Bloodied on the Bayou: LSU 65, Arkansas 54
by Stephen Expat on Feb 24, 2010 9:12 PM CST
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PrintIn our friends' The Razorbloggers' Twitter feed, Walking on Sunshine asks the following question, one destined for the Gallows Humor Hall of Fame: "Which is worse: Being behind to Kentucky by 46 in the second half....or being behind to LSU by 15 at halftime?"
Tough question. Not sure that I have an answer to that one. However, I do know what's worse than both: being behind LSU by a score of 50 to 28 with 10 minutes to play. Yes, it was that kind of an evening for the Hogs.
As was the case against Ketnucky, a mild garbage-time rally made the final score much, much closer than the game really was. Make no mistake, however: for the first 35 minutes of the game, Arkansas looked as bad as it has all season. That's no mean feat.
Not sure why the Hogs were so thoroughly unprepared to play. Perhaps Michael Washington's absence was a big factor, but based on the way he's played lately, I'd have a hard time arguing that it was.
The whipping at the hands of the previously winless-in-the-SEC Tigers brings an end to a six-game stretch that had many Hog fans salivating. The stretch consisted of two games against Auburn, two games against LSU, one against South Carolina and one against Alabama. Arkansas finished those six games with an underwhelming 3-3 record, deep-sixing its always-faint NCAA hopes and placing the Hogs' once-solid NIT chances in considerable jeopardy.
It would be just like these Razorbacks to surprise us over the course of their final three regular-season games, but as of 10:10 p.m. EST, it's hard not to say, "Wait 'till next year."
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I really, really
did not want to be that right. Ouch.
Arkansas Expats: Acting like the Lost Generation since at least 2007.
Just a big 'ol reminder.
This is the reason I can never be positive when talking about the Razorbacks. I am starting to wonder if I have some kind of mental problem for continuing to follow them.
There was one comment from Joe Dean and my thought response that just sums up my pessimism. He said, “If Michael Washington was in there, I don’t think he (LSU player) makes that shot.” And I was thinking, “You are right……he doesn’t make the shot, but MW picks up his 3rd foul and takes a seat.”
And if I have to hear JD say “string music” one more time I think I will spontaneously combust.
Joe Dean is pretty painful to listen to at times
He’s alright most of the time, I guess, but like you, I can’t stand it when gets excited and screams “String music!”
by Stephen Expat on Feb 25, 2010 8:30 AM CST up reply actions
Plus Zombie Dave Neal
Every time they switched to the announcers sent shivers up my spine. Ever since the Raycom dismantling he’s been dead on the inside.
Managing Editor/Chief Lackey-And The Valley Shook
My Hog 6th Sense
I didn’t catch the score last night on ESPN, so it wasn’t until I got to the website that I found out about the Hogs’ defeat. But I was feeling the defeat all the way from the parking lot. I said to myself, “Surely they didn’t lose that game.” Then I thought, “Yeah, this would be a game that the Hogs would lose. Just like they lost to a tired Georgia team in the SEC tourney a few years back. They would lose this too.” Horrible to be right like that. And I am now at such a level of apathy with this basketball team that I had another thought, which is amazing for me, “Good for LSU, I wouldn’t want to go all season without an SEC win either.” Bring on Spring Football!
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