LITTLE ROCK — An embarrassing and unforgettable whiff, plus uncertainty about everything from the offensive line to quarterback play to the secondary, does not exactly inspire confidence in a game-by-game prediction of Arkansas football this fall.
Pursuing the assigned task, one proverb helps deal with the past, and another provides an intro to the foggy future.
First, “misery loves company,” and the worst miss in years of doing an on-the-record prognostication of the Razorbacks’ W-L record.
About this time last year, 5-7 was the personal and popular guess for Chad Morris’ first year in Fayetteville. Most other media opted for 5-7 or 6-6, and several sports books in Nevada set Arkansas’ over-under win total at 5.