Arkansas has a bye week coming up.
Let's say first of all things fall in line with what people predict and Arkansas is 2-4 entering the bye week...I think most of us would have predicted the opposite (4-2) at this point, but that's where they're at.
So now this team remembers who they are. It'll be great if they beat Alabama, but obviously nobody should be counting on that. Play well, and leading into the bye they can still reach the middle end of expectations, which would be 8 wins with a bowl win.
After Alabama in SEC play, it's:
Auburn: They're going to beat Auburn this year and might beat them pretty good. Auburn is on a bye this week and has a chance to figure some things out themselves before heading to Kentucky before Arkansas, but it doesn't change the fact that they don't have an elusive quarterback.
UT-Martin: Win
Ole Miss: Ole Miss can be great or they can be bad, but if they're somewhere in between then they can be beaten still. Ole Miss will have played 10 weeks in a row and will be coming off consecutive games against undefeated Memphis at Memphis, Texas A&M in a shootout and at Auburn. Their defense will have played the equivalent of two games more worth of snaps at that point than Arkansas. Arkansas' schedule leading up to that game is bye week, Auburn, UT-Martin. Not a sure bet to win, but this is going to be a game.
LSU: Like Alabama, this is going to be a tough one. LSU has a lot riding with Leonard Fournette, and he figures to get a heavy workload the week before this game when the Tigers head to Tuscaloosa. But Arkansas has played LSU pretty well the last two years.
MSU: Arkansas has a great chance to win this game, though nothing is a slam dunk. Arkansas has a better team top to bottom. This could be a game Arkansas has to have to get to 5 or 6 wins.
Missouri: Arkansas should beat these guys, also. Missouri is 3-1, and they lost 21-13 to the best team they have played this year in Kentucky.
If they play like they have against Texas A&M and Tennessee and have a low penalty total like they did against Tennessee and maybe start getting some breaks here and there, they can still get to 8 wins if they have the right bowl matchup.
Let's say first of all things fall in line with what people predict and Arkansas is 2-4 entering the bye week...I think most of us would have predicted the opposite (4-2) at this point, but that's where they're at.
So now this team remembers who they are. It'll be great if they beat Alabama, but obviously nobody should be counting on that. Play well, and leading into the bye they can still reach the middle end of expectations, which would be 8 wins with a bowl win.
After Alabama in SEC play, it's:
Auburn: They're going to beat Auburn this year and might beat them pretty good. Auburn is on a bye this week and has a chance to figure some things out themselves before heading to Kentucky before Arkansas, but it doesn't change the fact that they don't have an elusive quarterback.
UT-Martin: Win
Ole Miss: Ole Miss can be great or they can be bad, but if they're somewhere in between then they can be beaten still. Ole Miss will have played 10 weeks in a row and will be coming off consecutive games against undefeated Memphis at Memphis, Texas A&M in a shootout and at Auburn. Their defense will have played the equivalent of two games more worth of snaps at that point than Arkansas. Arkansas' schedule leading up to that game is bye week, Auburn, UT-Martin. Not a sure bet to win, but this is going to be a game.
LSU: Like Alabama, this is going to be a tough one. LSU has a lot riding with Leonard Fournette, and he figures to get a heavy workload the week before this game when the Tigers head to Tuscaloosa. But Arkansas has played LSU pretty well the last two years.
MSU: Arkansas has a great chance to win this game, though nothing is a slam dunk. Arkansas has a better team top to bottom. This could be a game Arkansas has to have to get to 5 or 6 wins.
Missouri: Arkansas should beat these guys, also. Missouri is 3-1, and they lost 21-13 to the best team they have played this year in Kentucky.
If they play like they have against Texas A&M and Tennessee and have a low penalty total like they did against Tennessee and maybe start getting some breaks here and there, they can still get to 8 wins if they have the right bowl matchup.
