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

Bama and Hogs

 

Last week was a tough loss.  It was tough, but let's get tougher because of it and beat Bama.  Last year, we only lost 35-42 to Alabama on their homefield.  They went on to go to the National Championship too.  At home this year, I say we can have a chance to scare them again.  We might scare them enough to even win the game finally.  But of course all we've got to do is cheer them on and let them play the game.

I am 72-14 (83.72%) for my college football picks and 21-25 (45.65%) for my NFL picks.  I better pick up my game with my NFL picks!

College Football Week 5:

Utah State vs. BYU: BYU

Washington vs. UCLA: Washington

Alabama vs. Arkansas: Arkansas

Michigan vs. Iowa: Michigan

Kentucky vs. Ole Miss: Ole Miss

Oklahoma vs. TCU: Oklahoma

Purdue vs. Minnesota: Minnesota

Texas Tech vs. Kansas St: Kansas St

Oregon St vs. Utah: Utah

Rutgers vs. Ohio State: Ohio State

Oklahoma St vs. Baylor: Baylor

Northwestern vs. Penn State: Penn State

Wake Forest vs. Florida St: Florida St

Texas A&M vs. Mississippi St: Mississippi St

Georgia vs. Missouri: Georgia

NC State vs. Clemson: Clemson

Georgia Tech vs. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh

Arizona St vs. USC: USC

Stanford vs. Oregon: Oregon

NFL Week 4:

Dolphins vs. Bengals: Bengals

Chiefs vs. Buccaneers: Chiefs

Vikings vs. Saints: Vikings

Browns vs. Falcons: Browns

Commanders vs. Cowboys: Cowboys

Seahawks vs. Lions: Lions

Titans vs. Colts: Colts

Bears vs. Giants: Giants

Jaguars vs. Eagles: Eagles

Jets vs. Steelers: Steelers

Bills vs. Ravens: Ravens

Chargers vs. Texans: Chargers

Cardinals vs. Panthers: Panthers

Patriots vs. Packers: Packers

Broncos vs. Raiders: Broncos

Rams vs. 49ers: Rams

Beat Bama!

Southwest Classic

 

It's that classic match-up again.  Except this time, it doesn't feel like it might be the continuation of a long win streak that Texas A&M had on us.  We finally beat them last year for the first time since 2011.  It is now feeling like a good match-up again instead of another win for Texas A&M.  We did almost beat them a few times from 2012-2020, but it always came out with a heartbreaking loss.  Hopefully Arkansas plays well and wakes up from the bad performance that happened against Missouri State.

Now it is time for football predictions.  For College Football for 2022, I'm 56-9 (86.15%) so far and 15-15 (50%) for NFL in 2022.  Hopefully I'll do better for NFL.

College Football Week 4:

• Arkansas vs. Texas A&M: Arkansas
• Kent State vs. Georgia: Georgia
• Maryland vs. Michigan: Michigan
• Clemson vs. Wake Forest: Clemson
• C Michigan vs. Penn State: Penn State
• Baylor vs. Iowa State: Iowa State
• Rhode Island vs. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh
• Florida vs. Tennessee: Tennessee
• Texas vs. Texas Tech: Texas
• MTSU vs. Miami: Miami
• Oregon vs. Washington St: Oregon
• Tulsa vs. Ole Miss: Ole Miss
• N Illinois vs. Kentucky: Kentucky
• Vanderbilt vs. Alabama: Alabama
• Wisconsin vs. Ohio State: Ohio State
• Uconn vs. NC State: NC State
• Kansas St vs. Oklahoma: Oklahoma
• USC vs. Oregon St: USC
• Wyoming vs. BYU: BYU
• Utah vs. Arizona St: Utah
• Stanford vs. Washington: Washington

NFL Week 3:

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

Go Hogs!

Bobby Petrino is Back! Brace the Neck Braces!

 

This week might be an emotional one for Razorback fans.  Bobby Petrino returns to Fayetteville but as the coach of another team.  Some fans will probably boo him for the way he messed up and got fired, which lead to some heart breaking seasons after his departure.  And some fans will probably give him applause for thank him for the great seasons that he gave Arkansas.  We went 10-3 and 11-2 for his last two seasons as our coach for the years 2010 and 2011 respectively.  Our best season since then was last year when we went 9-4 in Sam Pittman's second year as the Head Hog.  We haven't been able to get to the level of football that we played in Petrino's best seasons, but it looks like we are progressing that way.  Let's make sure to be professional and make sure we sweep past Missouri State like we are supposed to.

