"Hey, where's everybody going?"

Before we boast yet again on one of our pathetic attempts to foresee the outcome of the Nation's football powerhouse conference, we must unofficially welcome in our latest contributor to The Big Red Board.com. JCK, welcome to what we 'overhypingly' around here call "The Big Show."

If you readers have not had a chance to read some of JCK's work we invite you to read the entry directly below this one (if you click onto our home page). You can also just click on the article here: Ark vs UC-Davis-Running Diary. We think that you will find it to be entertaining while manufacturing a smile upon your face.

Now, on to the part that my mother claims to read.

Week Twelve's positive side was the improvement on our season record to 65 - 19 (.773) after going 6 - 0. Last week's negative was the damage to our season points-per-game total moving to 13.4 after a high-scoring performance by the SEC's dominant Florida and happy-go-lucky Mississippi, resulting in a tie with Week One for this season's worst at 19.7 ppg.

Let's talk some Week Thirteen, shall we?

All games are November 22nd:

Arkansas at Mississippi State (1:30 p.m. CT) - You have heard of "David vs. Goliath?" This is more like the SEC's version of "Tiny Tim vs. Barney Rubble;" neither would probably hurt a fly, but given the right provocation, one (Barney) could step up and hurt you. [This may very well have taken First Place on the mantle of bad analogies] The Hogs still have a chance of becoming bowl eligible and Mississippi State is the first of two steps (the only two steps left) in accomplishing that goal. Since Mississippi State has no bowl hopes it is not a must win for the Bulldogs, however they do enjoy beating the Razorbacks and a victory in Starkville would be a great send-off for their Seniors. Arkansas will give MSU some things to build on for the Iron Bowl but it will be a moral victory at best. Hogs by 17.

The Citadel at Florida (1:30 p.m. ET) - Okay, do we really need to discuss this one? We had an inter-office argument on whether or not this game should even be mentioned. Unfortunately, only one of us gets stuck writing about it... or would that be a fortunate thing. Quick synopsis: Tebow is way behind in the Heisman polls; Myer needs to pad his stats to get him back to the level of padding that he had the previous two years. A level that even the High School Homecoming Queen would envy. Urban and the Gators are successful at that winning by 60 before calling off the dogs.

Ole Miss at LSU (2:30 p.m. CT / CBS) - Not too many options for this week's 'The Big Red Board's SEC Game of the Week,' but the Rebels at the Tigers looks to be an interesting matchup nonetheless. Houston Nutt's talent seems to be playing better as the season rolls along while LSU is right about where many expected them to be. 6 - 4 overall at 7 -3; Death Valley could definitely be the difference maker in this game, but the fact remains that Nutt will use the Razorbacks' victory last year in Baton Rouge as motivation towards and evidence for a possible victory in the rabid tiger den. Miles needs to put a victory together here, and the Tigers need to convince one of the top recruiting bases in the Country to stay home. It will be a struggle to do so, but the Bayou Bengals will hold serve at their house by 10.

Tennessee at Vanderbilt (11:30 a.m. CT / Raycom) - Oh, Vanderbilt, how boastful art thou, Vanderbilt? Tennessee Volunteer Head Coach Phil Fulmer has given you more 'L's' than the masonry company that built your beloved Buttrick Hall. [Where do these sorry analogies keep coming from today?] But alas, Tennessee is finally down while Vanderbilt is up. Fulmer is going to need all of that six-million to help ease the pain of this payback. Commodores by 15.

Alabama is holding a press conference to explain why their mascot is the Tide but dresses as an elephant. Auburn sends them a letter of support saying that it is a state thing on a piece of paper signed "War Eagle." Georgia had to let Uga off this weekend for mating season (word is that there were only fifteen of him left). Kentucky originally had a game scheduled but the basketball team decided to scrimmage the School for the Blind; you can do the math. South Carolina heard that all of Myrtle Beach's remaining 1992 stock of tied dyed t-shirts is 50% off and decided to beat the holiday week rush. Five visors for fifteen bucks is hard to beat, Steve.

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Arkansas vs. UC-Davis Running Diary

“The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.”
Theodore Roosevelt


Greetings children. Another Hog hoops game has come and gone and I’m not sure I’ve learned anything. But as usual when I’m able to get to the game I’m here to share my thoughts in the form of a running diary taken from notes I took during the game.

