Friday, September 24, 2010

Just how important is tomorrow's game?

Check out this description from Clay Travis, senior NCAA football writer for AOL:



“If the Razorbacks win, the SEC West race may well go down to the wire. Suddenly every game is freighted with interest for LSU, Auburn, and Bama fans. The simple fact is that every SEC West team but Alabama will struggle to get to 6-2 in conference. So if Arkansas beats Alabama, it's a race. Suddenly back-to-back games against Florida and South Carolina become must-win games for the Tide. Dreams of national championships would fade and winning the SEC would become paramount. But if the Tide wins, the next two months are likely to become an encomium to Alabama's brilliance.

Meanwhile, for Arkansas, lose this game and the SEC West is probably out of reach. That's the brutality of divisional play in the SEC. This head-to-head game will count for 1 1/2 games in the tiebreak scenario. Since Alabama's not losing more than two conference games and, no matter what happens here, Arkansas isn't good enough to go 6-0 the rest of the way in the SEC, it's a must for Razorback fans dreaming the impossible dream.

This game truly means everything.

Three key questions that will decide the game: a. Can Arkansas run the ball at all? b. Will Alabama's young secondary hold up?
c. Can Arkansas, which had the worst defense in the SEC last season, slow down Bama's running game?

I can't wait to see it in person.”

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