Mixed Nutts

With today's convincing win by the Hogs, one might think some of Nutt's critics mught back off, at least for a time. Not this one. A 44-8 win over a winless in the SEC Ole Miss doesn't mean much. It is a win and the players are to be congratulated. Any win over an SEC rival is a good win. However, in the long run, all it means is that the Hogs won't go 0-8 in the league.

It is the first win for the Razorbacks vs a non-directional school since last November's uninspiring win over cross state Misstake in Starkville. The fact is, minus all the wins over the 2 Mississippi schools, Houston Nutt's SEC record is abysmal.

It adds up to 24-11 vs UK, Vandy, SC and the Miss. schools, 15-28 against everyone else. The non-conference record is: 29-1 against non BCS (mostly directional)conference schools, 3-7 in non-conference games and bowls vs BCS conference schools.

It's time to decide whether or not mediocrity is acceptable. When Broyles fired Danny Ford, he said it was not. When he fired Stan Heath the Boss Hawg said just getting to the NCAA tourney was not enough. But just getting to a bowl in Shreveport or Nashville is? Not to an increasing number of fans and boosters.

Today's win makes for good tonic for the troops, but that's about it. At the end of the season will OM even have an SEC win? Maybe they can beat Misstake.