There is a cold biting wind coming from the southwest as I’m trudging up the walkway to Bud Walton and I’m beginning to regret my decision to head out sans both underwear and socks. My trudge is in midseason form though – head down, shoulders hunched. There are few trudgers that are my match.

A guy is standing near the crosswalk selling a couple packages of season tickets. He has a huge posterboard sign with glitter and stuff. I’m picturing him working on it at home and deciding which color sparkles will be the most attractive.

I haven’t seen this before and I’m wondering if this is a sign of the economic times or a sign of sad hoop times. Maybe a bit of both.

I am almost late for tip off yet the arena is easily half empty. There are levels of responsibility on both sides here. People can’t be expected to spend hard earned money in bad times to see a team that has AT BEST been mediocre over the past decade play weak non-conference teams. At the same time is has become increasingly clear that we can no longer consider ourselves a top basketball fan base. We are, for better or worse, a good group of front runners.


So tonight’s foe is the UC-Davis Aggies. They don’t really look like Aggies, kinda more like a slightly tall group of waiters at an Olive Garden. This isn’t a particularly intimidating bunch.

The Hogs open with the same starting lineup we have been seeing – Fortson, Clarke and Welsh in a 3 guard set and Washington and Sanchez inside. Lets play ball.

1ST HALF

Washington and Fortson miss 3s early. Fortson’s mechanics look better to me than they did the other night and he does get good elevation – I thought he had more of a set shot before. This is encouraging.

Rotnei takes the ball into the lane with a left hand dribble and hits a short pull up. Very nice. He’s being guarded by a dude about a half foot taller than him that bears a passing resemblance to Colin Ferrell. I can’t get over the sheer suckiness of his work in the Miami Vice movie. I dislike this guy on artistic principle.

Stef hits Clarke on an inbounds under the goal. Rotnei is moving well.

There seem to be an unusual number of people in my section berating the UC-Davis players with rather unfunny and unpleasant insults. I guess I hadn’t realized the ugliness that had boiled up in this rivalry over the 3 minutes it has been going on.

1ST TIMEOUT 8-3 Hogs

Fortson with a gorgeous drive and dish to McDonald. Fortson also hits a 3. He is penetrating whenever he wants and really looks in control. This is the good Fortson. Great hops too.

Washington is struggling a bit. He has certainly gained weight and is stronger but it is all in his upper body – or at least it looks that way. His legs are still kinda spindly and he has trouble holding a spot.

Okay – I am going to be the first one to broach this rather delicate subject. (And please remember this is just an observation – I’m not judging.) I think Rotnei Clarke is tanning between games. He has a distinctly Dan Majerle-esque orangish glow.

Davis has a kid named Silva in the game that looks like he is about 5’1” and weighs maybe 125. He has a tat on his right shoulder that judging by his hairdo is probably of Shawn Cassidy. My current theory is that he is a Make-A-Wish foundation winner and this was his prize.

9:37 LEFT 22-10 HOGS

Sanchez looks great. If he played in UC-Davis’s league he would be All-World. He is the strongest player on the floor and he is playing harder than anyone. I really want to suggest that some people close to him stage an intervention regarding his hair.
3RD TO 22-15

Silva is a DIFFERENCE MAKER baby! Buried a deep three. Good for that little fella. He’s just precious.

I’ve decided the folks sitting in the folding chairs on the floor look uncomfortaby similar to the tightly grouped handicapped kids in wheelchairs that used to sit under the goal. Not sure what is going on with that.

The Davis coach is FREAKING out!. This is special. He has his team all the way out on the floor and they are huddled around him and he is stomping and screaming and they won’t make eye contact. There is a goofy 7 footer at the back of the huddle that looks like he is pissed off he’s gonna have to run because these other chumps are screwing up.

LAST TO 33-20 HOGS

I must be honest. I’m losing interest in this game. The pace is slow. The defense is soft, soft, soft. The shooting has been bad. We rarely press and when we do it is just a silly man to man thing.

A lady that had to be 70 just walked by with a pony-tail tied with a red ribbon and a dude that has a more than passing resemblance to Wild Bill Hickock has shown up in the front row. Good Times!

HALFTIME 36-27 HOGS

Bad close to the half. We should be smoking this clan. Sanchez is the biggest bright spot. Rotnei hasn’t been open unless he has gotten himself open with the ball. Fortson played great early and faded a bit. Not sure still what our defensive philosophy is. Andre Clark and Brandon Moore barely saw the floor which is just weird.

Now on to the important stuff. The halftime entertainment.