So far, I am 36-6 (85.71%) with my picks for College Football in 2022 and 8-7 (53.33%) for my NFL picks in 2022.  Here are this weeks picks:

College Football Week 3:

• Missouri St vs. Arkansas: Arkansas
• Georgia vs. South Carolina: Georgia
• Uconn vs. Michigan: Michigan
• Oklahoma vs. Nebraska: Oklahoma
• Youngstown St vs. Kentucky: Kentucky
• Texas St vs. Baylor: Baylor
• BYU vs. Oregon: BYU
• Ole Miss vs. Georgia Tech: Ole Miss
• Penn State vs. Auburn: Penn State
• UL Monroe vs. Alabama: Alabama
• Liberty vs. Wake Forest: Wake Forest
• Toledo vs. Ohio State: Ohio State
• AR-Pine Bluff vs. Oklahoma St: Oklahoma St
• Akron vs. Tennessee: Tennessee
• Texas Tech vs. NC State: NC State
• Michigan St vs. Washington: Michigan St
• South Florida vs. Florida: Florida
• Pittsburgh vs. W Michigan: Pittsburgh
• Louisiana Tech vs. Clemson: Clemson
• UTSA vs. Texas: Texas
• Miami vs. Texas A&M: Miami
• San Diego St vs. Utah: Utah
• Fresno St vs. USC: USC

NFL Week 2:

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

Go Hogs!

First Week of NFL for 2022!

 

It's week 1 for NFL and week 2 of College Football!  Last week was an entertaining game for Arkansas against Cincinnati.  I know it for sure, because I was there.  It was loud and the crowd was really into the game.  I have hopes that Arkansas will show a lot of fun and energy like the coaches pictured above.

College Football Week 2 Picks

• South Carolina vs. Arkansas: Arkansas
• Alabama vs. Texas: Alabama
• Arkansas St vs. Ohio State: Ohio State
• Southern Miss vs. Miami: Miami
• Wake Forest vs. Vanderbilt: Wake Forest
• Charleston So vs. NC State: NC State
• Southern Utah vs. Utah: Utah
• Marshall vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame
• Furman vs. Clemson: Clemson
• Appalachian St vs. Texas A&M: Texas A&M
• Tennessee vs. Pittsburgh: Tennessee
• Washington St vs. Wisconsin: Wisconsin
• Samford vs. Georgia: Georgia
• Akron vs. Michigan St: Michigan St
• Houston vs. Texas Tech: Texas Tech
• Kent State vs. Oklahoma: Oklahoma
• Kentucky vs. Florida: Florida
• C Arkansas vs. Ole Miss: Ole Miss
• USC vs. Stanford: USC
• Arizona St vs. Oklahoma St: Oklahoma St
• Hawai'i vs. Michigan: Michigan
• Baylor vs. BYU: Baylor

NFL Week 1 Picks

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

Football is Back! College Football Week 1

 

It's that time of year again!  Football is back baby!  We've got big fantasy shows like House of the Dragon and The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power which will get nerds all excited.  It's a good part of the year in 2022.  NFL Fantasy Football just had league drafts and we are all ready for Labor Day Weekend and the fall season.

As usual, I will make my predictions for all Razorback games for the season and of course make my Week 1 picks.  My picks for all Razorback games:

1. Cincinnati vs. Arkansas: Arkansas
2. South Carolina vs. Arkansas: Arkansas
3. Missouri St vs. Arkansas: Arkansas
4. Arkansas vs. Texas A&M: Texas A&M
5. Alabama vs. Arkansas: Alabama
6. Arkansas vs. Mississippi St: Arkansas
7. Arkansas vs. BYU: Arkansas
8. Arkansas vs. Auburn: Auburn
9. Liberty vs. Arkansas: Arkansas
10. LSU vs. Arkansas: Arkansas
11. Ole Miss vs. Arkansas: Arkansas
12. Arkansas vs. Missouri: Arkansas

This brings my prediction to be Arkansas goes 9-3 (5-3) on the regular season.  This has been my most optimistic prediction for a whole Arkansas season.  In 2020, in predicted 3-7 and we went 3-7.  In 2021, I predicted 7-5 and we went 8-4.  I hope that we actually do get close to 9-3 which just shows that the football program is in a good direction.

