Peter’s prediction for a big Razorback season

Like so many other fans of college football, every year, within a week or so of New Year’s Day, we as Razorback fans partake in watching our last game of the season.

This could be your team’s final and thankful attempt to close out a lackluster season, their attempt to win a bowl game, or simply you enjoying two good teams compete despite your lack of vested interest.

Perhaps you live outside the state of Alabama but your die-hard nature motivates you to watch football all the way through the National Championship year after year.

No matter which category you fall into, we all start to mourn the looming eight-month period in which there are no Saturday games, no tailgates, and no watch parties.

Then, as time passes like it always does, a brightness starts to fill our eyes in late July or early August.

Our faces grow a little more hopeful. Our future has purpose.

Our upcoming weekend schedules have to be carefully crafted to accommodate possible kick-off times. Our children clean their rooms without being asked.

Okay, that last one may have been a bit of a stretch.

Regardless, for Arkansas’s faithful, somewhere in the late summer mix we all begin spending more time invested in media releases about the Hogs.

We read the practice reports, watch the interviews, and hold our breath when we perform a web search regarding possible injuries.

Up and down we scour countless sources to see whether or not we should be praising or cursing the transfer portal, loving or vilifying NIL, and worshipping or downplaying the importance of any and all polls.

Oh, and we read predictions, perhaps even a large number of them. We read them from our writers, the prosers of our opponents, and the national gurus who always seem to show us nothing but love, am I right?

Consider yourself lucky in this very moment, because you get to read one last guy’s humble attempt to lay his knowledge into the ring with the big boys of college prophecy.

Without hesitation nor even the slightest amount of bias ahead, here we go.

Week 1: Sept. 3 vs. Cincinnati — Going back to coach Sam Pittman’s thoughts regarding to the opening week game, if you have ever had tea up north, you might be hopeful the Bearcats are only bringing a small glass of unsweet. Not simply because that’s a metaphor for how they will play, but more so it is an opportunity for me to remind people up north to step up their brewing game a little bit. It’s nothing personal, but you all need serious beverage help up there. ARKANSAS wins this one.

Week 2: Sept. 10 vs. South Carolina — I love Shane Beamer, but I do not want his team to win this week. ARKANSAS has the edge.

Week 3: Sept. 17 vs Missouri State — Is it not fun just to sit back and think about the possible full-display pranks and slights fitting the return of Bobby Petrino to Donald W Reynolds that weekend? Let’s see what cleverness abounds in the student section as well. Bring it, Gen Z. ARKANSAS with another win.

Week 4: Sept. 24 at Texas A&M (in Arlington, Texas, at AT&T Stadium) — Too close to call at this point, and we will be going into the weekend hopeful our season is not looking like a letdown. HOGS barely get out of Texas with a victory.

Week 5: Oct. 1 vs Alabama — Could this be the year? One writer in Alabama has the game versus Arkansas as a very possible loss. Unfortunately, mark me in the column of those not so certain it can be done in Tuscaloosa. The Tide will give us our first loss.

Week 6: Oct. 8 at Mississippi State — ARKANSAS wins on the road after bouncing back from their lost to Bama.

Week 7: Oct. 15 at BYU — In the end, the Cougar fans will be leaving the stadium, looking up at their school logo on the mountain, and asking, “Yes, ‘Y’ did we not win?” HOGS over Brigham Young University.

Week 8: Bye

Week 9: Oct. 29 at Auburn — This game has a big circle on it. Auburn is in internal disarray, yet their performance on the field may still be too much to defeat in the plains. ARKANSAS does what they like to do to Auburn though.

Week 10: Nov. 5 vs Liberty University — Has anyone called Hugh Freeze lately offering him a new position?… Please, take from that question what you will. Not surprisingly this game scares me a little as the Eagles have been playing well. The RAZORBACKS win by double-digits though.

Week 11: Nov. 12 vs LSU — They say LSU is back already under the fresh reins of Brian Kelley. I do not believe they are better than us, especially this quickly and with the game being in Fayetteville. HOGS over Tigers.

Week 12: Nov. 19 vs Ole Miss — I have to pick one more against us. I cannot be a homer throughout the entire season. I will not. I must not. I hate I have put myself into waiting to have to pick a second lost against us versus the Rebels. Ole Miss wins but barely.

Week 13: Nov. 25 at Missouri — Hey, Eliah Drinkwitz is going to get his wish with Arkansas staying on the schedule for his Missouri Tigers. Good idea, coach; we agree! ARKANSAS rolls in Columbia.

Like taking your first driving test, 10-2, that’s the prediction for 2022, my fellow Cardinal and White faithful.

Lee Corso could not say it better himself. No, seriously, after watching him during his segment this past weekend he really could not say it any better at all. I love that guy and wish he could stick around forever because he has earned his right to do what he loves for as long as he likes.

Hopefully, ESPN finds a way to honor his legacy this season thus ushering a much needed departure without a loss of his dignity.

Going back to our season, these games all being winnable, yet the overall schedule itself may be too brutal for any team to accomplish double-digit wins.

Therefore, please forgive me for being a homer, for having a huge soft spot for Nebraska, and for listing my ‘Twitter’ account: @PeterMorganWPS.

God Bless and Go HOGS!!!