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