The bye week is over and now it is time to get back on track.  We are favored to beat Mississippi State and they are ranked.  Hopefully if we win, we'll be ranked too.  That means that we'll get a ranking in the College Football Playoff rankings for the first time in a long time!  It was in 2016 that we were last ranked in the College Football Playoff rankings.  We just need to play well and take advantage of being at home for this game.

Last week I went 13-6 (68.4%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 117-43 (73.1%)) and 9-6 (60%) for NFL predictions (Total: 68-47 (59.1%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!

College Football Week 10:

Mississippi State vs. Arkansas: Arkansas

Missouri vs. Georgia: Georgia

Ohio State vs. Nebraska: Ohio State

Wake Forest vs. UNC: UNC

Liberty vs. Ole Miss: Ole Miss

Illinois vs. Minnesota: Minnesota

Pittsburgh vs. Duke: Pittsburgh

Michigan State vs. Purdue: Michigan State

Tulsa vs. Cincinnati: Cincinnati

Navy vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame

Oklahoma St vs. West Virginia: Oklahoma St

Baylor vs. TCU: Baylor

Auburn vs. Texas A&M: Texas A&M

Idaho State vs. BYU: BYU

Wisconsin vs. Rutgers: Wisconsin

NC State vs. Florida State: NC State

LSU vs. Alabama: Alabama

Tennessee vs. Kentucky: Kentucky

Iowa vs. Northwestern: Iowa

Boise State vs. Fresno State: Fresno State

Oregon vs. Washington: Oregon

Indiana vs. Michigan: Michigan

San Diego State vs. Hawai'i: San Diego State


NFL Week 9:

Packers vs. Chiefs: Chiefs

Browns vs. Bengals: Bengals

Broncos vs. Cowboys: Cowboys

Texans vs. Dolphins: Dolphins

Falcons vs. Saints: Saints

Raiders vs. Giants: Raiders

Patriots vs. Panthers: Patriots

Bills vs. Jaguars: Bills

Vikings vs. Ravens: Ravens

Chargers vs. Eagles: Chargers

Cardinals vs. 49ers: Cardinals

Titans vs. Rams: Rams

Bears vs. Steelers: Steelers

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 wa...