Now, I will list my regular picks for College Football Week 1.

• Cincinnati vs. Arkansas: Arkansas
• West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh
• W Michigan vs. Michigan St: Michigan St
• Sam Houston vs. Texas A&M: Texas A&M
• Colorado St vs. Michigan: Michigan
• NC State vs. East Carolina: NC State
• Oregon vs. Georgia: Georgia
• UTEP vs. Oklahoma: Oklahoma
• Bethune vs. Miami: Miami
• Houston vs. UTSA: UTSA
• Troy vs. Ole Miss: Ole Miss
• BYU vs. South Florida: BYU
• Rice vs. USC: USC
• Utah vs. Florida: Florida
• Albany vs. Baylor: Baylor
• Illinois St vs. Wisconsin: Wisconsin
• Miami OH vs. Kentucky: Kentucky
• Utah State vs. Alabama: Alabama
• Notre Dame vs. Ohio State: Ohio State
• Clemson vs. Georgia Tech: Clemson

As you can see, I have 2 picks that are upsets.  Florida over #7 Utah and UTSA or #24 Houston.  We'll see if it plays out like that.

As always, have a great weekend and enjoy all the football that we're gonna get!

Super Bowl Like We've Never Seen Before

 

It's finally here!  The Super Bowl is here!  I don't know about all of you, but this looks like a great Super Bowl to me.  We have the Bengals who have never won a Super Bowl, and then we have the Rams who haven't won the Super Bowl since the 1999 season and their QB, Matthew Stafford, is a 13-year NFL veteran going to his first Super Bowl.  This is Bengal's QB Joe Burrow's first too, but he had arguably one of the best seasons ever at LSU in 2019 and it's his 2nd year in Cincinnati.  Matthew Stafford had to play 12 seasons with the Lions to get here finally.  Either way, if you are a big football fan, this will be so great.  The NFL FPI does favor the Rams (66% chance) but I really don't know.  I think the Bengals have a great shot too.  I guess if you were to put a gun to my head and answer,  I would say Bengals because they've just been shocking me the whole playoffs and I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled this one.

That's my pick.  Bengals.

I went 0-2 last week and so I'm 1-5 (16.67%) for my NFL Playoffs predictions.  These playoffs have just been unpredictable to me.  I am now 150-102 (59.52%) on the whole season. This have been my lowest accuracy so far for a season in the NFL.  My highest is 63.96% for the 2020 season so it's not too bad.  These games have been great and I hope this Super Bowl is great too.   

Go Bengals!  But I'm fine with either one because what a great Super Bowl we have this year.

NFL Conference Championship Weekend

 

It's that time of year again.  We will see who will go to the Super Bowl this year between the Bengals and Chiefs for AFC and 49ers and Rams for NFC.  We could possibly have a Bengals vs. 49ers or Rams Super Bowl or Chiefs vs. 49ers or Rams Super Bowl.  Last week, I went 1-3 (25%) in my predictions.  It was a crazy playoffs weekend.  Probably the best ever.  I was really on the edge of my seat particularly watching Rams vs. Buccaneers and Bills vs. Chiefs.  This brings my NFL season total to 150-100 (60%).  I hope these games will be great too and the Super Bowl ends with a bang.

NFL Championship Round:

Bengals vs. Chiefs: Chiefs

49ers vs. Rams: 49ers

Divisional Round!

 

It's the Divisional Round!  Sorry I didn't post last week.  My new job got me really tired and I wanted to do nothing last Saturday.  But, I am ready to go.  Since Georgia beat Alabama in the National Championship, I was 216-77 (73.72%) for my College Football predictions.  I went 8-8 (50%) on my last NFL predictions which brings me to 149-97 (60.57%).  I decided to take a look at my prediction performance so far through out the years on this graph below.

It looks like my accuracy hasn't really changed much.  I think it is because I have been doing more games than when I first began.  Oh well.  I still do it.

But! Let's get to the predictions now.

