Cotton Bowl (1-1-2008)

[Cuck Flemson]

Mizzou vs. Arkansas

11:30am kickoff

[Gamecockfanatic4]

2006? huh did we move back in time 2 years?

[Snake]

2006? huh did we move back in time 2 years?fixed

[COCKDIESEL]

Arky is going to beat them like a drum. Even without Mcfadden.

[papasmurf]

Date/Time: Jan. 1, 11:30 a.m. ET Site: Cotton Bowl, Dallas Network: FOX
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Arkansas

Offense:The Razorbacks have played some of their best offensive football of the season down the stretch, getting TB Darren McFadden and FB Peyton Hillis more involved in the overall offense and getting more plays from QB Casey Dick. With McFadden, Hillis and TB Felix Jones, the Razorbacks are capable of big plays and plenty of points, but they've yet to get their wide receivers consistently involved.
Defense: Arkansas is second in the nation in pass-efficiency defense this season, but the secondary has taken some big hits this season. The Razorbacks allow 146.7 rushing yards per game, which can make it tough on the pass defense. To their credit, however, the Razorbacks have forced 27 turnovers and intercepted 19 passes this season, just as CB Matteral Richardson did to end the LSU game with an interception in the third overtime on Nov. 23.

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Missouri

Offense: Missouri's inability to convert in the red zone, where it settled for three field goals, was a decisive blow in the 38-17 loss to Oklahoma in the Big 12 championship game. The breakdowns were unusual for the Tigers, who usually flourish in that territory. They only committed one turnover against OU, but a ball tipped by TE Martin Rucker was intercepted and returned to the Missouri seven-yard line to set up a score. Missouri must regroup in a bowl, but feisty QB Chase Daniel is the ideal leader for such a scenario.
Defense: It was no surprise that Missouri failed to stop Oklahoma in the Big 12 title game. The nation's most efficient quarterback, Sam Bradford, was engineering the Sooners' attack. And while the Tigers showed steady improvement defensively during Big 12 play, they still have too many shortcomings applying pressure, stopping the run and covering targets on a consistent basis.
http://sportsline.com/collegefootball/bowls/cotton

Missouri http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/sml/trans/142.gif 73.7% vs. 26.3% http://assets.espn.go.com/i/teamlogos/ncaa/sml/trans/8.gif Arkansas
http://games.espn.go.com/bowlmania/whopickedwhom

khosk made a link for all to see how they are doing on Bowl Pickem.
http://www.cockytalk.com/footballPickList.php

[papasmurf]

Missouri (11-2) vs. Arkansas (8-4)
Jan. 1st, 11:30 a.m. ET, Fox

Arkansas will win if... it stuffs the run. Daniel is a tremendous talent who can get out of bed and throw for 350, but he tends to press if the Tiger ground game isn't going anywhere. He was fantastic as a sophomore, too, but as the season went on, he tried to make more and more plays happen on his own and the attack bogged down way too often. In the two games against Oklahoma, Mizzou was held to 57 rushing yards and 98, two of the three times all year it was kept under 100 yards. The other time was in the season opener against Illinois, and that was the one other near miss. This isn't a great Hog run defense, but it's strong enough to focus just on Tony Temple and make Daniel try to exorcise the Oklahoma demons on every play.
Missouri will win if... Casey Dick stinks. Arkansas will run on everyone, but if it's not getting an efficient game from its starting quarterback, forget about it. Dick is auditioning for the new coaching staff after coming off two of his strongest performances of his career, completing 14 of 17 passes for 199 yards and four scores in the win over Mississippi State, and hitting ten of 18 throws for 94 yards and a touchdown in the win over LSU. He completed more than half his passes in each of the eight wins, and completed under half his throws in three of the four losses completing 48% of his throws with six of his nine interceptions coming in the defeats. The Tiger secondary gives up 261 yards per game but is decent at forcing mistakes. It needs to make more big plays than it gives up.

What will happen: Before all the coaching wackiness, this seemed like a perfect chance for Arkansas to make a big statement for the SEC and run past the Tigers in a shootout, and while Herring will do a great job, the loss of Houston Nutt might be just enough of a distraction to tip the scales in a relatively even game. The Arkansas defense isn't good enough to handle the Missouri offense if all the parts are working, with not enough of a pass rush to screw up Daniel. Arkansas will run for over 250 yards, but it won't be enough to overcome 350 passing yards and four touchdowns from Daniel.

Line: Missouri -3.5... CFN Prediction: Missouri 38 ... Arkansas 28

http://nwe.scout.com/a.z?s=121&p=2&c=711250

[Will4144]

Darren McFadden and Felix Jones are going to be playing to bring up their stock. Money's on the Hogs.

[Gamecockfanatic4]

I really have no clue who to pick here 2 very good teams

[USCya]

Pull for the hogs but my vmoney is on the spread.... hoping for a win win!

[Gamecockfanatic4]

ehh I want the Hogs to win but I'm takin Mizzou

[FoghornLeghornCock]

I don't have a clue on this one I am going to bet on ARK, but I would feel a whole lot better if Nutt was still the coach. This is a flip of a coin game.

[Count Cockula]

toughest one yet but ill take arky 500k

[Gamecockfanatic4]

Mizzou 21
Arky 0
13 minutes left in the 3rd

[USCya]

Leave it to Herring to screw up a perfect day for the SEC.

[Gamecockfanatic4]

LOL look at this from ESPN's scoreboard page
UPSET WATCH: #6 Missouri 28, Arkansas 0 (http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard#)



When did the #6 team winning become an Upset?

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard

[USCya]

Arkansas mailed this in when they fired Nutt unfortunatley....

[garnet4ever]

this one's going to hurt some vcash totals ...

[ultimatetailgater]

GJ screwing up the SEC's perfect bowl record Arkansuck

[Gamecockfanatic4]

38-7 is the Final

[spartcock77]

There goes the first loss for the SEC, thanks Arkansas and Florida better watch out or they might be the second

[USCya]

That kinda sucks... but at least I win some vCash.

[ConwayGamecock]

this one's going to hurt some vcash totals ...


:cigar:

[RudeCock]

I had 31 of 32 confidence points on Mizzou:cocky: , I also have 32 on the Gators, and they are losing.:angrycoc:

[USCya]

Feed me Seemore..... Feed me.

[poboy]

they did