Wednesday, October 7, 2009

The Arkansas Game

There seems to be a broad consensus on this game. To wit:

1) It will be a "shootout." Meaning: a high scoring game.

2) Auburn will have to find some way to pressure Arkansas QB Ryan Mallet. No doubt he is very good. Arkansas leads the league in passing. They haven't done much running so far this year. I think Mallet is averaging 281 yards passing a game. If he gets more than that, we're in trouble.

3) The Auburn defense will have to play some people. Do we have the necessary defensive depth? Maybe that's why Coach Roof has been playing so many people in the second halves which has had the negative effect of so many points being given up in the 4th quarter.

Sometimes football games do not go according to predictions. In this instance, I find no reason to question the convention wisdom.

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