Notre Dame was a top 10 team, but had no offensive identity and struggled mightily against Ohio State, Marshall, and Cal; then their starting QB got hurt and they actually improved.

Arkansas was a top 10 team with a really fun offense; but their defense hadn't really stopped people. Then their QB got hurt and their offense wasn't as fun/high scoring. They are coming in off a 3-game losing streak where a lot of weaknesses got exposed. Even before that, they struggled against an FCS opponent and were actually trailing by 10 in the 4th quarter. They got owned by Bama, no shame in that, and were never in the game against Mississippi State (and I would argue there's not any shame in that). You can't look at this game ONLY from our point of view. We can't just assume that Arkansas is flawless and going to stifle our O, while simultaneously taking care of the ball and scoring 40+ points on us just because CB hates our defense.

It's been 4 games since Arkansas cracked 30 points and that was at home against an FCS opponent.

Liberty game is more of a toss-up than I thought it would be pre-season but to EXPECT a loss there seems rather silly. ECU we should beat. Boise is playing better but still doesn't appear to be as talented as previous years. They also have a few games to play, if they end up down on their 3rd string QB by then I like our chances, even on the turf. Utah Tech is a win. Stanford...they are playing better but are on an 11-game losing streak. PLENTY of flaws there! Suck it up and accept that we are a good but not great team. We will win some games yet.