This is the biggest game of Arkansas’ season, folks.
The No. 19 Hogs have proven they’re a good football team. The only question is how good?
They’re not Georgia, certainly. They’re as good as Ole Miss, we think. But what about at home? What about off a two-game losing streak? Can the Razorbacks avoid a 4-0 start turning to 4-3?
It’s homecoming inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium and our crew of editor E. Wayne and contributors John Nabors and Derek Oxford are here to give you their predictions about Arkansas-Auburn in the weekly installment of “3 Predictions, 1 Crazy.”
\Every Saturday morning on Hogs football gamedays, you will find Wayne, Nabors and Oxford giving three picks on events that will take place in that day’s game. One of those picks has to be a little bit off the wall, something that could happen, but it’d be wild if it did.
Picking Arkansas to complete a pass to Treylon Burks, for example, is a bad prediction for these purposes. Picking Burks to have eight catches and 100 yards, that’s better. Also picking, say, a penalty for targeting, another nice one. It’s unlikely, but has potential.
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Without further ado, welcome to 3 Predictions, 1 Crazy, Arkansas-Ole Miss.
This Will Happen
Oxford: Arkansas 35, Auburn 24
Nabors: Arkansas 38, Auburn 23
Wayne: Arkansas 27, Auburn 21
Nearly a consensus for the first time this season. The only difference is Oxford and Nabors have Arkansas with a more impressive offensive day than Wayne.
None of our three staffers think Auburn’s offense has enough juice to get four touchdowns, but a banged-up Hogs defense still won’t have easy time, exactly.
This Might Happen
Oxford: Rocket Sanders runs for 160-plus
Nabors: Rocket Sanders gets 150 total yards
Wayne: Arkansas wins the game in the fourth quarter
We promise, Oxford and Nabors didn’t consult before this. They’re both going with Arkansas’ superb freshman running back. Oxford’s is…wild. Seems to go in the crazy section, but hey.
Wayne says this will be a relatively close game. Maybe. Maybe not. Sure would make some drama, though.
This Is Crazy
Oxford: Bo Nix leaves for injury or benching
Nabors: Trey Knox catches a touchdown for second straight week
Wayne: Hogs get six tackles for-loss
Knox has re-established himself after last year’s disastrous season at wide receiver. Coach Sam Pittman moved him to tight end a few weeks back and even though Knox isn’t much of a blocker there yet, he showed last week he remembers how to get open.
Nix, the Auburn quarterback is the definition of up-and-down. Oxford says down this week.
And even though the Arkansas defense is lacking in bodies, they enter with something to prove. They will.
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