With a rather uninspiring win over what has to be one of the weakest Hog opponents in years, UTC was coming off a 25 point thumping by The Citadel, the Razorbacks head back into SEC play next week vs. Auburn. The same Auburn who throttled Vandy today 35-7. The same Auburn that beat Florida in Gainesville a week ago.

If the Tigers or War Eagles or whatever they are calling themselves this week, are not intimidated by the Swamp, do you really think RRS in Fayetteville will? I didn't think so.

Back to the Hogs. The offense passed for a pathetic 116 yards, with 257 rushing for less than 400 total yards vs a team that gave up 41 to The Citadel. You can feel sorry for the players or coaches if you want. I feel sorry for the fans who paid top dollar for tickets, drove from all corners of the state, fought the ridiculous traffic in the Rock, etc. to see that fiasco.

I know what the Nutt-Huggers will say. Before St. Houston came along, "we were losing games like this". That was then, this is now. While it is nice to be able to count on wins against the cupcakes like UTC and The Citadel, 10 seasons is more than enough to get some wins vs. SEC teams besides Ole Miss and Misstake.

Mr. Mediocrity, Houston D. Nutt will never be able to win consistently enough in the SEC to get to that elusive "next level", in my opinion. He has become so divisive as to be a distraction. It is time for him to move on at the end of the season. Past time, actually, but nothing we can do about that now. Broyles had to be out of the picture before Nutt could be sent packing.

I don't think he will be, I think Nutt will take another job ala Hatfield. The writing is on the wall, and it's getting clearer all the time. There were boos for the Hogs, even in Little Rock tonight following the 65 yard touchdown run for UTC.

Note to Reggie Herring: If you're going to be mouthing off about your defense or the schedule, you look like a fool when your unit plays like that.

Reggie "Red" Herring made an ass of himself with his little tirade responding to queries about the Hogs' pillow-soft schedule. Knowledgable fans realize that the coaches do not have much input in the games their teams' play, which is more than the players have. None.

That does not change the fact that this in one of the easiest slates in the country, at least for D1A schools. It is one of the easiest ever played by the Hogs, without a doubt. With a sweep of Trojan State, the North Texas Green Weenies, and the Florida School for the Blind or whoever the third tomato can is, the Hogs can just about claim the Sun Belt title.

Problem is, this program should be above that. If we're going to play everybody else in that conference, why not Arkansas State? Might as well. At least it would hold the fans interest.

As for Herring's red herring, he went on to complain about NTSU's offense not prepping the Hogs for the SEC. You can't have it both ways Reggeroo. Don't bitch about people's perception of the sked and then whine about it being too easy on the other hand. That's what happens when you play creampuffs and directional schools.We are the only SEC school not playing at least one BCS conference team in the non-conference.

Spread offenses, the wishbone or some such offense is all that gives them any sort of sporting chance. I couldn't help but think part of it was a shot at "Mala-zahn", or "High School" as Reggie called Gus. It is what it is as coaches say, and we can't very well tell opponents what offense to run to prepare us for tougher competition, can we?