We had a rather disturbing combination of gross commercialization and weird mascot behavior as the Razorback and Pork Chop along with Strike (Naturals mascot) and the mascots of various local establishments such as Sonic, Chic-a-fila, Papa Johns etc. had a 5 on 5 full court battle that seemed to last for a couple of hours.

It looked like it would end it a hard fought scoreless tie but the Papa Johns slice of pizza, who interestingly had arms covered with tattoos, scored late. Dignity was the big loser here tonight.


2ND HALF TIPOFF

My girlfriend doesn’t like Sanchez and she is trying to explain why.

“He has no butt. Look at him in back. It just goes STRAIGHT DOWN.” She is making hand gestures here. “I mean he has no butt. I hate no-butted people.”

As a no-butted person myself I have little response to this other than to wrap my coat around my waist.

Welsh with a nice little shot then Fortson with a pretty one.

Pelphrey finally pulls a good freak out and gets a T when Washington fouls a jump shooter from behind. Gotta love the Pel.

Rot with 3 free throws after barely missing a four point play.

1ST TO 47-39 HOGS

Our defense is atrocious the last couple of minutes. Davis has missed 3 straight uncontested 3s. We are soft.

My girlfriend again (who has previously commented that Courtney Fortson is “pretty – like a girl”) “Courtney looks a little like Jamie Foxx don’t you think? And Jamie Foxx, do you remember him when he played Sha-nay-nay? Do you see what I’m saying?”

Sadly I knew exactly what she was saying. We kinda think alike.

“Does that mean you found Sha-nay-nay pretty?” I asked.

“I don’t know. I’m getting confused.”

Rotnei is just a hair off. Maybe fading away a bit too much.

2ND TO 53-46 HOGS

The officiating is too tight. Both teams are already in the bonus. Our press is a joke. We use mostly a man press that is beaten simply by clearing out and then a 2-2-1 that never traps. It is soft, token pressure. If we are going to attack then ATTACK. I despise half measures. As small as we are we better learn to be an aggressive defensive team.

Sanchez, butt or not, continues to play very hard and rebound well. Moore and Clark haven’t seen the floor this half.


Rotnei needs to be the backup point. He is very good with the ball. He is quick and can score and pass and handle. He is a better point than stef and stef is a better 2 than he is a point. Rotnei is arguably a better point than 2 at this stage of his career. He isn’t yet a natural moving without the ball. We can get very, very good minutes out of Rotnei at the 1.


Beautiful dish from Henry to Welsh. He’s a ways a way but Henry is a player.

3RD TO 61-52 HOGS

We aren’t closing the deal on these guys. Fortson and Clarke are both sitting which seems odd. Ball movement is bad. A 60+ year old lady just walked by with leopard print pants. Where are the refs to call a foul when you need them.

LAST TO 61-54 HOGS

RC and CF back in. Sanchez hits a pair. Nice Michael.

Welsh with a pretty length of the court pass to Rotnei as he was
falling down.
Just mopping up now.

HOGS WIN 68-59

Well I must say that I was disappointed. Davis isn’t a terrible team. They can shoot and run some nice base offense. but they shouldn’t be able to cover us and we should run a team like that out of the gym – especially at home – and we made no attempt to do so.

This team has 6 viable and productive players for the 1, 2 and 3 spots. Britt, Henry and McDonald all bring something to the table and each combination of those six offers a little something the other combinations doesn’t whether it is more size or more shooting or more strength or quickness.

With that sort of depth we should be pushing the ball on offense and moreover we should be hyper-aggressive on defense. We need easy buckets because this still isn’t a great shooting team. And we need to harass opposing guards so they have trouble getting the ball inside where we will struggle defensively.

I also have to wonder if Moore and Clark can’t play against the UC-Davis frontline what teams will they be able to help us against? Throw them out there.

Last thought. Soft presses are just silly. Press or don’t. Attack or don’t. It is time for Arkansas basketball to decide who it is. Are we soft or are we hard?

JCK

"Hey Steve, you wouldn't happen to need a coordinator, would you?"

That's a good question, Phil, unfortunately we do not have the answer for you. We did have all of the answers in Week Eleven though, as The Big Red Board had one of its best weeks finishing 6 - 0 at 7.7 points per game (59 - 19 [.756] and 12.9 ppg. on the season). Enough boasting on mediocrity, we will leave that up to... well, nevermind. Let's hit big, bad Week Twelve.

