What other message boards are saying (Arkansas pre-game edition)

[TennesseeTarheel]

So please name the refs you would like for this game. Tell ya the refs that will call a completely fair game. Tell us the refs that won’t miss holding calls all game just like EVERY SINGLE REFFING CREW IN THE NATION DOES.

To start...

 

[TennesseeTarheel]

- Expect this one to be a rock fight. Tennessee isn't some SEC spectacular that some are making them out to be. They almost lost to Miss. State for gods sake. I feel like we get a couple of advantages and we flush that trash dump stadium. GO HOGS!!

Yea, Tennessee also almost beat Georgia…funny how fans - including us vol fans - are very selective on which facts we want to hang our hat on…

I think Arkansas is potentially a very dangerous team - especially if we give them hope early. Our best bet is to shut down their rushing attack (2nd in SEC) and force Green to make the mistakes he didn’t make last year…and on offense, we need to pound the rock and keep their offense on the bench…

Anybody here ever have an actual rock fight? We had some in our neighborhood. One time, the dentist's son got a Superman costume for some reason and he was wearing it. We got him to stand straight up at the top of the ditch. He stood there for a moment with his hands on his hips and caught one in the forehead. Parents read the riot act, but, we eventually switched to acorns and they let us have our fun.

 

[Other_Guy]

-We are more likely to beat Tennessee than we were a week ago. TN coaching staff will have no idea what we're going to run.

This definitely scares me a little.

 

[BigOrangeCrush32]

There was a TON or orange at MSU

Still, playing at home is way different than playing on the road. You're more comfortable bc you're not in a hotel and you dont have to bus/fly to the opponent's location so you're more rested. There is many things that go into it.

 

[YankeeVol]

Still, playing at home is way different than playing on the road. You're more comfortable bc you're not in a hotel and you dont have to bus/fly to the opponent's location so you're more rested. There is many things that go into it.

MSU is a glorified HS stadium.

 

[SockeyeVol]

So please name the refs you would like for this game. Tell ya the refs that will call a completely fair game. Tell us the refs that won’t miss holding calls all game just like EVERY SINGLE REFFING CREW IN THE NATION DOES.

1. Jim Bob Knox and Joe Pulaski as field judges
2. Peyton Manning as referee
3. Donde Plowman as replay official.

Should be an excellent crew.

 

[Redleg68]

This ^
Offense probably won’t change much and hasn’t been the problem - see defensive side of the ball for Hogs for concerns.

52-17 vols

 

[adam.vol]

Let me sum up Bobby's press conference: "It's a brand new cycle. We have something good going here and we really don't want to wreck things."

That’s funny!

Also, something good going = fat paycheck for the Trojan Horse attack that is the sitting head coach.

 

[adam.vol]

While Hog fans can hope, if Tennessee goes up 21-0 or 21-7 early, Arkansas is not Georgia. If I'm Heupel, I take the ball if we win the toss.

Since we really have no idea what type of trickery a new coaching staff may try, this is the type of game which tests the system more so than the game plan. Even Connor Stallions would have to be nervous about this game.

 

[MackDaddyVol]

Anybody here ever have an actual rock fight? We had some in our neighborhood. One time, the dentist's son got a Superman costume for some reason and he was wearing it. We got him to stand straight up at the top of the ditch. He stood there for a moment with his hands on his hips and caught one in the forehead. Parents read the riot act, but, we eventually switched to acorns and they let us have our fun.

Dirt clods were what we used. Used trash can lids for “shelds”. If you get nailed with a clod you didn’t see coming, that’s on YOU

 

[Arrested Devolopment]

Tennessee will deliver a proper beating, my brothers.

 

[Orange_Vol1321]

Those fans wanting him hired again blows my mind.

 

[HalfullVol]

Dirt clods were what we used. Used trash can lids for “shelds”. If you get nailed with a clod you didn’t see coming, that’s on YOU

BB gun wars and bottle rockets for artillery.
Two teams.
One team attacks the other side of the creek defended by the other team.
Great, funny tales from those times and nobody got their eye shot out.

Yeah, this is from the days when parents told us not to come home until dinner (after lunch, of course) and we found ways to entertain ourselves.
Good times.