NFL Divisional Week:

Bengals vs. Titans: Titans

49ers vs. Packers: Packers

Bills vs. Chiefs: Chiefs

Rams vs. Buccaneers: Buccaneers

Week 18 of NFL and National Championship Monday

 

College Football is almost over for the season.  Just one more game.  The game that all of the teams want to get to.  The National Championship.  I pick Alabama because they handled Georgia pretty well the last time they played and I can't see Nick Saban losing to a former assistant twice in the same season.  But, Georgia could surprise us and play a closer game.  Who knows what will happen.

I'm happy that Arkansas went 9-4 on the season.  I only predicted them to go 7-5 and they did more than I thought they would.  Hopefully the players that are leaving the program won't affect us much and that Sam Pittman can keep this success going.  Bumper Pool is staying for another year which is good for the defense.  We'll just see.

This Bowl Season, I went 23-14 (62.2%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 216-76 (73.97%)) and I went 12-4 (75%) for NFL predictions (Total: 141-89 (61.3%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!

NFL Week 18:

Chiefs vs. Broncos: Chiefs

Cowboys vs. Eagles: Cowboys

Bengals vs. Browns: Bengals

Packers vs. Lions: Packers

Bears vs. Vikings: Vikings

Washington vs. Giants: Washington

Colts vs. Jaguars: Colts

Steelers vs. Ravens: Steelers

Titans vs. Texans: Titans

Saints vs. Falcons: Saints

Jets vs. Bills: Bills

49ers vs. Rams: Rams

Patriots vs. Dolphins: Patriots

Seahawks vs. Cardinals: Cardinals

Panthers vs. Buccaneers: Buccaneers

Chargers vs. Raiders: Chargers

Almost New Year, Plenty of Football

 

I took a break from last week from predictions and now I am back.  So far, I am 13-9 in the bowl games so far.  I would be 17-5 if I didn't favor the SEC teams.  Oh well.  I'm excited for the playoff games to start and for Arkansas' bowl game.  I hope the season ends with a bang.  The NFL has this week and next week to finally end the regular season and begin the playoffs.  We'll see how this all goes.

Last week I went 9-7 (56.25%) for NFL predictions (Total: 129-85 (60.3%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!  I'm not updating my college predictions until bowl season is over.

NFL Week 17:

Chiefs vs. Bengals: Chiefs

Falcons vs. Bills: Bills

Giants vs. Bears: Bears

Dolphins vs. Titans: Dolphins

Raiders vs. Colts: Colts

Jaguars vs. Patriots: Patriots

Buccaneers vs. Jets: Buccaneers

Eagles vs. Washington: Eagles

Rams vs. Ravens: Rams

Broncos vs. Chargers: Chargers

Texans vs. 49ers: 49ers

Cardinals vs. Cowboys: Cowboys

Panthers vs. Saints: Saints

Lions vs. Seahawks: Seahawks

Vikings vs. Packers: Packers

Browns vs. Steelers: Steelers

Bowl Games and NFL Games

 

It's that time again.  It is about to be bowl season.  There are many bowl games and I will make my predictions for all of them.  Especially for the Outback Bowl since my Razorbacks will play in it.  Even though Arkansas is 8-4 and Penn State is 7-5, they still seem to be a tough opponent to beat.  Right now the ESPN FPI has Penn State favored at 58.9%.  Penn State is 0-4 against teams that in the current Top 25 and Arkansas is 1-3 for this season.  Both are 0-3 against teams that are currently in the Top 10.  They look evenly matched so we will see how it goes.  But I feel confident that the Razorbacks can end the season 9-4 and be 4-0 in trophy games this year.  There are a ton of bowl games so we will just get to those in a second for predictions.

If you have followed me for a while, I made a preseason prediction for all of Arkansas' games.  I predicted that we would go 7-5 and we went 8-4.  It makes me happy that we actually performed better than I expected.  For the 2020 season, I predicted us going 3-7 and we did and I predicted the exact games that we would win and lose.  The link for the 2021 season prediction is here.

Last week I went 0-1 (0%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 193-62 (75.69%)) and 9-5 (64.3%) for NFL predictions (Total: 120-78 (60.6%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!

