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Who leads their new team to a bowl game first? Frisco next week doesn't count

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Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby PonySnob » Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:02 am

Frisco Bowl next week doesn't count!!!
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby sbsmith » Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:33 am

Both will lead their teams to bowl games next season.
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby Comet » Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:38 am

Good question, let's compare schedules:

Arky (coming off of 4-8):
EASTERN ILLINOIS
at Colorado State
NORTH TEXAS
at Auburn
Texas A&M (Arlington, Texas)
ALABAMA
OLE MISS
TULSA
VANDERBILT
LSU
at Mississippi State
at Missouri

They should get all 4 OOC wins, and pick two more conference wins and against Vandy and a few other weakened SEC teams like Ole Miss it is VERY doable.
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby CA Mustang » Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:48 am

Comet wrote:Good question, let's compare schedules:

Arky (coming off of 4-8):
EASTERN ILLINOIS
at Colorado State
NORTH TEXAS
at Auburn
Texas A&M (Arlington, Texas)
ALABAMA
OLE MISS
TULSA
VANDERBILT
LSU
at Mississippi State
at Missouri

They should get all 4 OOC wins, and pick two more conference wins and against Vandy and a few other weakened SEC teams like Ole Miss it is VERY doable.

That road game at CSU will be much tougher than expected. It is only game 2 for Morris and the folks in Ft. Collins will be fired up to finally host an SEC team. Do not be surprised if that is one of the first "upsets" of 2018.
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby RGV Pony » Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:51 am

They'll be 5-0 going into Alabama game
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby mrydel » Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:59 am

Arkansas beating A&M is the equivalent of what Houston Nutt was required to do in beating SMU.
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby Digetydog » Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:00 am

Chad Morris has never been HC of a team in a bowl game. In contrast, Dykes will coach SMU in a bowl game in 7 days.
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby PonyTime » Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:24 am

Comet wrote:Good question, let's compare schedules:

Arky (coming off of 4-8):
EASTERN ILLINOIS
at Colorado State
NORTH TEXAS
at Auburn
Texas A&M (Arlington, Texas)
ALABAMA
OLE MISS
TULSA
VANDERBILT
LSU
at Mississippi State
at Missouri

They should get all 4 OOC wins, and pick two more conference wins and against Vandy and a few other weakened SEC teams like Ole Miss it is VERY doable.


I would not automatically count on a Vandy win. They might go to a bowl before either of these two teams...
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby peruna81 » Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:38 pm

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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby SoCal_Pony » Wed Dec 13, 2017 2:53 pm

I think it’s embarrassing that a mid-tier SEC school would schedule

EASTERN ILLINOIS
at Colorado State
NORTH TEXAS
TULSA

as their non-conference opponents.
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby mrydel » Wed Dec 13, 2017 3:01 pm

Saban is going to get it changed to being required to play only P5 schools. Not sure if he is working on that for NCAA or just SEC.
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby Stallion » Wed Dec 13, 2017 3:11 pm

SoCal_Pony wrote:I think it’s embarrassing that a mid-tier SEC school would schedule

EASTERN ILLINOIS
at Colorado State
NORTH TEXAS
TULSA

as their non-conference opponents.


looks pretty tough for typical SEC non-conference-I love the late November SEC-Sun Belt Challenge myself
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby Charleston Pony » Wed Dec 13, 2017 7:50 pm

Arkansas has an almost guaranteed bowl game schedule and should easily get 6 wins. If Sonny can get this team to 6 wins next year given the way the schedule is set up, I think he will have done a really good job in a transition year
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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby SoCal_Pony » Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:16 pm

Stallion wrote:
SoCal_Pony wrote:I think it’s embarrassing that a mid-tier SEC school would schedule

EASTERN ILLINOIS
at Colorado State
NORTH TEXAS
TULSA

as their non-conference opponents.


looks pretty tough for typical SEC non-conference-I love the late November SEC-Sun Belt Challenge myself


Those 3 games + Vanderbilt make up 4 of their 7 home games next year.

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Re: Who leads their team to a bowl game first

Postby Charleston Pony » Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:20 pm

I doubt Hog fans will be too disappointed as they will be witness plenty of wins at home next year. After this year, they just want to see their team win games...and ticket prices will not be "premium" priced for those non-conference games.
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