…just one man’s opinion.
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For SEC games and, this year, the TCU game, we will mostly play teams with higher rated recruits than ours. One reason CBB is a good fit for Arkansas is he has proven to be good at coaching up low stars into playing like high stars. For CBB’s system to work we have to play smart and hard to help compensate for lack of talent, if we hope to win.
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Last Saturday, we caught a more talented team who was healthy, fresh and really focused after a bye week rest and after we beat them last year. Bad timing there as we were coming off two very tough games and eight consecutive games without a rest. I firmly believe we got Auburn’s best game to date and they got our worst.
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We all like to say that “stars don’t matter” and then we get all excited when Sosa Agim, our one and only five star, commits to play for us. Auburn had two Sosa Agims playing as full grown upper classmen in their D-line, with several younger just as good recruits supporting and backing them up. They dominated our offensive line. The same thing happened against A&M and Bama where there are first round draft choices at several positions on each of those defensive lines. Three great SECWest defensive lines and three losses.
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There will be great athletes on Florida and LSU’s defensive lines too. Hopefully, not as many and not as extremely talented as these three teams we have already played.
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So, I think we beat Florida after two weeks to rest, heal, and reload. We probably don’t beat LSU and end up 8-4 for the season and 9-4 if we win our bowl. That would be a good result for a rebuilding year. Not as good as we were hoping after the TCU win, but very respectable.
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If that happens, we will finish 5th in the SEC West. If we were in the SEC East, we would have dueled for the top spot. Same in the Big 12.
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If Austin’s injury is more serious than they are pretending it is, we will be doing good to get bowl eligible. Hope he just has a slight strain on his knee and will finish the season healthy. He definitely deserves that and much, much more.
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