Bowl Season:

MTSU vs. Toledo: Toledo

N Illinois vs. Coast Carolina: Coast Carolina

Western Kentucky vs. Appalachian St: Appalachian St

UTEP vs. Fresno State: Fresno State

UAB vs. BYU: BYU

E Michigan vs. Liberty: Liberty

Utah State vs. Oregon St: Utah State

Louisiana vs. Marshall: Louisiana

Old Dominion vs. Tulsa: Tulsa

Kent State vs. Wyoming: Wyoming

UTSA vs. San Diego State: San Diego State

Missouri vs. Army: Missouri

North Texas vs. Miami (OH): North Texas

UCF vs. Florida: Florida

Memphis vs. Hawai'i: Memphis

Georgia State vs. Ball State: Georgia State

W Michigan vs. Nevada: W Michigan

Boston College vs. East Carolina: Boston College

Houston vs. Auburn: Auburn

Air Force vs. Louisville: Louisville

Mississippi State vs. Texas Tech: Mississippi State

UCLA vs. NC State: NC State

West Virginia vs. Minnesota: Minnesota

SMU vs. Virginia: Virginia

Maryland vs. Virginia Tech: Virginia Tech

Clemson vs. Iowa State: Clemson

Oregon vs. Oklahoma: Oklahoma

North Carolina vs. South Carolina: North Carolina

Tennessee vs. Purdue: Tennessee

Pittsburgh vs. Michigan State: Michigan State

Wisconsin vs. Arizona State: Wisconsin

Wake Forest vs. Texas A&M: Texas A&M

Washington St vs. Miami: Miami

C Michigan vs. Boise State: Boise State

Cincinnati vs. Alabama: Alabama

Georgia vs. Michigan: Georgia

Penn State vs. Arkansas: Arkansas

Oklahoma St vs. Notre Dame: Oklahoma St

Iowa vs. Kentucky: Kentucky

Utah vs. Ohio State: Ohio State

Baylor vs. Ole Miss: Ole Miss

LSU vs. Kansas State: LSU

Predicted National Championship:

Alabama vs. Georgia: Alabama

NFL Week 15:

Chiefs vs. Chargers: Chiefs

Raiders vs. Browns: Browns

Patriots vs. Colts: Patriots

Panthers vs. Bills: Bills

Cardinals vs. Lions: Cardinals

Jets vs. Dolphins: Dolphins

Cowboys vs. Giants: Cowboys

Washington vs. Eagles: Eagles

Titans vs. Steelers: Titans

Texans vs. Jaguars: Jaguars

Bengals vs. Broncos: Broncos

Falcons vs. 49ers: 49ers

Seahawks vs. Rams: Rams

Packers vs. Ravens: Packers

Saints vs. Buccaneers: Buccaneers

Vikings vs. Bears: Vikings

Army and Navy and Heisman

 

It is that week again.  We have the Heisman Trophy Ceremony and the Army vs. Navy game.  Next week is when Bowl Season starts.  This week is just a little break from a lot of College Football before that part of the season starts.  When it comes to the Heisman, Bryce Young will definitely win it this year.  His stats are crazy but what convinced me was his last 2 games.  When he played Auburn, he didn't really have a good game compared to how he usually plays. He was 25-51 with 317 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 INT.  But his Heisman moment was on Alabama's last drive during regulation before overtime.  Alabama gets the ball with 1:32 left in the 4th Quarter starting at the Alabama 3 yard line.  3 yard line!  Bryce Young was able to lead the offense to score a touchdown with 24 seconds left in the game to tie it.  If it wasn't for his brilliant time management and clutch throws then Alabama might've lost the game and not be in the playoff potentially.  That was the drive that convinced me that he deserves the Heisman.  He already has the monster stats from the whole season.  Now he has a great moment when his team really needed him during adversity to be clutch and give them the chance to win.  He also threw 421 yards and 3 TDs against Georgia.  Freaking Georgia!  That's my case for Bryce Young for Heisman.  

With Army vs. Navy, Army all the way this year.

Last week I went 6-5 (54.5%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 193-61 (75.98%)) and 9-5 (64.3%) for NFL predictions (Total: 111-73 (60.3%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!

