I have no doubt we will win, just first game jitters. I hope and believe that our OL is going to allow the Hogs to control this game and hopefully the majority of games on our daunting schedule. With 10 wins we are a playoff team and there will be a statue of Sam on the lake beside his slobbering Razorback
Fear not!! For if the OL has struggles a few plays thatās what we have KJ for.
I am very worried about it. I wish I could say āI have no doubt we will win.ā
I am just so used to being disappointed, I fully expect that this season (with this brutal schedule) will disappoint.
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Greg, arenāt you the guy who was ready to throw in the towel after the SEC Baseball Tournament?
Guilty as charged. (At least I do own it!) I fully admit I am a pessimist.
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I admit it is easy to be pessimistic with Hog Football since the motorcycle wreck.
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Iām not āvery worriedā, but Iām a bit nervous about the Cincy game. The one thing Sam hasnāt yet proven, is that he can have the team ready from the kick-off in the first game of the season. I canāt get the first half of the Rice game last year out of my mind. We were down at half-time against Rice. If we play that way against Cincy, we may be down 2 or 3 TDs. We probably wonāt be able to recover enough in the 2nd half to win the game.
One thing that still keeps me positive about the game is that our QB is returning and their QB is not. I think thatās a huge difference maker for us. Got my fingers crossed, but I believe we win this one by around 10 points. We must play well for that to happen.
I think our experience at OL and QB will be the difference. Cincy has proven they are a good program, but not SEC good. Will have to play well and not give them anything.
First games often are somewhat vanilla offense-wise as the full playbook may not be ready. This year, we have talented wide receivers, but how will the spring and summer translate to a well-oiled passing game? That said, we have a powerful running attack on paperāand proven from last season. I suspect that will be what we rely on to win this game. Iām actually more confident in our defense and special teams going into the early season than I have been in the past. Hogs win 27-17.
We are a 10 win team.
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We were a vastly improved team by the end of last season than we were for game 1. Moreover, this is Samās first Arkansas gig with a returning starting QBā¦thatās huge.
I believe I read this is the first time Briles has the same QB for a 2nd yearā¦ think that is big for KJ and the offense. Line is solid and we have known RBās so I think the offense will be fine.
Defensive line, as everyone else has said, is my biggest concern. Believe the LBās will fine but time will tell. Can we get pass rush, can we stop the run? Those are the unknowns.
I think we will win the game but itās going to be a struggle because we donāt normally start off playing very well. Cincinnati will be inexperienced but rest assured they will be very talented because Ohio is one of the best recruiting states in the country. The expected quarterback was #4in the country coming out of high school I believe.
The game will probably be decided as always by turnovers and who can take advantage of opportunities the best,who can turn red zone opportunities into touchdowns and mistakes like blown coverages which we did a lot last year early in the year with a very experienced secondary and this year we will have two maybe three very talented new people that will be all hyped up trying to make a play but donāt really know our scheme that great.
We must also establish a passing game that will keep people off the line of scrimmage if we canāt do that itās going to be a tight game. September 3rd canāt get here quick enough Iām ready to see what we got
Look at our game versus Bama last season. Look at Cincyās game against Bama. We were better than Cincy last year; weāre a lot better right now.
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You canāt compare scores they were much more motivated against them. They didnāt come into our game with the same intensity,we kind of snuck up.on themā¦I think we are better for sure,we will find out Sept 3
My primary point is our QB is greatly improved and much more āreadyā than he was at the beginning of last season. I figure, as a team weāre at about the same level as we were at the end of last season, whereas Cincy has had substantial change, is now less experienced, and younger.
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I hope youāre right but he lost his security blanket receiver and we will need others to step up nowā¦ hopefully we will have some do that in the first game, sometimes it takes a few games for that to happen though.
I give you a different take. I like our WRās, I donāt think he is going to need āAā security blanket receiver, I think he will have several. We with be a lot more āopenā in the passing game.
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After a decade of disappointing football, itās hard to believe that last yearās success makes a trend. So Iām nervous, too.
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I totally agree with you gas, I think we have a ton of talent to throw to!! Now how long it takes to develop them, we will have to seeā¦ thatās why Iām just a little bit leery about this first game. ā¦I think Cincinnati will load the box and make us prove that we can pass the ball which could burn them in the butt and I hope it does. Iām really looking forward to first game to see how Briles chooses to attack a very inexperienced Cincinnati defense.