Here is a selection of comments from posters on the message boards at WholeHogSports.com.
On Arkansas depth at quarterback …
Bush hog wrote: Nice to see blowout win (42-3 against Texas State last Saturday), but Austin (Allen) still seemed to get hit or hurried way too much against lesser defensive talent. Bigger concern to me is what appears to be lack of any quarterback depth. Granted, our second string guy is supposed to look like a deer in the headlights the first time out, and he did to me. … but did not seem to have the “it” factor.
Randy Reece wrote: Wow. You found something to worry about from that football game (shaking my head).
Gonavy wrote: There is no such thing as depth at quarterback anymore. No QB will be patient enough to wait. They will transfer to another school in a heartbeat. Tell me which team in the SEC is satisfied right now with their QB depth?
Jimbeau77 wrote: We have plenty of backup QBs. Only a couple months ago most of this board was drooling over the QB depth on hand. OK, we lost one transfer, as most on here expected. Now, I don’t want to think what might happen is AA goes down. But I do remember when Ryan Mallet went down against Auburn and everyone gasped until Tyler Wilson threw that first laser for a touchdown.
How important is this week’s game against Texas A&M?
Squealer wrote: Yes, this is the biggest game in a long time. If we play our game, we’ll be there at the end. Would be fitting for (Cole) Hedlund to nail a game-ender.
BobgHawg wrote: This game might actually make or break us this season. It would be great, of course, to win. But this is a tough game, folks.
HogQ wrote: You can count on one thing, maybe not for this game, but at some point … The Aggies will always be Aggies.
Snoutoff wrote: Bret Bielema does not want a game worse than this. Atmosphere will be electric with the all-day tailgating. It’s SEC, baby, and it’s time to beat the Ags.
Favorite Aggie jokes …
LoudLoyd wrote: An Aggie calls in a pizza delivery order.
Aggie: I’d like an extra large pizza with everything, please.
Clerk: OK. That’ll be $16.99. Do you want deep dish or thin crust? Aggie: Thin.
Clerk: How about some extra cheese for a dollar?
Aggie: Sure. Anything else?
Clerk: Yep. Would you like it cut in eight slices, or 12?
Aggie: Better make it eight. I don’t think I can eat 12.
Rick B wrote: So, there’s this student, Bubba, at A&M who has been there for many years and has not graduated. But finally, the administration says, “We’ve run out of classes for you to take. So we’re going to give you a test. One question. If you get it right, you get to graduate. If you don’t, you’ll just have to leave school.” As the date of the big test nears, everyone wants to see the outcome so the administration moves the test to Kyle Field. The place is packed. The dean speaks, “Bubba, are you ready for your test?” “Yes sir.” The crowd goes silent. “Ok Bubba, what is two plus two?” Bubba thinks for a moment and says, “Four!” After a short silence, the crowd starts chanting, “Give him one more chance!”
Hogin58 wrote: Heard on the news last night that an Aggie football player was involved in a near tragic horseback riding accident. Thankfully, his life was spared when the K-Mart manager came out and unplugged it.
LDHog wrote: Why do Aggies like smart girls? Opposites attract.
BatonRougeHog wrote: But did you hear about the Aggie who was so dumb that all of the other Aggies knew?
Dentonhog wrote: The Aggie football team was playing. A train passed by and blew its whistle. The opposing team mistakenly thought that was the halftime signal and left the field. The Aggies then ran three plays and punted. Basketball version — the entire other team fouled out in the first half and the Aggies won on a last-second shot in double overtime.
StillGregHog wrote: Two Aggies graduate from A&M and decide to become chicken farmers. They buy 10,000 chickens and plant them, head down. The next day all the chickens are dead. They buy 10,000 more chickens and plant them, head up. The next day, all the chickens are dead. They can’t figure out what they are doing wrong. One of them says, “Let’s write our old agri professor at A&M and ask him. He is the most distinguished professor at A&M, he can help us!”
They write a letter and explain everything they have done so far. A few days later they get a letter back from the professor. They open it and it says, “Send me a soil sample.”
Wild Hawg wrote: Four Aggies spent all day one Saturday at a bar in College Station where they had reserved a special table to do an A&M school assignment. The bartender served them food and drinks all day and noticed that they were completely focused on their project. Finally, after nine hours of work, they jumped up and began yelling and giving high-fives to one another. The bartender walked over and asked why they were so excited, and one of them pointed to the puzzle box on the table. One proclaimed, “It says 2-3 years on the box but it only took the four of us nine hours to finish it!”
Hog538 wrote: Had to read it twice (what does that say about me?) but very Aggie-like.
HogAuthority wrote: A guy walks into a bar and says, “Hey bartender, I know a great Aggie joke. You want to hear it?” The bartender says, “Well, before you tell it I should probably tell you that I went to A&M. And you see those two big guys sitting next to you? They were linebackers for the A&M football team. And those two guys on your other side? They’re Marines, and they used to be in the Corps of Cadets at A&M. Now, are you sure you really want to tell that Aggie joke?” The guy thinks for a second. “I guess not,” he said. “I wouldn’t want to have to explain it five times.”
Stroudtv1 wrote: An Aggie mother told her son to put on a new pair of clean socks every day. A few days later, he couldn’t put his shoes on. … You will have a hard time finding ice at the A&M campus cafeteria because the student that had its formula finally graduated.
On trying to find the Razorback game on the SEC Network alternate channel …
SilverFox wrote: I had my freshly-popped buttered popcorn and my iced down two-liter bottle of Pepsi in the ice bucket, my red Razorbacks tee shirt and my red Hogs emblazoned sleep pants on, and was kicked back into my LazyBoy rocker recliner only to discover that the SEC alternate channel (596 on Dish here in southeastern Oklahoma) had blacked out the game!
May the SEC programming directors all contract shingles! May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their armpits! May they all experience the intimate embrace of an enraged grizzly! May their mega-million lottery tickets be one digit off the jackpot winning number! May credit card hackers leave them many thousands of dollars in debt for esoteric escort service fees and vacations to Acapulco. I am NOT a happy camper!
Goldsurfer wrote: Did you check 597? …The dish website said 596 but the game was shown on
597.
SilverFox wrote: I did not try channel 597. Now I feel rather like the gray-matter challenged athlete from a certain country who won a gold medal and proceeded to have it bronzed in commemoration.
Predictions for Saturday’s game against Texas A&M ….
Bakedhog19741 wrote: As much as I think our guys want to win, Austin Allen has made some very bad passes the last two games. Luckily, TCU and Texas State aren’t known for their D’s. A&M wins off a pick-six. A&M, 28, AR 24.
HarleyHawgison wrote: Hogs 35-24, and it won’t be as close as the score indicates. The Aggies score an end-of-game TD.
Superhawgfan wrote: Lower scoring than most think. Hogs 27, Aggies 23.
Jhawg wrote: I don’t know about this game. I don’t have a feel for it, but I am sick of losing to that maroon clad cult. Hopefully, Dan Skipper has eliminated the leg whip from his repertoire. Arkansas 31, A&M 28.
Hogsrus wrote: This game goes to the team that wants it most…. Hogs 31, Really Weird Cheerleaders 28.
Neastarkie wrote: I don’t know what my head thinks, but my heart says the Hogs win. I’ll go with 35-28.
Anandrews wrote: If they can control the line, Arkansas wins. If Allen is getting hit every other play …. expect a loss for the good guys. I’ll be there rooting them on and believe we pull it out, 35-31 in a close one. Would give anything for a blowout so it can be a statement win. And so my blood pressure won’t be sky high.