NFL Week 14

Steelers vs. Vikings: Steelers

Raiders vs. Chiefs: Chiefs

Ravens vs. Browns: Ravens

Jaguars vs. Titans: Titans

Saints vs. Jets: Saints

Cowboys vs. Washington: Cowboys

Falcons vs. Panthers: Panthers

Seahawks vs. Texans: Seahawks

Lions vs. Broncos: Broncos

Giants vs. Chargers: Chargers

49ers vs. Bengals: Bengals

Bills vs. Buccaneers: Buccaneers

Bears vs. Packers: Packers

Rams vs. Cardinals: Cardinals

Conference Championship Week: 2021

 

It's that week again.  It's Conference Championship weekend.  It's the weekend that will finally determine the Top 4 in the College Football Playoff rankings and show who plays who for Bowl Season.  This is definitely one of my favorite parts of the year and not just because of Christmas.  This time of year really shows us what the rest of the College Football teams and NFL teams are made of.  College Football teams try their best to get in their best bowl game and then really go out to end the season well.  NFL teams are really cracking down to play better to end the season well and get a shot at entering the playoffs.  All of this with the Christmas season just makes it a great time.

The regular season for the Razorbacks ended with an 8-4 record with 4-4 in the conference.  8 wins is the same amount of wins from the 2017, 2018, and 2019 seasons combined.  These seasons were Bret Bielema's last season and the Chad Morris years.  We have grown so much since those terrible years.  This is actually the first season that I feel that resembles more with the success that we had with Bobby Petrino.  We are not there yet but with how Sam Pittman is handling things, we can definitely get there.  With Bret Bielema, we did have great moments but too many times we would get blown out or lose to a team that we should've beaten.  This year we only got blown out by Georgia (obviously they are #1 now) and had close games with Ole Miss and Alabama.  Auburn was a more or less a close and blown out game but sometimes those games can happen from nowhere.  But we've had other close games where we came out of the top where we would normally choke under Bret Bielema or Chad Morris.  With Chad Morris it was just terrible.  I'll show you a chart of the average amount of points we score each game (offensive) compared to points we give up (defensive) from 2009-2021.

From 2009-2011 are Bobby Petrino years and he was good at keeping the offensive points more than defensive points.  The only years after that where that happens is from 2014-2015 and 2021.  If you know Sam Pittman, he was here as one of the coaches from 2013-2015 and then head coach from 2020-2021.  Notice that the years after Bobby Petrino that we've been able to score more Offensive Points than Defensive Points given is when Sam Pittman is here.  Our winning percentage is different because of this.  When Offensive Points > Defensive Points, our winning percentage is 67.53%.  When Offensive Points < Defensive Points, our winning percentage is 30.12%.  It's a simple concept of football that determines how well the team is.  Score more than the other team.  Bobby Petrino did that more often and that's why his winning percentage was at 74.36% from his best years from 2009-2011.  All I have to say is so far we seem to be on the right track to get like that again but of course we will need to do more.  Seeing how consistent Bobby Petrino was in doing this is why we Razorback fans really miss those good days of Arkansas Football.

Last week I went 18-5 (78.3%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 187-56 (77%)) and 11-4 (73.3%) for NFL predictions (Total: 102-68 (60%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!

College Football Week 14:

Oregon vs. Utah: Utah

Baylor vs. Oklahoma St.: Oklahoma St.

Utah State vs. San Diego State: San Diego State

Appalachian St vs. Louisiana: Appalachian St

Georgia vs. Alabama: Georgia

Houston vs. Cincinnati: Cincinnati

Michigan vs. Iowa: Michigan

Pittsburgh vs. Wake Forest: Pittsburgh

Western KY vs. UTSA: UTSA

Kent State vs. N Illinois: Kent State

USC vs. California: California

NFL Week 13:

Cowboys vs. Saints: Cowboys

Broncos vs. Chiefs: Chiefs

Buccaneers vs. Falcons: Buccaneers

Cardinals vs. Bears: Cardinals

Chargers vs. Bengals: Bengals

Vikings vs. Lions: Vikings

Giants vs. Dolphins: Giants

Eagles vs. Jets: Eagles

Colts vs. Texans: Colts

Washington vs. Raiders: Raiders

Jaguars vs. Rams: Rams

Ravens vs. Steelers: Ravens

49ers vs. Seahawks: 49ers

Patriots vs. Bills: Patriots