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 

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

Rest Up Hogs!

 Yep it is a bye week for the Razorbacks so they need to rest up for the next game.  It's been a pretty rough October for them so they should sleep and get ready for the next opponent.

Last week I went 11-3 (78.6%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 104-37 (73.8%)) and 7-5 (58.3%) for NFL predictions (Total: 59-41 (59%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!

College Football Week 9:

Cincinnati vs. Tulane: Cincinnati

Michigan vs. Michigan State: Michigan State

Iowa vs. Wisconsin: Iowa

Texas vs. Baylor: Baylor

Miami vs. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh

Iowa State vs. West Virginia: Iowa State

Georgia vs. Florida: Georgia

Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma: Oklahoma

Colorado vs. Oregon: Oregon

Duke vs. Wake Forest: Wake Forest

Ole Miss vs. Auburn: Auburn

Kentucky vs. Mississippi State: Kentucky

Kansas vs. Oklahoma State: Oklahoma State

SMU vs. Houston: SMU

Penn State vs. Ohio State: Ohio State

North Carolina vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame

Virginia vs. BYU: BYU

Fresno State: San Diego State: San Diego State

NFL Week 8:

Panthers vs. Falcons: Falcons

Dolphins vs. Bills: Bills

49ers vs. Bears: Bears

Steelers vs. Browns: Steelers

Eagles vs. Lions: Eagles

Titans vs. Colts: Titans

Bengals vs. Jets: Bengals

Rams vs. Texans: Rams

Patriots vs. Chargers: Chargers

Jaguars vs. Seahawks: Seahawks

Washington vs. Broncos: Broncos

Buccaneers vs. Saints: Buccaneers

Cowboys vs. Vikings: Cowboys

Giants vs. Chiefs: Chiefs

Win This Week, Rest Up Next Week

 

These past couple of games have been hard ones to get over.  We started out as 4-0 and now we are 4-3.  It's good that we have an easy opponent to play this week and then a bye week.  This is a great opportunity for us to gain some confidence back and rest up.  After this game, the Razorbacks would play 8 straight games without a bye week.  Going so long without a bye week could be a reason why we haven't played as well the past few games.  Getting this rest will definitely help out the rest of the season for us.  As of now, I think we could go 7-5 or 8-4 at best to finish the regular season.  Mississippi State and Missouri seem winnable games.  Alabama doesn't seem likely but LSU seems 50/50 to me because they are sometimes good and sometimes not.  Let's just get this easy win this week and rest well during the bye week and hopefully we can have a good end to the regular season.

Last week I went 10-6 (62.5%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 93-34 (73.2%)) and 9-4 (69.2%) for NFL predictions (Total: 52-36 (59.1%)).  It seems that I've been getting my NFL predictions better than College Football predictions recently. Now let's do this week's predictions!

College Football Week 8:

Cincinnati vs. Navy: Cincinnati

Oklahoma vs. Kansas: Oklahoma

Northwestern vs. Michigan

Illinois vs. Penn State: Penn State

Wake Forest vs. Army: Wake Forest

Wisconsin vs. Purdue: Purdue

Oklahoma St. vs. Iowa State: Iowa State

Oregon vs. UCLA: Oregon

LSU vs. Ole Miss: Ole Miss

Clemson vs. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh

Tennessee vs. Alabama: Alabama

San Diego State vs. Air Force: San Diego State

UTSA vs. Louisiana Tech: UTSA

Ohio State vs. Indiana: Ohio State

USC vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame

South Carolina vs. Texas A&M: Texas A&M

NC State vs. Miami: NC State

NFL Week 7:

Chiefs vs. Titans: Chiefs

Washington vs. Packers: Packers

Falcons vs. Dolphins: Dolphins

Jets vs. Patriots: Patriots

Panthers vs. Giants: Panthers

Bengals vs. Ravens: Ravens

Eagles vs. Raiders: Raiders

Lions vs. Rams: Rams

Texans vs. Cardinals: Cardinals

Bears vs. Buccaneers: Buccaneers

Colts vs. 49ers: 49ers

Saints vs. Seahawks: Saints

Auburn vs. Arkansas: Hope Officiating Is Good

 

Ohhh boy I really want us to win this week.  Last week was not good for my blood pressure.  I do agree with going for the 2-point conversion at the end last week, but I would've gone with a different play.  Anyways, we still look competitive and this week will be some sweet revenge against Auburn last year.  Considering that last year they won by a field goal after their QB Bo Nix "spiked" the football backwards and wasn't called a fumble or the play was already dead.  A major officiating error costed the game at the end and I want us to pummel Auburn at home this year.  

Last week I went 10-5 (66.7%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 83-28 (74.8%)) and 12-3 (80%) for NFL predictions (Total: 43-32 (57.3%)).  Wow that is rare that I have a higher prediction percentage for the NFL last week compared to College Football. Now let's do this week's predictions!

