College Football Week 3: The only real barbecue is whole Hog

Game in Knoxville's living up to the hype.

 

Tennessee might get over the hump against the Gators this time around. The rebound there since Kiffin left has been arduous, but the product is worth the wait. That JUCO receiver is bound for some great things in Knoxville.

 

If it had, the score might have been only 30-0. But not likely.

This is real barbecue.

 

Spencer Hall (from whom you can never read too much) imagined John L. Smith's halftime speeches for this game: http://sbn.to/PuFaS0

I bring this up because in each case, Arkansas lost by 40. In each case of real life, Arkansas lost by 52. Because Alabama scored 52. And Arkansas scored zero.

 

Last home shutout for Arkansas was 1966. That would be 46 years ago. Anybody want to speculate on whether John L. Smith gets to coach next week?

 

52-0. Damn.

And I still say that "dropped ball" never hit the ground.

On a tangent, my wife is an Idaho Vandal, so she's in awe of all these Idaho connections. John L. Smith, Doug Nussmeier. Then we have Gary Danielson talk about how Dougie was the quarterback for John L. when they were at Iowa. Wait, what?

 

The problem is the upper-tier SEC monsters have fan bases and donors who will not be satisfied with "a" championship. The championship must perpetuate itself into more national championships. There is little to no grace period from one to the next. At a minimum, as Steak pointed out earlier, you must beat your rivals. His Tuberville example was a good one.

In Chizak's case, he inherited a talented team, Newton arrived under murky circumstances, and since the championship, they have stunk it up against the other league big boys.

Really, the point is this: The SEC is absolutely f***ing insane. Unless you've covered it, or been around it, it is hard to perceive the craziness.

 

Read on the Twitter that Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson walked into postgame press conference, called some of his teammates quitters and walked out.

 

Quitter rhymes with Twitter. That's all I've got at this time.

 

In a word: Yup.

 

Which rhymes with shitter. Which has a phrase attached to it: Down the shitter. Which is Arkansas.

Too much of a stretch?

 

Berkstresser Era in CoMo is well underway. Kid is playing well.