Woo Pig

Well, this has nothing to do with depth. I'd just like to acknowledge that my beloved Razorbacks are now 9-1 and ranked #5 in the AP, #6 in the USA Today Coache's Poll, and #7 in the BCS. I'm pretty sure that this is really awesome.

I've had a long run of disappointing school sports. High School sports was always a disappointment; although, the Mounties went undefeated this year. Nonetheless, when I was in high school, we consistently sucked. I went to John Brown for a year, and they were an NAIA school. Therefore, I didn't matter if they were good or bad, because that's not real college sports. Finally, I transferred to the University of Arkansas. We were coming off of an almost good year in 2003, where we won the Indepence Bowl. It was Matt Jones senior year. We were on the verge of upsetting Texas, which would probably spark a decent Razorback football season, but we fumbled on the 12 and secured our loss and our poor season. Last year had no hope. We had no clue at the QB position, and it took us 4 games to realizes that McFadden and Jones were--even as freshmen--our best tailbacks.

Let's be honest, I didn't have high hopes for this season. It was the same defense as last year, who took about 7 games to realize they were pretty good. We really hadn't figured out the QB position yet--although we had recruited Mitch Mustain. Going into the USC game, I thought to myself, "This game will make or break us." Well, we were trounced. I thought we were broken. We barely snuck by Vanderbilt. When we took Alabama to an overtime victory, I thought things were looking bright enough to go back to some crappy bowl game. Then, we beat Auburn. We haven't looked back. We answered a lot of questions with that 31-14 victory over Tennessee. We've finally found a quarterback in Casey Dick, and Darren McFadden has run himself into the Heisman race as a sophomore.

We're 9-1. My best hopes for this season had us at 8-4. I really didn't think we'd win more than 6 or 7. I thought we'd go back to the Independence Bowl or the Music City Bowl--something crappy. However, we're 9-1. We're a win over Mississippi State away from going to the SEC Championships in Atlanta. If we lose out, we at least go to the Cotton Bowl. If we win one more game, we at least go to the Capital One Bowl (formerly the Citrus Bowl). Holy Crap!! We're going to a real bowl game. We might even be going to a great bowl game--the Sugar Bowl. Heck, we might even go to Glendale, AZ to play in the National Title game. This is unreal. This season has already shattered my wildest dreams, and it's not over.