All games are November 16th:

Mississippi State at Alabama (6:45 p.m. CT / ESPN) - The SEC's (and the Nation's) best hosting the SEC's worst; this should almost be illegal. Saban and Co. should have little trouble disposing of Mississippi State, that's the obvious. The unobvious is that Alabama is susceptible for a letdown as they look forward to an easier slide over their last two games even though that last team is Iron Bowl combatant Auburn. The Tide's talent on a bad day (if they have one) will still be too much for the Bulldogs - Bama by 17.

Georgia at Auburn (11:30 a.m. CT / Raycom) - Georgia is still tough despite a setback against Florida and a tussle til the end at Kentucky. Auburn did not find much to hang its hat on in the win against Tennessee - Martin last week. Since a BCS Bowl is a very distant hope for the Bulldogs, Georgia will audition for the best bowl bid possible. On the other hand, Tommy Tuberville is auditioning for the Tennessee job. Georgia will earn a better shot at the lead part by 22.

South Carolina at Florida (3:30 p.m. ET / CBS) - Our SEC Game of the Week pits in-conference 4 - 3 South Carolina travelling to SEC East leader and 6 - 1 Florida. While the Gamecocks started the season off rocky, they have won six out of their last seven overall and thus come into the game with momentum. The downside to that momentum is that the six wins have come against Wofford, UAB, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas - none of which are cream of the crop. Florida, on the other hand, has mowed through everyone with the exception of one little hiccup while hosting Ole Miss. You know what is good for hiccups? Paper bags. South Carolina will use a lot of paper bags on the flight home. Gators by 27.

Vanderbilt at Kentucky (8 p.m. ET / ESPN2) - Commodores and Wildcats - sounds exciting. Well, it should at least be a competitive game. Vanderbilt started the season hot and even earned a National ranking. Kentucky started of the season pretty well and, with the exception of the Florida game, has "been in" all of their losses averaging 4.7 points per loss against South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama - not bad. The question for this Saturday is which versions of both teams take the field. Unbiased fans of college football could find this as an exciting game to just sit and watch. They will watch a Commodore victory though - Vandy by 8.

Louisiana-Monroe at Ole Miss (1 p.m. CT) - The only bad thing about this game is that Ole Miss had to waste a bye week on it. But maybe there is more than one bad thing to this game. Louisiana-Monroe has been known to sneak up and beat teams that they should not, including an SEC team, despite the Warhawks having sub-par seasons. Nutt and his bunch will have done everything that they can to prepare the Rebels so that this does not happen despite LSU on the horizon. Rebels hold strong by 18.

Troy at LSU (7 p.m. CT) - First Tulane and now Troy this week to "sandwich" the Alabama game - how do the Tigers get such great late-season scheduling? That does not matter; the SEC is tough and no one should blame any of this conference's team for scheduling some rent-a-wins no matter what the juncture of the season. Troy is one of these teams that is capable of an upset, but LSU is too good, too smart, and too fond of their home stadium to fall apart on this one. Tigers over the Trojans by 20.

Arkansas had to allow Wal~Mart to use its facilities for a Toby Keith concert, and Tennessee's players are going from grocery store to grocery store in search of boxes for Coach Fulmer.

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Week Ten hurt a little. We are now 53 - 19 (736) after finishing 5 - 2. Our ppg is now 13.4 after bumping up with a 14.6 last week.

An epidemic has swept our offices and we are all extremely sick. That being said, here are the watered-down picks for this week:

All games are Nov. 8th

Alabama @ LSU - LSU would love to claim a home victory, but they will not this week. Bama by 12.

Arkansas @ South Carolina - Bowl bids are in the air. South Carolina helps earn a better one and Arkansas will need to finish the season with two wins to even become eligible. Gamecocks by 10.

Tennessee-Martin @ Auburn - Homecoming for the Tigers proves to be victorious by 22.

Florida @ Vanderbilt - Vandy has lost its touch this season. Florida has found theirs yet again. Gators by 24.

Georgia @ Kentucky - Kentucky hopefully cherished that win recently against Arkansas, because it might have been their last. Bulldogs win by 28

Wyoming @ Tennessee - "What? You are picking Wyoming. It's Tennessee at Tennessee... you are crazy." Well, we are crazy, too. Wyoming beats the Vols by 10

All of Mississippi is partying for a new statewide holiday, "Mediocrity if Fine Day." Ole Miss, Mississippi State, the banks, the post office, and the guy that grades all of the ACT scores are closed.