 

[preacherrandy]

Dirt clods were what we used. Used trash can lids for “shelds”. If you get nailed with a clod you didn’t see coming, that’s on YOU

We used to throw little green apples stuck on a maple sapling. Them little buggers left welts.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

This definitely scares me a little.

It shouldn’t

 

[Other_Guy]

It shouldn’t

Should or shouldnt, its tenn. It always will.

 

[MemphisVol77]

BB gun wars

We'd all solemnly agree no pumping more than 3 times and no head shots beforehand. Then we'd pump them 100K times and take head shots once we started. Thankfully, those guns had no accuracy and no one ever got seriously hurt.

 

[901 Orange]

Because it doesn’t matter what happened. You can make excuses and dissect every game. The end result is the end result. I almost became a rocket scientist. No one cares. They only care that I am now homeless in a van down by the river.

If that's the case, we should only care that we won the game right?? By 50 or by 1 it still counts the same

 

[GetEmVols]

-Tennessee will cover the 13.5 and then some.

-We haven't been playing very well and we are in a transition. UT is a very good football team and will cover comfortably.

-If our normal defense shows up, Tennessee will hang 70 on us.

-I honestly don't see another win on the schedule this year.

-I would assume Vols can name the score, etc…But I’m old enough to remember the 1992 game under somewhat similar circumstances.

-For anyone that doesn't think we can't win this weekend, remember what UCLA did to Penn State. Anything is possible.

-On the road at UT is a tough place for a discombobulated team to start over. I predict a UGA 2021 type scenario.

-Yeah, I would like to think this could be a Joe Kines 1992 at Knoxville type surprise upset, but I just can't realistically see that. If we just play with a little passion and intelligence on both sides of the ball and make a few less stupid mistakes, I'll take that and move onto the next week.

-We are more likely to beat Tennessee than we were a week ago. TN coaching staff will have no idea what we're going to run. What if we come out in a 3-4 base with aggressive blitzing and man on the backend? Or we could stick to the base 4-3 but blitz up the middle? TN will be scouting in game. I wish we were playing a more beatable team like MSU or Auburn but if the team plays well and TN makes some mistakes, anything could happen.

-Their field being the same dimension, may our 11's play well enough to cause them to toss more mustard than Birmingham and any frenchie franchise could possibly pay for... Go Hogs Go !!!

-I'm pulling my double reverse jinx bingo card for this one. After controlling the game for 3.5 quarters, but failing to put the hogs away, the TN QB will inexplicably cough up the ball as they are trying to run out the clock. 28-24 Hogs.

-Did you watch the Tennessee vs MSU or Auburn vs Oklahoma Games?
While watching those games I was thinking I'd rather play Tenn than MSU or Auburn.

-It's college football, upsets happens all the time. Arkansas CAN win every game left on its schedule, BUT the defense has to improve DRAMATICALLY, and the offense can not turn the ball over. Even then, it is a stretch seeing this team win more than 3 of it's last 7.

-Alot on the line for Bobby Petrino. He's wanted to be in this position since 2011. Guess we will find out if the defense is fixable and if the offense can play big boy football.

-I think the Tenn/Ar game will be a more competitive game than we had vs ND. Both teams had bye weeks. Tenner only has film on Pittman's team and T-will's defense. Neither will be there. I'm an Arkansas homer and I'll be pumped by game day. I am Not going into the game thinking we are going to lose. Hopefully the players will believe they can win also. I bet Sam will be pulling for the Hogs too.

-Expect this one to be a rock fight. Tennessee isn't some SEC spectacular that some are making them out to be. They almost lost to Miss. State for gods sake. I feel like we get a couple of advantages and we flush that trash dump stadium. GO HOGS!!

So have we not seen Bobby's offense at Arkansas? He was the coordinator and probably the playcaller too.

 

[EastTNVol6240]

If that's the case, we should only care that we won the game right?? By 50 or by 1 it still counts the same

Depends on how you look at it I suppose. I’m in the thought of a W is a W. But I definitely still dissect our play and look at how it may impact future games, as does any fan base.

My point is you can look at any game and “what if” it to death. From a negative or a positive. MSU- we dropped a few balls and had a bad call away from winning that one by 14-21. Or MSU- our defense was atrocious and we were only a play or two away from losing a game we should’ve eon by 14-21.