No college coach worth his contractual country club membership encourages looking beyond the next game. Even when it's warranted, as is the case this week with a UTEP team whose leaders aren't even pretending the program has a realistic shot at an upset.
No doubt, the Miners are major underdogs in No. 18 Arkansas' season opener.
But in the big scheme of things, so are the Hogs.
While Arkansas has gotten much respect this preseason (it's been a while since linemakers put the program on equal NCAA championship odds probability footing as Stanford), its coaches and players are far more concerned with continuing to hone the processes Bret Bielema has put in place.