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Call it a debate, call it discussion, call it nonsense, or call it whatever, but the questions have been posed on a message board, and since the season has not been packed full of highlight conversation, we thought that we would delve into the questions ourselves.

Will Gus Malzahn come into Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium looking for revenge? And will Gus run up the score?

Revenge? No, what would really be the motivation? Gus was not mistreated by the current coaching staff, nor was the new and current athletic administration the empowering force that allowed Houston Nutt to run off the offensive minded coach. Yes, word was that Gus did interview with Jeff Long for the head coaching position at Arkansas, but even then a coach with minimal experience could not reasonably expect to be handed the reigns to an SEC school.

Gus is loved and admired by a majority of the Arkansas fan base, especially in the area where the university is located - right down the street from his hometown of Springdale. Throw Houston out of the equation, Gus knows that most fans think that he got jobbed by the rabid Nuttster. Gus' only motivation would be that for a team that he now surely loves and loves to coach, furthering his career, and leading the team to a BCS.

Run up the score? Well, that answer comes with variables, but basically it depends on what your definition of "running up the score" is.

Both defenses are prone to the passing game, so this game has the potential to be high-scoring. Therefor, putting a lot of points on the board will be a necessity for either team to clinch the victory. [The plus side for us? Arkansas' defense has been playing better as of late. Hopefully that could swing things into our favor.] Arkansas Head Coach Bobby Petrino (an offensive genius in his own right) will look to do the same with his offense.

If you consider scoring a lot of points as running up the score, you must take into account how the other team is playing. You have to take the score into account. But Gus is also covered in another way.

The Golden Hurricane are undefeated and ranked 19th in the Nation. Talks of a soft schedule for the smaller conference (Conference USA) school have already convinced many of the naysayers that even if Tulsa finishes the season undefeated they should never be allowed a BCS bowl. Arkansas, unfortunately for the lowly Hogs at this time, is an SEC school. Todd Graham, Gus Malzahn, and Co. will come out looking to make sure that they do defeat the Razorbacks sound enough that the polls and media do take notice.

This chance to defeat a power conference school could lead Tulsa to do their best to finish with at least a four score victory. If that is running the score up then so be it. Remember, we are not playing Gus Malzahn Saturday, we are playing the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.

So a lot lies in the eyes of the beholders this weekend. Fortunately, for most fans, a loss to Tulsa will not sting quite as much as the loss to Ole Miss did last weekend. A loss, however, will be a tough mark on the program, but the local homers will be happy in the fact that one of their own (not to mention a small number of players with local roots) is successful.

Good luck to all, and Go Hogs!!!

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We're back. We had a little technical difficulty this week as well as some wonderful e-mails to sort through - some very complimentary, some not so friendly, and some with great tips on health and nutrition. We appreciate all of the feedback.

Week Nine dressed up like Roy Rogers for Halloween and rode off into the sunset, and The Big Red Board didn't fare so well this week. 4 - 3 on the week and (with Florida playing like a beast) 14.4 ppg bumped our running total to 48 - 17 (.738) and 13.2. Enough bragging about mediocrity, we're not.... well, nevermind.

Let's hit Week Ten as Tommy Tuberville works on his Paris Hilt... [oops]... Macaulay Culkin impersonation - you need more hands to the face, Coach T.

All games November 1st:

Arkansas State at Alabama (2 p.m. CT) - Do not underestimate the Red Wolves, Steve Roberts did take his team down to Texas A&M and surprised the Aggies with a four point win. But truthfully, Alabama should not be so unlucky. The Tide is red hot still, and with a #2 ranking in the Nation, Nick Saban should have Alabama ready to play. Bama still (whether admittedly or not) feels slighted about getting leaped in the polls, and they will not take a week off. Alabama by 28.

Tulsa at Arkansas (1 p.m. CT) - Oh how the landscape of college football has changed since this game was scheduled, at least in Fayetteville and Tulsa. SEC Arkansas is a dismal yet expected 3 - 5 while Tulsa has made it this far unblemished with a #19 ranking in the Nation. The Golden Hurricane offense is clicking and the Razorback secondary is questionable although the defense as a whole has been improving. Gus Malzahn makes his return and Tulsa looks to beat an SEC team to prove it deserves a BCS bid. Tulsa does just that by 12.

