As to Arkansas and LSU: This is a game tailored for the Hogs. If LSU sells out the pass, as MSU did, Mallet will pick them apart. The fact that LSU's pass rush is not very good should give Mallet plenty of time to throw. If LSU sells out the run, our running game will come alive. Many fans here do not seem to realize that our poor effort in the running game was because of MSU stacking its run defense. Also, the O line has been doing a very credible job of protecting Mallet. If Arkansas can put pressure on the LSU QBs it will be a long night for the Tigers. This requires selling out the running game, but Petrino's philosphy, and this is what happened Saturday, is bend but don't break until the opponent gets to within the 20. Arkansas was having its way with MSU's passing but when the 'Dogs adjusted their offfense to the triple option that's when they began seriously pushing the ball downfield. I think the reason why it took the Hogs so long to adjust was the philosophy of bend but not break. But with power runners like Dixon and Co. that doesn't work so well inside the red zone. I think the Arkansas coaches were waiting to see how long MSU was going to depend on the run rather than pass. After the Hog defensive adjustments were made The 'Backs were fortunate that MSU did not have a balanced attack with which to answer.

Unlike everybody here I want the Hogs to go to the Liberty Bowl, even at 8-4 (hopefully). It's not that I don't like Jerry Land and I even have kids in the Dallas area, but I think that the Hogs and Mallet wil get greater national exposure in the Liberty. No I am not crazy. Here's why. It assumes that Houston will be the Conference USA opponent. What a draw; the SEC's leading QB against the Nation's top QB. This matchup would probably give the Liberty more PR and national audience size than any Liberty Bowl before it. Gunfight at the Memphis Corral. The media attention will be far greater than that at the Cotton bowl. The opponent at the Cotton would, as some have said, most probably be Nebraska, or perhaps OSU. HO Hum. No glory there. Houston is ranked and I think that the Hogs would roll over the Cougers.

Hindsight tells you we got Georgia when they where in a must win, try to save their season, and we were a bit too high. A win there and we play much better at Bama. I watched the Florida game again on Sunday. That was clearly our best game of the year on defense and we left enough points on the field in just a few plays to win comfortably. But, the tough loss left us flat for a sky high Ole Miss.

I thought before the season this team could really make a sophomore run. It was there to be had. But, truth be known, we were a bit too young and way too thin is a couple of spots.

Great, great football to watch and nowhere to go but up. We just need to get the O-line in the weight room and a deeper defense from the recruiting trail.

Re the helmet stickers: Are those hammers or Malletts?

If they improve that much more next season, they should be pretty darn good.

LSU has lost their top 2 RBs for the season now, so that makes them a little easier to defense.

The Hogs might not run that good against their top-flight, run-defense either, but I'll take Ryan Mallet over Jordan Jefferson in a passing game any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Mississippi State is a solid running team, so hats off to them.

Georgia should still be on a down turn.

Alabama will continually be very tough as long as Saban is around.

A&M should be easy

Auburn will be a test as they should be improved.

Ole Miss should be on a decline.

South Carolina will always be a question mark.

LSU should be somewhat improved but if Miles continues to call timeouts like the Ole Miss game…

Paul isn't going anywhere. A few more years at Arkansas and he can have a pretty good job. He had to go talk just to get his name in the paper. He will do that somemore before he ever gets the shot he wants.

There are 8 wins there pretty easy, probably 10, if we develop a defense and a running game that schedule can take you to Atlanta and beyond.

As for Miss st. We've gotten back to a place where we can play poor and double up a conference opponent so I'll take it. I believe we will smoke LSU on Saturday in what will serve as our national coming out party.

Cotton would be great but part of me just wants to go to a lesser bowl and destroy someone to get the bowl monkey off our backs. Ok st. or Ok. in the Cotton would be tough.

I almost felt sorry for his attempt to explain it to the interviewer after the game.

Regarding this game,

Why can't our defense adjust a little quicker in the third quarter when the other team makes their halftime adjustments. How long did it take us to figure out they were commmitted to the run in the 3rd?

The run defense was horrible. Everybody knew they were going to run it, and we couldn't stop it.

I don't know if it was the TV timeouts along with the clock troubles, along with the referees figuring out how to enforce a call, but the game was SLOW and BORING sometimes.

Why challenge the out of bounds catch?

Don't get me wrong, I love these hogs, and this is a fun team. Sort of like after the Troy game – just looking at the final scoreboard, it looks great, I'll take another win. But the defense just looks out of sync sometimes.

What does it mean if P.Petrino leaves? Anyone close to the system know if it's Big Brother Bobby's ideas that Paul is coaching in practice or are we going to lose some offensive ideas if Paul bolts for WKU? (who in their right mind would go to WKU?)

GO HOGS – BIG GAME this weekend. Bobby vs. Les – my money is on the Hogs!