New York Times Takes a Look at the Hogs

by Stephen Expat on Jul 14, 2009 4:43 PM CDT

The New York Times recently took a break from trying to destroy America and previewed the 2009 Razorback football team. More specifically, Paul Myerberg of the Times' excellent blog The Quad offered his analysis of the squad, ranking Arkansas No. 49 in the country. (Thanks to ArkansasSports360 for the link.)

Myerberg positively swoons over the potential of the Mallett-Petrino relationship, writing, "I’m beyond excited (I’m giggling again, this is embarrassing) to see what Mallett can do with Petrino’s leadership."

And here's part of his prediction: "On a personal note, I’ve really wavered on how I feel about the Hawgs, more so than any other team previewed thus far. Part of me looks at the schedule and has a hard time finding more than six or seven wins. Another part combs through the talented roster and coaching staff and believes Arkansas can be a borderline Top 25 team. I can’t go that far – yet. But this team could really surprise some people, and is poised for very good things in the near future."

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Nice to see some Yankee support

Despite his glowing review, he still ranked us at 49. At its surfact, 49 seems pretty good, but that’s an awful lot of teams ahead of us. Rivals is doing a similar countdown, and they have the Hogs ranked at 50. But, some of the teams that are ranked ahead of us are ridiculous. Michigan, Southern Miss, East Carolina, Cincinnati, and Colorado are all ranked ahead of the Hogs. I know we weren’t that great last year, but surely I’m not the only one who sees something awry with those rankings.

by dxf04 on Jul 14, 2009 5:32 PM CDT reply actions

What was missing

Stephen, there was nothing in there about the Hogs’ Iraq policy, where Petrino stands on gay marriage, rent in Park Slope, a five letter word beginning with “S” that means come here you Hog, nothing about any Hogs getting married to media producers on the Upper West Side, or where to get the best bagel in Fayetteville. Oh, and not a word on which Hog player most reminds them of Norman Mailer. Obviously, a failure of a New York Times article! Haha. : )

by KevinHog on Jul 14, 2009 5:36 PM CDT reply actions

Hogs v. Tide

The battle between the Hogs offense and the Bama defense should be a good one. And I’m sure the press will be all over the Petrino-Saban matchup, especially since Petrino has a better winning percentage than Saban, but Saban has the national championship. I can see this series developing into a good rivalry.