Game Predictions — Mississippi State

Congratulations to Arch_Hog for the closest prediction last time of 30-24.  His quote: “Old School vs. New School.”  Yep…I’d certainly agree with you that the Gamecocks ’schooled’ us, Arch.

Speaking of school…you may have noticed that some of the RazorBloggers have been taking a little be of a ‘fall break.’  Unfortunately, as the saying goes, ‘real life’ has been intervening.  Thanks to Sunshine and HogBlogger for carrying the site lately.  We’ll all hopefully be back to our usual volume of posts here at RBN very soon.

So here we go:

Walking on Sunshine: Despite having won the last nine meetings with MSU, historically the Razorbacks have not played well in Starkville.  But the Hogs still make it 10 in a row and keep bowl hopes alive for at least one more week.  Arkansas 23, Mississippi State 17.

HogBaller: The Razorbacks need both Dicks in order to beat the Bulldogs and move one step closer to bowl eligibility.  Casey starts…but Nathan comes in to give the offense a boost.  The Hogs win a close one in Starkville.  Arkansas 28, Mississippi State 24.

HogBlogger: Mississippi State’s year is already over.  That, plus giving Bobby Petrino two weeks to prepare for their defense, will be hard to overcome. The Hogs get back on the road to improvement.  Arkansas 31, Mississippi State 17.

TipsterHog: The Dogs lick their wounds from the ‘Bama game and lay in wait for the Rebs next week.  Arkansas 24, Mississippi State 13.

Leave a comment with your name, e-mail address and pick.  And feel free to add your own take like “What…not televised?  Seriously?” or “Don’t stop believin’ now.  Hogs roll.”

Updated 11/20/08 9:45 a.m.

Tip-Off Time ‘08

It’s that time again!  The Hoop Hogs tip-off the 2008-09 season against Southeastern Louisiana on Friday night at 7:00 p.m. in Bud Walton Arena.

If you can’t make it, don’t worry…you’ll have plenty of chances to catch them again.  The Hogs open the schedule with 12 of their first 14 games at home.

In a year that even Coach John Pelphrey calls a rebuilding season, the Hogs were picked to finish dead last in the Western Division at last month’s SEC Media Days.

As for us here at RBN, just like we did back in July before football season, here are our predictions for both the Razorbacks and the rest of the SEC.

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Game Predictions — South Carolina

Congratulations to Mike in Magnolia for the closest prediction last week of 26-24.  His quote: “Okay…I’ve only been close one time since last year.”  Make that two times now, Mike.  Nice job.

And actually, Mike wasn’t the only one close last week…so were several others.  Remember that our contest rules break ties with a random drawing.  While the folks at Carpenter Clothing Co. have provided us with some great RBN t-shirts, as the old saying goes…supplies are limited.  (Hmmm…now that Arkansas is going to have a lottery, maybe we should start using ping pong balls to pick a winner!)

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Game Predictions — Tulsa

Congratulations to Cheli W. for the closest prediction last week of 26-20.  Her quote: “A tough loss to Houston Dale.”  Too true…although ‘tough’ might not even be a strong enough word, Cheli.  ‘Gut-wrenching’ seems more appropriate.

Cheli will be receiving a RBN t-shirt courtesy of Carpenter Clothing Co. for her accurate prognostication.  And that’s certainly much more rewarding than what the county election board gives you for picking the winning candidate, isn’t it?

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Game Predictions — Ole Miss

Congratulations to Jay Dub-Ya for the closest prediction last week of 24-20.  His quote…uh…actually…he left no quote.  C’mon Jay!  Okay…I’ll give you mine:  “Hogs lose in a bluegrass heartbreaker.”  Ugh…sucks to be me, huh Jay?

As always, each week’s winner receives a RBN t-shirt courtesy of Carpenter Clothing Co.  And Jay…you can feel free to write ‘Pork vs. Dork’ on your new shirt before wearing it to this week’s game.

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Game Predictions — Kentucky

Congratulations to regular commenter BlindHog for the closest prediction last week of 24-21.  His quote: “Huge breakout game for the Tiger offense…their defense manhandles Michael Smith.  Turnovers make the difference.”  Uh…well…turnovers certainly did make the difference!

BlindHog now has a closet full of RBN t-shirts from Carpenter Clothing, Co. after winning his third prediction contest in the last two seasons.  And that includes predicting last year’s Auburn game, as well.  It just goes to show that reading this site regularly helps increase your psychic powers!

As for the competition amongst the RazorBloggers, kudos to Mr. Positivity (a.k.a. HogBaller) for being the only one of us brave enough to predict the Hogs’ upset win over Auburn.  Of course, HogBaller also predicted a Texas and an Alabama upset, too.  At the halfway point, it’s TipsterHog 3; Sunshine, HogBlogger, and HogBaller all tied at 1.

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