LSU wins another close one against Arkansas, despite the Hogs putting up some serious yardage against a banged-up LSU defense. Both teams had the form that we expected them to have at the beginning of the season. If you look back to our pre-season predictions, we said that the SEC West race would be between LSU and an under-rated Arkansas. Little did we know that it would end up being Auburn and Arkansas, but at any rate there are a few observations from Thursday’s game:
- Darren McFadden is a beast. He has tore up the LSU’s top-ranked defense for 180 yards, which is more than most teams got against LSU all year.D-Mac has averaged 137.5 yards against top 15 teams.
He has averaged 6 yard/carry against unranked teams.To put these numbers in perspective, if he carried the ball the same number of times against ranked teams as he does against creampuffs, he would have about 2150 total yards. If he played for Ohio State and played only one tough game a year, he would beat Troy Smith for Heisman. - Dwayne Bowe, who is a regular target of abuse on this website, was nearly perfect in the first half. He also dropped two passes in the end-zone in the second half. Hey Dwayne, at least you didn’t turn those drops into interceptions. Good luck in the CFL. Say hi to Ricky for us.
- Jamarcus Russell has improved dramatically over the season, and single-handedly won the game for LSU this week. We wish him luck in the pros, unless he screws up royally during bowl season, in which case, next year’s game between LSU and Arkansas will determine the Heisman winner.
- Welcome to the big time Trindon Holliday, who had his first big-game play when he returned a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown.
- We’re not ready to kill Houston Nutt for this game. The reality is that Arkansas isn’t ready to be an SEC power just yet. They have a national champoin caliber offense, and a Big-East champion defense.
Here are the highlights from the game, enjoy.
