Arkansas vs Alabama Birmingham

[Sus-Scrofa]

Uh...am I crazy or did he miss like a 45 yarder just before halftime?

Yep

[Natty_Ice]

Uh...am I crazy or did he miss like a 45 yarder just before halftime?
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Yep, almost missed the last one too

[animal]

Ok the box score from Google has him 3/3 when I lookes this morning You cannot view this attachment.

[FNG]

Ok the box score from Google has him 3/3 when I lookes this morning

You gots to lookes better!

[Feral]

can't have it both ways. you said we should have drubbed these guys, but the coach can't?

Huh? By what measure should we have been drubbing them at halftime given how the first half transpired? They ran the ball down our throats and put together 4 scoring drives, not to mention our QB was arm punting all over the place.

My point is that a head coach saying that outwardly proves that he had zero respect for them and overlooked that game.

[flash23]

You make it sound like Pittman said that we should be drubbing them based on the way we were playing. He isn't wrong that we should have been drubbing them. UAB sucks and this isn't going to look any better by the end of the year. Overlooking opponents is a common theme with Pittman, especially at home. For as much as he's whined about playing so many games away from Fayetteville, his teams play like shit there.

[Feral]

You make it sound like Pittman said that we should be drubbing them based on the way we were playing. He isn't wrong that we should have been drubbing them. UAB sucks and this isn't going to look any better by the end of the year. Overlooking opponents is a common theme with Pittman, especially at home. For as much as he's whined about playing so many games away from Fayetteville, his teams play like shit there.

The optics of a head coach outwardly saying that and thus showing zero respect for an opponent aren't great.

Pittman isn't exactly a chess player and tends to word vomit what he actually thinks, and it shows he didn't prepare for UAB in the least and was surprised.

[The Whyte Boar]

If you want people to shell out the money and take the time to come to Fayetteville for a game, you've just got to do better than this.  I mean shit, going to Fayetteville for a game is a hassle and if you're going to put a shit product on the field, then fuck it.  It ain't worth it.  Sam is just too damned lazy and/or dumb to take care of the absolute most important thing.  Do well and look prepared at home.

[Show-Me Hog]

Huh? By what measure should we have been drubbing them at halftime given how the first half transpired? They ran the ball down our throats and put together 4 scoring drives, not to mention our QB was arm punting all over the place.

My point is that a head coach saying that outwardly proves that he had zero respect for them and overlooked that game.

His point was that none of that should have been happening.

[animal]

It would be great if Nick Saban was super bored doing TV and our job opened up and he wanted to take a retirement gig.

[buff2.0]

Considering how ugly the offense looked it's insane that we scored 37.

That should guarantee you a home win against the UABs of the world, but our defense came out flatter than Taylor Swift's ass. Dilfer can honestly say they were just a play or two away.

I still think what I did last week, that with a full season and another off-season of development Green could be a serious weapon.

Our problem is we need a serious weapon now. I don't trust half our receivers to catch the ball even if it hits them in both hands.

[woodhog14]

That's because it was empty when the opening kickoff occurred.

Northwest fans can't bitch about central Arkansas fans ever.  The support in Razorback Stadium is marginally better to the same as War Memorial. 

And we won today.  Go Hogs!

Well, this is a terrible observation. That stadium was full until the last of the 4th qtr.

[woodhog14]

LOL.  No there were not.  We have this new technology call Television Broadcast.   The end zones were empty as were the upper decks. 

To be fair, over the last decade the NWW fans have consistently shown they don't show up for cupcakes.  Which isnt a knock.  I just don't want to hear how much more supportive they are than central Arkansas fans. 

Oh, so you weren't there. What you saw on TV...got it.

I was there and the sitting on the East side of the stadium and the West side was full. North End Zone seats are sold out, but most of those people sit inside because those seats roast in the sun the whole game for 3:00 kick offs. South EZ was full. Upper Deck on West side, full.

East side upper deck that was mostly empty was the student section. There were easily 70,000+ there, probably not the 75,000+ that was reported though.

[Hogfan58]

Considering how ugly the offense looked it's insane that we scored 37.

That should guarantee you a home win against the UABs of the world, but our defense came out flatter than Taylor Swift's ass. Dilfer can honestly say they were just a play or two away.

I still think what I did last week, that with a full season and another off-season of development Green could be a serious weapon.

Our problem is we need a serious weapon now. I don't trust half our receivers to catch the ball even if it hits them in both hands.

Where has our all-world TE been? Are we saving him for SEC play.

[Feral]

As someone said earlier, I somehow feel worse about this win than I did about the OSU loss.

I know it's a loser's rationale, but there were some good things to take away. Having the #16 team on the ropes at home, coming out strong, defense playing well despite the offense and ST putting them in bad situations, and driving down to tie the game at the end of regulation.

This game was...different. I thought Petrino's playcalling, especially in the red zone, was a bit suspect. Granted, Green was horrid, but it felt like we should have kept the ball on the ground when it was obvious Green was washed for the day as a viable passing threat and was only locking onto Armstrong. Also, our defense was the drizzle shits most of the day, between UAB driving on us all first half and us committing stupid ass penalties, we continue to look completely undisciplined. I like Sorey, but he had a potential game-altering unnecessary roughness penalty last week, and then brained a player this week with a facemask on a negative yardage play where we the player dead to rights.

[FNG]

Bad news: We tried to half-ass an inferior opponent and that inferior opponent handed us our whole ass for 3 quarters.

Good news: We still half-assed out a win.

Better news: We didn't wake up as Mississippi State fans this morning.

[Feral]

Where has our all-world TE been? Are we saving him for SEC play.

I've been wondering this as well. We have hardly used Washington or Hasz in the passing game this year, which is uncharacteristic for a Petrino offense. We've even run quite a bit of 12 personnel, but they just aren't being targeted.

In looking at the stats, they have 6 total receptions between them.

[The Whyte Boar]

I will say this, and this might definitely be some 20/20 hindsight wishful thinking I admit, Petrino has a habit of using these sorts of early season to games to work on things regardless of the results on the field during that game.  I remember a game against Monroe in Little Rock where we rushed into a brick wall of a nine man front all night to work on the run. Mallett could pick them apart at will but we were going to get something done in the running game come hell or high water. It was ugly, but it paid dividends later.

There could be a little of that yesterday.  They had no answer for the run but starting next week, Green will have to execute in the passing game for us to have a chance. 

I'm a lot more concerned about the defense.  I really can't think of an excuse for it.

[Son of Spam]

Sounds like I dodged a bullet. Had our 2 daughters, their husbands, and all the grandkids out yesterday. Didn't get to see but maybe a snippet of the game. Glad I missed it. I would actually rather go watch my 9 YO grandson play than watch most college games now. Just not that in to it any more. Guess I have finally gotten my priorities in line. And my blood pressure....

[buff2.0]

Where has our all-world TE been? Are we saving him for SEC play.

Last week he was barely touched on a td reception and somehow injured his back or something.

He was a blocker yesterday. I'm curious about Washington and why he isn't getting more time with Hasz being slowed.

Petrino is calling plays but he didn't build this offensive roster.