Five Things

1. Yet another "Most Important Game in the Razorbacks Season" is upon us.

But does anybody care?

Following that cupcake last Saturday (bonus points if you stayed for the entire game or even watched the entire game) and combined with the 11:21 a.m. kickoff, there is little to no buzz for this game. Perhaps it'll pick up by breakfast on Saturday. We'll see.

This is actually a dangerous time for the UA when it comes to losing the fans.

Next week, Troy plays at Fayetteville. As if playing a Sunbelt team in November isn't bad enough, Nov. 14 is the opening day of deer season (modern firearm) in Arkansas. So tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) will be wearing blaze orange and camo that day instead of cardinal and cream or red and white or whatever it is you call Razorback colors.

Arkansas better win this Saturday or whatever enthusiasm for this football season will be on the verge of slipping away entirely.

2. The South Will Rise Again

Over at Ole Miss, Houston Nutt continues to be the luckiest coach in the SEC. Instead of fans discussing how the Rebels went from top 5 to unranked, from manhandling Arkansas to getting whipped by Auburn, they're focused on this foofaraw about "From Dixie with love" (a bastardized version of "American Trilogy" by Elvis) and how students yell "The South Will Rise Again!" during it.

Background here ... http://www.ajc.com/sports/uga/ole-miss-may-drop-184268.html

Shepard Smith, Fox News and Ole Miss alum, weighs in ... http://sharing.theflip.com/session/05fa6bb33a230502020f4f90ef349de5/video/7100423

The defenders of such practices always trot out the "It's celebrating our heritage, not hate." Fine. Then to celebrate my heritage at Saturday's Arkansas game, I'll be ambushing people traveling on I-540 and scalping the victims. It's about heritage, not hate. The Cherokees Will Rise Again!

3. Hognoxious has nothing on this Mountain West fan ...



4. Recurring Items

SportsJournalists.com Top 25 link is here.

AwfulAnnouncing provides college football announcers' schedules here and the Pammy Award update is here.

5. M8B Prediction

Will Arkansas (-7) cover the spread against South Carolina?



(Views expressed by the Magic 8 Ball do not necessarily reflect the views of this blog, the blog owner nor this post's author. Advice from the M8B is for entertainment purposes only and not for actual wagering ... especially since the Magic 8 Ball is 6-5 this season.)