Dudes. Just got back from the game. Three things stick out to me as being our most pressing problems:

(1) Dropped passes.

(2) Getting burned on defense for big plays. ULM didn’t do much except for a few big plays. Also, I don’t think we have a sack or forced a turnover yet.

(3) Our special teams. I thought it couldn’t get any worse than under Shibest but right now we can’t (a) make field goals, (b) punt, © kick the ball to the endzone on kick offs, and (d) tackle on kick offs. It is AWFUL.

Everything was going quasi-o.k. until Tejada, after missing a long field goal and a short one he should have made, missed the extra point on our first touchdown (Petrino absolutely dog-cussed him and yanked him). For some odd reason, the miss seemed to knock us completely out of rhythm. Dumb mistakes like a blocked punt, too many men on the field penalties, and blown cornerback assignments really put us in a hole. But give the boys credit, they finally came around – though the defense still almost gave it away at the end.

I’m thinking 4-8. We are not good at all right now.

Nice win, but be careful with that title cough 41-38 cough

I will say this. I don’t live in little rock anymore, but growing up I use to love to go to War Memorial and cheer on the hogs. I follow the hogs closely and went to games in up in Fayetteville even though I went to school in memphis. However, this is the first game I have taken my wife to and I can honestly say this will be the last. We have been to games all over the SEC (Ole Miss, Miss st., Georgia) and I have never been as embarassed as I was Saturday night. I saw more razorback fans getting in fights with fellow razorback fans and the police having to break them up. I even saw one little kid get kicked in the head because his dad and a guy a row up started arguing and then started throwing fists. My wife asked if it was like this all the time and I said no, but she’ll never go back to War Memorial again. I love the hogs, but I no longer look at the fans through rose colored glasses. I always hated Tennessee and Alabama due to their fans. I know see that we have some of the most obnoxious rednecks you’ll find in the SEC. At least in Neyland, I showed up in my Razorback red and took some friendly jabs, but nothing like I saw our fans do in Little Rock saturday night.

I know most of you don’t care, but I have been a staunch hog fan for 30 years, and seeing how our fans behave in LR make me question why I am a fan. I have been to fayetteville numerous times and never do I see what I saw in LR saturday. Hell, I might as well be an Arkansas St. Indian (sorry, Redwolves) fan. At least their fans might show some class.

Hog Fan in Memphis, I saw a fight at the game as well and found it just as disturbing. It was several sections removed from where I was at, but just as embarassing to witness. I suppose tight quarters, stress, losing, and mass consumption of alcohol before the game can produce bad results no matter what colors the fans are wearing. I tend to think of Arkansas fans as above fighting amongst themselves, but in reality that is seeing things through a pair of rose colored glasses. Hog fans are sadly human too in this regard. But still, I hope you can view nasty episodes like what you saw as more the rarity than the norm and make it back to future games. I think the Hogs are going to need all the support they can get this season. And in future seasons, I think they are going to be more fun to watch than they have been in a long time.