Auburn at Ole Miss (11:30 a.m. CT / Raycom) - Small world, isn't it? Last week Ole Miss took their new coach to his old school, and this week Ole Miss hosts their old coach. It's funny how Ole Miss cannot see why the Hog faithful dislike Houston (and they think that Hog fans are crazy for it) yet they still cannot stand (a successful) Tommy. Old wounds, my friends. But this is about the game and Ole Miss looks to strengthen their bid for a bowl as Auburn looks to fight off a downward slide. Both teams look to get one game away from that desired 6-win mark - Ole Miss is successful Saturday by 8.

Florida vs. Georgia (Jacksonville, Fla.) (3:30 p.m. ET / CBS) - "The World's Largest Oxymoron" earns this week "BRB's SEC Game of the Week" nod as the two one-loss rivalry teams look to stake their claim as head honcho in the SEC Eastern Division. A neutral site makes this an even tougher pick that it already needs to be. Hard decision, but Georgia's determination to endorse why they were an early season National Championship pick looks to drive the Bulldogs to give them the victory. In fact, that mixed with a clever Mark Richt does just that - Georgia by 10.

Kentucky at Mississippi State (1:30 p.m. CT) - What is it about Mississippi State that makes them so tough to predict against? Going in it is obvious who the winner should be, but the fear of the Bulldogs pulling the surprise like they did against Vanderbilt tends to make it a harder decision than it needs to be against teams like Kentucky. Perhaps its Croom's stubbornness, or maybe it's Kentucky's lackluster play as of late. Regardless, Kentucky, even on the road, seems to be the safe pick. We'll take just that as the Wildcats win by 14.

Tulane at LSU (7 p.m. CT) - LSU looks to pound on the Wave to vent from last week's loss Georgia. Tulane looks to be hapless in this matchup, and the Tigers need a big victory to strengthen their position on the voters' ballots to sneak into a BCS bowl. That will take some luck down the stretch as well as some specifics to happen. LSU starts the process with a 24 point victory.

Tennessee at South Carolina (7 p.m. ET / ESPN2) - Another tough one to predict; Tennessee is hurting, and you never know for sure what South Carolina team is going to show up. Tennessee's advantage is that it been alternating wins and losses as of late and it lost to Alabama last week. The Gamecocks have three advantages: 1.) they're coming off of a bye week, 2.) they are at home, and 3.) their next opponent is SEC West cellar Arkansas (so their bye week was spent focusing mentally only on UT for you critics). Steve Spurrier's boys take this one by 10.

Vanderbilt's players have term papers due on existential being next week, and the athletic staff is busy removing all future scheduled games with soft, theologically-based schools.

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"Do you think that the SEC will reprimand us for that last series?....... Ha, ha, ha, ha, haaaaaa!"

Show some class, guys. You know that the stripes handed you that ballgame. And before some of you debate that, I was standing only FEET away from the passing interference call in direct view of it.

Odd that the flag came from 30 yards downfield instead of from the official that was standing right on top of the two players. Odd itself in the fact that the coverage player was holding onto the receiver's jersey (grasping through to the shoulder pads) before he ever turned to look at the ball. Odd that even the National media has discussed the (and I quote) "questionable call" (which we all know means "bad call") both Saturday night and this Sunday morning. We will not even get into the official that "attempted" to blow the onside kick call. [Okay, I threw that one in there for fun.]

In the last 20 hours, some of your bloggers have done some decent writing, especially in the honesty about the call, but the insults about trailers and hillbillies (especially from a hypocritical Mississippi) are played-out. Bring something fresh and funny with a hint of professionalism; I would laugh at and respect that, my friend.

We're proud of you for hiring Houston. We're glad that we get the insurance of finishing no worse in the SEC 1 - 7 each year in the future. Yes, we know, you beat us this year....well, according to one polite lady that never said a harsh word in her life, "Ole Miss didn't win that game, they know it. They were given a gift; more than once."

Houston, you're still classless. Your actions at the beginning of the game with the entrance of your team and trash-talking equipment boys was enough to make Jerry Seinfeld vomit. Sway your hips, put your finger in the air, and run through the band; too bad there wasn't an old lady on the field for you and your special players to knock over. Yes, that would have been "funner than a pep rally at Papa Broyles.'"

Enjoy the Gatorade bath, Houston; hope it didn't make your cell phone buttons sticky...or stickier.

Oops, now who isn't showing class. Our apologies; the sickness in our stomachs made us do it.

Now, Ole Miss, let's hear your responses that start with or contain the word 'odd.' Respect to you, and congrats on the victory.

Oh, and Petrino is still better. Go Hogs!!!

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