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Go Hogs!!

How high in th poll will we go???

I'm tickled to death Eddie Sutton was in the stands to see this win!

Let's make a guess. I'll say we'll move up to 20. Anyone else what to choose a number?

Fantastic game!

Oops--I meant "anyone else WANT to choose a number?"

I thought Pelphrey's blazer was fine, but that tie? At best, it looked like it came from the throwaway bin at Dillard's the day after Christmas, but my theory is it was made out of the Christmas wrapping paper for the blazer. Lucky for Arkansas fans, he coaches better than he dresses.

Another great game by a TEAM. I haven't had to test this theory yet, but I'm almost ready to predict this would be a fun team to watch even if they lose. (We may find out on January 17.) Washington's monster slam is an instant classic.

I say 18.

Next up:
Mississippi State
Go Hogs Go!

Mississippi State 82, Houston 65

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Phil Turner scored 16 points and Ravern Johnson added 14 to lead Mississippi State to an 82-65 victory over Houston on Saturday. Mississippi State (9-5) shot 46.5 percent from the field (30 of 65) and hit 11-of-25 3-pointers.

The Bulldogs held Houston (8-3) to 27 percent shooting (21-of-76). Turner finished 6 of 7 from the field, including 3 of 4 from behind the arc, while Johnson had three assists. Romero Osby added 13 points for the Bulldogs and Dee Bost chipped in nine points, eight assists and six rebounds.

MSU started the game on an 11-2 run and led 42-31 at the half. The Cougars missed 15 of their first 16 shots in the second half and never threatened. Kelvin Lewis scored 16 points to lead the Cougars. Qa'Rraan Calhoun had 15 points and Aubrey Coleman added 11.

Gee...I hate to be a downer, but 67 points is only 27 more than the number of people Israel kill today near a UN school. The Governor of Minnesota shit on his state's election workers by furthering the Fox-Limbaugh lie that 134 Coleman ballots were found in the trunk of a car, a total fabrication..not a word of truth in it. And Obama tells us we will be having a trillion dollar deficit till the end of time.

However, Go Hogs!

>>I put that on the blog, eLwood, and it holds true.[about performance v No.Tex State]
durangokid

No it doesn't. Stats indicate the Hogs played better against No.Texas State.

.............No.Tex State Game................Texas Longhorn Game

Hog Stats:
FreeThrow......73.5%.................................66.7%

Field Goals.....50.9%..................................38.7%

3 Pts.............35.7% (5/14).........................27.8 (5/18)

Rebounds.......32.....................................32

Blocks...........4........................................4

source on eLwood

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Sutton Returns to Watch Razorbacks
Last updated Tuesday, January 6, 2009 11:42 PM CST

FAYETTEVILLE -- Eddie Sutton may have been at Arkansas for 11 seasons, but the legendary coach never sat in the stands for a game in Bud Walton Arena until Tuesday.

Sutton, his wife and son, Sean, were among the 19,102 in attendance for the Razorbacks' 67-61 win against Texas.

"That's the first time I've ever seen a game here," Sutton said. "I've only been here twice. It's great. It's a wonderful place, a great arena, the atmosphere is very, very good and the fans are still just as active as when we played in Barnhill."

Sutton, who coached the Razorbacks from 1975-85, said he was invited by Arkansas coach John Pelphrey and assistant Rob Evans to attend a game and chose Tuesday. He spoke to the team in shootaround and talked about the rivalry.

"They knew the name," Pelphrey said of his team. "I don't know if they knew the face and I wanted them to."

Sutton, who won 804 games in his Hall of Fame career at Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, Creighton and San Francisco, was introduced to the crowd in the second half and received a loud ovation. He also spent nearly all of halftime shaking hands with plenty of familiar faces.

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Will Pelphrey crawl to Kentucky too?

The only downer was the broadcast was 480i 4x3 SDTV. The game drew the short straw as HDTV went because the Big Ten game broadcast prior on ESPN2 and the GMAC Bowl (Tulsa playing somebody...) on ESPN were. That said, watching the SD game on the ESPN2 HD channel on DishNetwork was far better than the previous week's broadcast over on KATV blurryvision.

Coach Pelphrey's red blazer was a bit over the top, sort of that retro 1973/"Life On Mars" look. I'm sure Lanny Van Eman wore a few of those back in the day, but I'm not old enough to remember.

You know what the important things REALLY are when the comments are mostly about the candidate's hair or laugh and the coach's sartorial selection.

Just sayin'.

"No it doesn't. Stats indicate the Hogs played better against No.Texas State." - eLwood

Believe me, I'm not trying to take anything away from my favorite team, the Hogs. The win over Texas was outstanding and portends a great season. But also believe me when I say they would not have beaten the Horns last night had they played the same kind of game they played against N. Texas. Nor would they have beaten Oklahoma with no more intensity than they played N. Texas. Statistics don't tell everything, including the fact that one would expect the Hogs' statistics against a team like N. Texas to be better than against a much, much tougher team like Texas, the No. 7 team in the country. I'm betting Pelphrey and Rob Evans would agree with me.

"Will Pelphrey crawl to Kentucky too?"

The conventional wisdom seems to be that he eventually will. It would be very tempting, of course, to "go home." It's also sometimes (often, in fact) a mistake to make such a move. Kentucky-bound or not, I think it's safe to bet Pelphrey won't retire here.

why does everyone keep worrying about Pelphrey going to Kentucky, as if Kentucky is going to have an opening? Bill Gillispie is recruiting the Cats back to championship level. Tubby left UK talent level much worse than he inherited it.

>>Kentucky-bound or not, I think it's safe to bet Pelphrey won't retire here. <<

You guys may wish to reconsider that piece of conventional wisdom.

During my days in Fayetteville and two periods of attending the UA , I came to know two V-Ps and one of the guys in the athletic department. From them I learned the extent of Frank of the Ozarks' rather bossy, noisy and insulting intrusions into other coaches' activities. He wasn't nice about it either. He assumed divine right.

In fact during the 80s The Morning News ran cartoons about it. So, it wasn't truly "inside info."

Now that Noisy, Bossy, Intruding Frank of the Ozarks is gone you may be surprised to learn that Ark could become a good place to build a coaching career. It was good enough for Frank.

Frank of Ozarks had major spats with Eddie Sutton, and Lou Holtz and a few UAF presidents.

The game is over after the All-American Springdale players fiasco. I regret it took the sacrifice of truly outstanding home boys to do what needed to be done many years ago but it's been done.
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