There was no denying at the beginning of the season that Arkansas would make a bowl. A lot of fans including myself had very high hopes for this years team. I still feel that the Hogs had a good year. Their two loses come to the teams playing in the BCS National Championship, LSU and Alabama. Since the BCS has a two team from a conference rule the #6 Razorbacks had to settle for either the Capital One or Cotton Bowls. Cotton was the best pick for the Razorbacks between those two I think. The Capital One is more of a prestigious bowl but the Cotton will give the Hogs the most exposure. It will be the only bowl on Jan 6th on FOX. It is also FOX's only game so it should get plenty of promotion. The SEC shares the bowl revenue so the money difference wont mean much. The BCS is just a busted system. My main concern for this game is the turnover in the coaching staff. Paul Petrino is back as the offensive coordinator, replacing Garrett McGee who left to take the Head Coaching job at UAB. Paul Hynes was named Defensive Coordinator on December 12th. He replaced Willie Robinson who resigned. John L. Smith left as the special teams coordinator to became head coach at Weber State. Kansas St does have a running quarterback offense and those do give the Hogs trouble. Even with that said I think the Hogs will be fine. The wildcats defense is terrible. Hogs should win in a shot-out at worse. One other big plus for the Hogs playing in the Cotton Bowl is that its at Jerry World in Dallas. That is like a third home game for the Hogs. Arkansas fans should show up in groves and make their presence known. Nothing like that Hog call to rattle the opposing team. I would imagine the Hogs would like to leave the Dallas area with a better image of them than the last time they played there against Texas A&M earlier this season. This game should live up to the hype of being the third best bowl game.
I am going to go with the final score of Hogs 42 KSU 24
What your thoughts on the game?
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