Walter

App State knocks off #6 A&M in College Station.

I originally said the same thing at halftime of this game. Bryant struggled in the first half but if he is consistent with what we saw in the second half, they'll be fine. I'm more worried about the kicking game than QB play.

No facts to back that up but you're certainly entitled to your opinion. The facts are...CFP appearance, road win over top 10 Notre Dame, and 9 draft picks this past year. But you are more than welcome to ignore facts and go off your opinion instead.

Justin pretty much hits on all of my thoughts in the thread above

Replay of the terrible hold call that should have led to a first down at the Arkansas 1 yard line in the 4th:

They played two teams that ended up playing for the national championship this past season and a top 15 Arkansas team on the road. Your comment would apply to 90% of college football playing those 3 teams over the past 18 months.

Fickell gets paid a lot of money to figure that out. That's my take. It's mind boggling to me that a top 15-20 program in the game right now hasn't had a kicker with consistency for the past 3 seasons. Hopefully Coe gets it figured out. He had a reputation as a guy with a big leg coming in but has struggled with consistency since he arrived. Have to get it figured out. That game looks a lot different Saturday if Coe makes those two FG's.

Two missed FG's, two turnovers, and 10 penalties for 65 yards (3 penalties inside the Arkansas 15 when down 7 points)....you simply aren't going to win a road game against a top 25 team when those things happen. 21 plays in Arkansas territory in the first half that resulted in 0 points. Arkansas ran just 5 plays in Cincinnati territory in the first half that resulted in 14 points. Ballgame right there. The positives? - Corey Kiner is as advertised and is going to absolutely destroy the AAC this year. - OL looked pretty good considering they were without all conference center Jake Renfro, who injured his knee earlier in the week and is now out for the year. - Ben Bryant looked much better in the second half and UC's receivers were open ALL DAY. Has to get better with the deep ball though. I counted 4 times where UC receivers were 3-5 yards ahead of an Arkansas defender and he over threw what would have been easy td's. - Defense rotated a lot of young guys in and still looked pretty solid. LB play was a little disappointing. Arkansas had trouble running between the tackles but had success out wide because of bad reads and missed tackles by the LB's and secondary. Threats missing a tackle on 3rd and 9 with 4 mins left allowed Arkansas to pick up the first down and run the clock out. Two plays that stick out to me that were extremely questionable.... 1. KJ Jefferson running backwards in to the end zone and refs call forward progress instead of a safety. 2. The hold on Chuck McClelland's screen run that would have resulted in a 1st down at the Arkansas 1... if that was a hold, Arkansas was getting away with murder all game. Extremely frustrating loss after re-watching the game as I felt UC was the better team, but simply couldn't capitalize on opportunities and beat themselves by being undisciplined... first regular season loss since 2019. On to the next one....

UC @ Arkansas in week 1 should be fun.

2021- #5 Texas 2019- UNC 2018- Texas A&M 2017- #25 Creighton 2016- Washington 2015- #19 Arizona ; UCLA

16 makes sense if there are 3 super conferences (SEC, B1G, Big12)....A lot of speculation that the Big 10, SEC, and Big 12 will be 20 team conferences within the next 3-5 years.... With the ACC and Pac 10 being no more.

I think ND not getting the $75 mil they want from NBC and joining the B1G would change his stance some.

- UC selected Gensler, the largest architecture firm in the U.S., as the signature architect/design lead and MSA Sport as architect for the UC Athletics Indoor Practice Facility and Performance Center Project. - The indoor practice facility and athletic performance center will be built on what is currently home to the Sheakley Athletic Complex, known as the bubble, along Jefferson Avenue and just east of UC’s baseball stadium. - The east portion of the site will house a new indoor practice facility where the existing field is located. This facility will be used by all athletic programs, as well as club sports and student recreational uses. The west portion will support an athlete performance center with strength and conditioning, locker rooms, physical therapy, offices, team meeting rooms and related functions to primarily support football operations. - Indoor practice facility scheduled to be complete by August 2024 and the athlete performance center complete by July 2025.