College Football Week 7:

California vs. Oregon: Oregon

San Diego State vs. San Jose State: San Diego State

Auburn vs. Arkansas: Arkansas

UCF vs. Cincinnati: Cincinnati

Michigan State vs. Indiana: Michigan State

Oklahoma St. vs. Texas: Texas

Florida vs. LSU: Florida

Texas A&M vs. Missouri: Texas A&M

Kentucky vs. Georgia: Georgia

Purdue vs. Iowa: Iowa

BYU vs. Baylor: Baylor

Alabama vs. Mississippi State: Alabama

TCU vs. Oklahoma: Oklahoma

Ole Miss vs. Tennessee: Tennessee

NC State vs. Boston College: Boston College

Arizona vs. Utah: Utah

NFL Week 6:

Chiefs vs. Washington: Chiefs

Dolphins vs. Jaguars: Dolphins

Packers vs. Bears: Packers

Bengals vs. Lions: Bengals

Texans vs. Colts: Colts

Rams vs. Giants: Rams

Vikings vs. Panthers: Panthers

Chargers vs. Ravens: Ravens

Cardinals vs. Browns: Cardinals

Raiders vs. Broncos: Broncos

Cowboys vs. Patriots: Cowboys

Seahawks vs. Steelers: Seahawks

Bills vs. Titans: Titans

Arkansas vs. Ole Miss: Please Turn the Jukebox Back On

 

Oh man, last week was not pretty at all for us.  It looks like Georgia and Alabama really are on another league of their own.  But, if we somehow get to 10-2 on the season with our only losses against Georgia and Alabama, I would be so happy still.  That would bring me back to 2011 when our only losses were against Alabama and LSU, and they both played against each other in the National Championship.  I'm just saying that if our only losses are literally against the best of the best, don't feel too bad about it.  But, we play Ole Miss today and I really want us to beat them.  We embarrassed them last year and I would like to do it again this year.  We pretty much owned the state of Texas after beating Texas and Texas A&M.  I would like us to also own the state of Mississippi starting with Ole Miss and then Mississippi State later.  Let's go!!!!

Last week I went 11-8 (57.9%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 73-23 (76%)) and 7-8 (46.7%) for NFL predictions (Total: 31-29 (51.7%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!

College Football Week 6

Arkansas vs. Ole Miss: Arkansas

Oklahoma vs. Texas: Oklahoma

Maryland vs. Ohio State: Ohio State

Michigan State vs. Rutgers: Michigan State

Vanderbilt vs. Florida: Florida

Georgia vs. Auburn: Georgia

Boise State vs. BYU: BYU

Wake Forest vs. Syracuse: Syracuse

SMU vs. Navy: SMU

Penn State vs. Iowa: Iowa

Michigan vs. Nebraska: Michigan

Notre Dame vs. Virginia Tech: Notre Dame

LSU vs. Kentucky: LSU

Alabama vs. Texas A&M: Alabama

New Mexico vs. San Diego State: San Diego State

NFL Week 5

Bills vs. Chiefs: Chiefs

Jets vs. Falcons: Falcons

Packers vs. Bengals: Packers

Lions vs. Vikings: Vikings

Broncos vs. Steelers: Steelers

Dolphins vs. Buccaneers: Buccaneers

Saints vs. Washington: Saints

Eagles vs. Panthers: Panthers

Titans vs. Jaguars: Titans

Patriots vs. Texans: Patriots

Bears vs. Raiders: Raiders

Browns vs. Chargers: Chargers

Giants vs. Cowboys: Cowboys

49ers vs. Cardinals: Cardinals

Colts vs. Ravens: Ravens

Arkansas vs. Georgia: Hawgs vs. Dawgs

 It is now for the Hogs to really prove themselves to be among the best this season.  Of course we were able to be a ranked Texas and Texas A&M.  But this is Georgia who can compete with Alabama.  These Hogs have been impressive so far and they might have a chance.  But it is still a big "if" because it is against Georgia on their home turf.  If we win, we will be 5-0 for the first time since 1998!  My preseason predictions had me thinking that Arkansas would go 7-5 this year.  So far, it looks like Arkansas could probably go 9-3 or 10-2.  I like to be wrong if it is a great thing.

Last week I went 16-4 (80%) for my College Football predictions (Total: 62-15 (80.5%)) and 8-7 (53.3%) for NFL predictions (Total: 24-21 (53.3%)).  Now let's do this week's predictions!

College Football Week 5:

Arkansas vs. Georgia: Arkansas

Michigan vs. Wisconsin: Michigan

Louisville vs. Wake Forest: Wake Forest

Cincinnati vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame

UL Monroe vs. Coast Carolina: Coast Carolina

Ole Miss vs. Alabama: Alabama

Oregon vs. Stanford: Oregon

Oklahoma vs. Kansas State: Oklahoma

Ohio State vs. Rutgers: Ohio State

Florida vs. Kentucky: Florida

Louisiana Tech vs. NC State: NC State

Miss State vs. Texas A&M: Texas A&M

Baylor vs. Oklahoma State: Baylor

Indiana vs. Penn State: Penn State

Western Kentucky vs. Michigan State: Michigan State

Boston College vs. Clemson: Clemson

Auburn vs. LSU: Auburn

Arizona State vs. UCLA: UCLA

Fresno State vs. Hawai'i: Fresno State

NFL Week 4:

Chiefs vs. Eagles: Chiefs

Washington vs. Falcons: Falcons

Texans vs. Bills: Bills

Lions vs. Bears: Bears

Panthers vs. Cowboys: Cowboys

Colts vs. Dolphins: Dolphins

Browns vs. Vikings: Browns

Giants vs. Saints: Saints

Titans vs. Jets: Titans

Cardinals vs. Rams: Rams

Seahawks vs. 49ers: 49ers

Ravens vs. Broncos: Broncos

Steelers vs. Packers: Packers

Buccaneers vs. Patriots: Buccaneers

Raiders vs. Chargers: Raiders