Arkansas coach Sam Pittman didn’t quite call Saturday’s game against Mississippi State a must-win.
He wouldn’t object to the phrase, either, though.
The Razorbacks enter their final five games of the season needing at least four wins to secure a .500 record. With the .500 record comes a bowl bid. With the bowl bid comes extra practices. With extra practices come increased experience for young players.
If Arkansas loses its 11 a.m. game to the Bulldogs, the world isn’t over considering four games still remain. But if the Hogs can’t beat one of the worst teams left on their schedule, the chances shrink that they’ll beat Florida and/or Missouri later in the fall.
So how does our four-man staff here at RazorbacksWire see it going? Editor E. Wayne and contributors Steve Andrews, Derek Oxford and Connor Goodson have their picks below.